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October 2012
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY
LMS Appoints New National Chaplain
Mgr Read celebrating High Mass at the LMS Priests’ Training Conference at London Colney in 2009.
The LMS is very pleased to
announce the appointment of Mgr Gordon Read, Chancellor of Brentwood Diocese, as
its new National Chaplain, following the recent departure, for two years of
study at the Angelicum in Rome, of Fr Andrew Southwell. He will take up his new
office with immediate effect.
Mgr Read is parish priest of St
Mary Immaculate and The Holy Archangels, Kelvedon, Essex, and has been a long
time supporter of the work of the Society. He is widely held in high regard by
many Catholics of all persuasions.
In addition to his
responsibilities as parish priest, he is rural dean of Colchester, Chancellor
and Judicial Vicar of Brentwood diocese, a member of the Bishop’s College of
Consultors, Vice-chair of Governors, St Benedict’s College, Colchester, and
Trustee of the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland. A frequent
contributor of articles to canon law journals, his advice on canonical matters
is widely sought.
In 1998 he was appointed honorary
Papal Chaplain by Pope John Paul II in recognition of his work for the Diocese
of Brentwood. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Prelate of Honour.
'We are delighted that Mgr Read
has agreed to be our National Chaplain. He is a very long-standing friend of
the Society, and a priest regarded with great affection and respect in both the
Society and his diocese. His expertise, practical experience, and wisdom will
be a great assistance to us in our ever-expanding work.'
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