Michael Nazir-Ali | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Nazir-Ali in 2011 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1976 (Anglican priest) 2021 (Roman Catholic priest) |
| Consecration | 1984 (Anglican bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1949 |
| Nationality | Pakistan British |
| Denomination | Catholicism Anglicanism (until 2021) |
| Spouse |
Valerie Cree (m. 1972) |
| Children | 2 |
Michael James Nazir-Ali (Urdu: مائیکل نذیر علی; born 19 August 1949) is a Pakistani-born British Roman Catholic priest and former Anglican bishop. He served as the 106th Bishop of Rochester from 1994 to 2009 and, before that, as Bishop of Raiwind in Pakistan.[1] He is currently the director of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue. In 2021, he was received into the Catholic Church and was ordained as a priest for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham on 30 October 2021,[2] one of several Anglican bishops who converted to Catholicism that year. In 2022, he was made a monsignor. He is a dual citizen of Pakistan and Britain.
- ^ Wynne-Jones, Jonathan (28 March 2009). "Michael Nazir-Ali steps down as Bishop of Rochester". The Sunday Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009.
- ^ Caldwell, Simon (14 October 2021). "Michael Nazir-Ali, former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, joins the Catholic Church". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2021.