{{Short description|British Roman Catholic priest and former Anglican bishop}} {{Distinguish|John Broadhurst (MP)|text=the British Member of Parliament [[John Broadhurst (MP)|John Broadhurst]]}} {{Use British English|date=December 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = [[The Reverend]] [[Monsignor]] | name = John Broadhurst | image = John Broadhurst (cropped).jpg | caption = Broadhurst in 2011 | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | see = [[Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham]] | other_post = [[Bishop of Fulham]] (''CofE''; 1996–2010) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 1967 (Anglican priest) <br /> 2011 (Catholic priest) | consecration = 24 September 1996 (Anglican bishop) | rank = [[Honorary Prelate of His Holiness]] <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|7|20|df=y}} | nationality = [[British people|British]] | religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] ''(formerly [[Anglicanism|Anglican]])'' | spouse = {{Marriage|Judi Broadhurst|1965}} | children = 4 | alma_mater = [[King's College London]] }} '''John Charles Broadhurst''' (born 20 July 1942) is an [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|English Catholic]] priest who was formerly the Anglican [[Bishop of Fulham]] in the [[Diocese of London]] from 1996 to 2010. He resigned in order to be received into the Catholic Church and became a priest of the [[Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham]] in 2011.
==Early life== As a child Broadhurst was baptised in the Catholic Church. He grew up in [[Hendon]] and was educated at [[Dame Alice Owen's School|Owens School]] in [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]].
==Anglican ministry==
Broadhurst trained as an Anglican ordinand at [[King's College London]] and its postgraduate facility at [[St Boniface College, Warminster]]. He was made a deacon in 1966 and ordained a priest in 1967.<ref name="BFbg">[http://www.bishopoffulham.co.uk/Webpage/background.htm Bishop of Fulham – Background] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019024250/http://www.bishopoffulham.co.uk/Webpage/background.htm |date=19 October 2010 }}</ref>
Broadhurst began his ordained ministry at St Michael-at-Bowes, Palmerston Road, progressing through St Augustine's Wembley Park to the Parish of Wood Green (known as Wood Green Team Ministry). In 1972 he became the youngest elected member of the [[General Synod of the Church of England]], a position he held until 1996. He became Area Dean of Brent while at Wembley Park, and East Haringey during his time at Wood Green. He was consecrated Bishop of Fulham (a "[[provincial episcopal visitor]]") on 24 September 1996. He had "the pastoral care of parishes which are opposed to the [[ordination of women]]".<ref name="forwardinfaith.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.forwardinfaith.com/artman/publish/article_521.shtml |title=Statement from five bishops |accessdate=2010-11-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111021308/http://www.forwardinfaith.com/artman/publish/article_521.shtml |archivedate=11 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>The Diocese of London's page on the Bishop of Fulham - {{cite web |url=http://www.london.anglican.org/BishopOfFulham |title=Diocese of London - Bishop of Fulham |accessdate=2008-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415234422/http://www.london.anglican.org/BishopOfFulham |archivedate=15 April 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Broadhurst was formerly the chairman of [[Forward in Faith]] and vice-chairman of the [[The Church Union|Church Union]].
==Catholic ministry== [[File:Ordenação anglocatólica 013.jpg|thumb|right|[[Keith Newton (prelate)|Keith Newton]], Broadhurst (third right), [[Andrew Burnham (priest)|Andrew Burnham]], and their wives, with Bishop [[Alan Hopes]] following their ordination as Catholic deacons]] In 2009 there were reports that Cardinal [[Christoph Schönborn]] had been meeting with Broadhurst at the suggestion of the Pope.<ref>[http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10920 Forward in Faith 'in talks with Vatican']</ref>
In October 2010, Broadhurst publicly stated his intention of being received into the Catholic Church and entering a [[personal ordinariate]] for former Anglicans when it was established.<ref>[http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2010/10/15/anglican-bishop-of-fulham-to-take-up-ordinariate/ Bishop of Fulham to take up Ordinariate]</ref> In the same speech he described the Church of England's [[General Synod]], in respect of its decision about the way in which objectors to the idea of ordaining women as bishops may or may not have legislative provision to protect their interests, as having been "... vindictive and vicious. It has been fascist in its behaviour, marginalising those who have been opposed to women's ordination",<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101019035123/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8068694/Church-of-England-is-fascist-and-vindictive-says-bishop-defecting-to-Rome.html Church of England is fascist and vindictive says bishop defecting to Rome]</ref> in respect of which he later claimed on the BBC's Sunday programme to have been referring only to the House of Clergy in the Church of England's General Synod.<ref>[http://catholicismpure.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/bbc-interview-of-24th-oct-with-bishop-bishop-john-broadhurst-who-decided-to-join-the-ordinariate BBC interview with Edward Stourton 24 October 2010]</ref>
On 8 November 2010, Broadhurst announced that he intended leaving the Church of England to become a Catholic.<ref name="forwardinfaith.com"/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11709148 | work=BBC News | title=Five Anglican bishops join Catholic Church | date=8 November 2010}}</ref>
Broadhurst was received into the Catholic Church on 1 January 2011 at [[Westminster Cathedral]]. Also received at the same ceremony were his wife Judith, [[Andrew Burnham (priest)|Andrew Burnham]] (former Bishop of Ebbsfleet), [[Keith Newton (prelate)|Keith Newton]] (former [[Bishop of Richborough]]) and his wife Gill and three former sisters of the Society of St Margaret (Walsingham)—Sister Carolyne Joseph, Sister Jane Louise and Sister Wendy Renate.<ref>"[http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2011/01/01/three-ex-anglican-bishops-are-received-into-full-communion/ Three ex-Anglican bishops are received into full communion]", ''The Catholic Herald'' (1 January 2011).</ref> On 13 January 2011 he was ordained to the diaconate with the two other former Church of England bishops, Andrew Burnham and Keith Newton.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Online Magazine Following Birth of 1st Ordinariate | publisher = Zenit | date = 13 January 2011 | url = http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=zenit&id=31447 | accessdate = 14 January 2011}}</ref> Two days later, on 15 January 2011, they were ordained to the priesthood together. On this date the [[Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham]] in England and Wales was officially established.<ref>[http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/26720.php?index=26720&lang=en Holy See Press Office Statement about the ''Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham'' in England and Wales] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121143934/http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/26720.php?index=26720&lang=en |date=21 January 2011 }}</ref> On 17 March 2011 it was announced that he had been appointed an [[Honorary Prelate|Honorary Prelate of His Holiness]]. Since his retirement he has moved to Northamptonshire where he remains active in a local parish alongside the Ordinariate.
==Personal life== In 1965 Broadhurst married his childhood sweetheart, Judith.<ref name="BFbg" /> He and his wife have four children; Jane, Mark, Sarah and Benedict. Broadhurst now has 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren with another on the way.<ref name="BFbg" /> He is interested in genealogy, gardening and travelling. He was once a beekeeper and a fisherman.<ref>Broadhurst's biography - http://www.bishopoffulham.co.uk/background.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521010941/http://www.bishopoffulham.co.uk/background.htm |date=21 May 2012 }}</ref>
==Styles== * ''[[The Reverend]]'' John Broadhurst (1966–1996) * ''[[The Right Reverend]]'' John Broadhurst (1996–2010) * John Broadhurst (1 – 13 January 2011) * ''The Reverend'' John Broadhurst (13 January 2011 – 17 March 2011) * ''The Right Reverend [[Monsignor]]'' John Broadhurst (17 March 2011 – present)
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