Alan Hopes


Alan Hopes
Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia
Bishop Hopes in 2019
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceWestminster
DioceseEast Anglia
SeeEast Anglia
Appointed11 June 2013
Installed16 July 2013
Term ended11 October 2022
PredecessorMichael Charles Evans
SuccessorPeter Collins
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination1968 (Anglican priest)
4 December 1995 (Catholic priest)
by George Basil Cardinal Hume
Consecration24 January 2003
by Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
Personal details
Born
Alan Stephen Hopes

(1944-03-17) 17 March 1944 (age 80)
Oxford, England
NationalityBritish
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materKing's College London
Mottovoluntas sua pax nostra
Coat of armsAlan Hopes's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Alan Hopes
History
Priestly ordination
Date4 December 1995
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorCormac Murphy-O'Connor
Co-consecratorsArthur Roche, Kieran Conry
Date24 January 2003
PlaceWestminster Cathedral
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Alan Hopes as principal consecrator
Peter Collins14 December 2022

Alan Stephen Hopes (born 17 March 1944) is a British Roman Catholic prelate and former Anglican priest. From 2013 to 2022 he served as the Bishop of East Anglia. He was previously appointed as an auxiliary bishop of Westminster in 2003.