# Jonathan Goodall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jonathan_Goodall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jonathan_Goodall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Goodall > Source revision: 1310076131 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Roman Catholic priest (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = priest | honorific-prefix = [The Reverend](/source/The_Reverend) | name = Jonathan Goodall | honorific-suffix = | title = Parish priest | image = The Rt. Rev'd Jonathan Goodall.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) | province = | diocese = [Diocese of Westminster](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Westminster) | elected = | appointed = 25 February 2022 | term = | predecessor = | successor = | other_post = | previous_post = [Bishop of Ebbsfleet](/source/Bishop_of_Ebbsfleet) (''CofE''; 2013–2021) | ordination = 1 July 1990 (Anglican priest)
12 March 2022 (Catholic priest) | ordained_by = [Richard Harries](/source/Richard_Harries) (Anglican)
[Vincent Nichols](/source/Vincent_Nichols) (Catholic) | consecration = 25 September 2013 | consecrated_by = [Justin Welby](/source/Justin_Welby) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = [British](/source/British_people) | religion = [Roman Catholicism](/source/Roman_Catholicism)
[Anglicanism](/source/Anglicanism) (''formerly'') | residence = | parents = | spouse = {{marriage|Sarah Hicks|1987}} | children = 2 | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = [Royal Holloway, University of London](/source/Royal_Holloway%2C_University_of_London)
[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford](/source/Wycliffe_Hall%2C_Oxford) }} '''Jonathan Michael Goodall''' (born 1961) is a British [Roman Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales) priest and a former [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) bishop. From 2013 to 2021, he was [Bishop of Ebbsfleet](/source/Bishop_of_Ebbsfleet), a [suffragan bishop](/source/suffragan_bishop) who is the [provincial episcopal visitor](/source/provincial_episcopal_visitor) in the western half of the [Province of Canterbury](/source/Province_of_Canterbury) for those "within the spectrum of Anglican teaching and tradition" who are "unable to receive the ministry of women as bishops or priests".[https://web.archive.org/web/20150315050409/https://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/general-synod/about-general-synod/house-of-bishops/declaration-on-the-ministry-of-bishops-and-priests.aspx Declaration on the ministry of bishops and priests], churchofengland.org, November 2015 He was ordained a Catholic priest on 12 March 2022. ==Early life== Goodall was born in 1961 in [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), England.{{Crockford| surname = Goodall | forenames = Jonathan Michael | id = 25566 | accessed = 17 December 2015}} He studied music at [Royal Holloway College, University of London](/source/Royal_Holloway_College%2C_University_of_London), before working in publishing. He trained for ordination at [Wycliffe Hall, Oxford](/source/Wycliffe_Hall%2C_Oxford), an [evangelical Anglican](/source/evangelical_Anglican) [theological college](/source/theological_college). ==Church of England== He was ordained a deacon at [Petertide](/source/Petertide) 1989 (2 July) at [St Mary the Virgin's Church, Aylesbury](/source/St_Mary_the_Virgin's_Church%2C_Aylesbury), by [Richard Harries](/source/Richard_Harries), [Bishop of Oxford](/source/Bishop_of_Oxford).{{Church Times | title = Ordinations | archive = 1989_07_21_015 | issue = 6597 | date = 21 July 1989 | page = 15 | accessed = 24 May 2019 }} He was ordained a priest the Petertide following (1 July 1990) at [Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church_Cathedral%2C_Oxford), also by Richard Harries.{{Church Times |title=Ordinations at Petertide |archive=1990_07_06_005 |issue=6647 |date=6 July 1990 |page=6 |accessed=24 May 2019 }} Goodall served his title in the Bicester Team Ministry from 1989 to 1992; in the latter two years he was also assistant chaplain at [HMP Bullingdon](/source/HM_Prison_Bullingdon). He was a minor canon and sacrist of [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey) from 1992 to 1998, after which he served as research assistant and chaplain to the bishops of Gibraltar until 2005. From 2005 until his ordination and consecration to the episcopate he was chaplain and ecumenical secretary to the archbishops of Canterbury.{{cite web|url=https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/bishop-ebbsfleet-step-down-seek-full-communion-roman-catholic-church?fbclid=IwAR2uQ2OnI6yIYtXh7GFAzzWoPv-3pYMnvXzfoKYkj5e4xj-p1qheiuYHM8U|title=Bishop of Ebbsfleet to step down to seek full communion with the Roman Catholic Church|website=archbishopofcanterbury.org|date=}} 03/09/2021 ===Episcopal ministry=== On 2 August 2013, Goodall was announced as the next [Bishop of Ebbsfleet](/source/Bishop_of_Ebbsfleet), the [provincial episcopal visitor](/source/provincial_episcopal_visitor) (PEV) for the [Province of Canterbury](/source/Province_of_Canterbury).{{cite web|title=New Bishop of Ebbsfleet announced|url=http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5115/new-bishop-of-ebbsfleet-announced|website=The Archbishop of Canterbury|access-date=17 December 2015|date=2 August 2013}} On 25 September 2013, he was [consecrated](/source/consecrated) a bishop by [Justin Welby](/source/Justin_Welby), the [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury), at [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey).{{cite web|title=Ordination and Consecrations of Jonathan Goodall and Martyn Snow|url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship/past-special-services/2013/september/ordination-and-consecrations-of-the-reverend-canon-jonathan-goodall-and-the-venerable-martyn-snow|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=17 December 2015|date=25 September 2013|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222144424/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship/past-special-services/2013/september/ordination-and-consecrations-of-the-reverend-canon-jonathan-goodall-and-the-venerable-martyn-snow|url-status=dead}} Goodall was a member of the Council of Bishops of [The Society](/source/The_Society_(Church_of_England)).{{cite web|title=The Council of Bishops|url=http://www.sswsh.com/bishops.php|website=The Society|access-date=6 December 2015}} ==Roman Catholic Church== On 3 September 2021, the [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury), Justin Welby, accepted Goodall's resignation from the See of Ebbsfleet following his decision to seek "full communion" with the Catholic Church after a "long period of prayer".[https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/bishop-ebbsfleet-step-down-seek-full-communion-roman-catholic-church Archbishop of Canterbury website.][https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/10-september/news/uk/bishop-of-ebbsfleet-quits-to-go-over-to-rome ''Church Times'' website.]{{full citation needed|date=February 2024}} Goodall is the second Bishop of Ebbsfleet who resigned in order to become a Roman Catholic.{{cite web|title=Church of England bishop to be received into the Catholic Church|url=https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2021/09/03/church-of-england-bishop-to-be-received-into-the-catholic-church/?fbclid=IwAR18q5Ytl66ele-YBmzC-COnFda2ChVAft8N4F2OyDdZ05fPGYVCH6Bb9Qk|publisher=[Catholic World Report](/source/Catholic_World_Report)|date=3 September 2021|accessdate=3 September 2021}} He was received into the Catholic Church at Archbishop’s House, Westminster, on 8 September 2021.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Goodall was ordained a [Catholic priest](/source/Catholic_priest) on 12 March 2022 by Cardinal [Vincent Nichols](/source/Vincent_Nichols) at [Westminster Cathedral](/source/Westminster_Cathedral).{{cite web |title=Cardinal Nichols ordains former Anglican bishop to priesthood |url=https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/44249 |website=Independent Catholic News |access-date=13 March 2022 |date=12 March 2022}} He is incardinated in the [Diocese of Westminster](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Westminster) and is parish priest of St William of York Catholic Church, [Stanmore](/source/Stanmore).{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/25-february/news/uk/uk-news-in-brief|title=''Church Times'': "Jonathan Goodall to be parish priest in Stanmore", 25 February 2022, p 8|access-date=1 March 2022}}{{cite news |title=Ordination – 10.30am, 12th March, Westminster Cathedral |url=https://swoy.weebly.com/uploads/4/0/4/0/40404279/newsletter_2022_mar_6.pdf |access-date=13 March 2022 |work=Newsletter: St. William of York Catholic Church |date=March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313202533/https://swoy.weebly.com/uploads/4/0/4/0/40404279/newsletter_2022_mar_6.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2022 }} ==Personal life== Goodall married Sarah Hicks at [Bradford](/source/Bradford), [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire), in 1987."Jonathan M Goodall" in ''England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005'', ancestry.co.uk, accessed 14 September 2021 {{subscription required}} They have two children; Thomas (born 1989) and Anna-Mary (born 1994).{{cite book|title=Ordination and Consecration Service|date=20 September 2013|publisher=Westminster Abbey|page=4|url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/68015/27438-Ordination-and-Consecration-service-FINAL.PDF|access-date=17 December 2015|chapter=Jonathan Goodall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093637/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/68015/27438-Ordination-and-Consecration-service-FINAL.PDF |archive-date=4 March 2016}} == Styles == *''Mr'' Jonathan Goodall (1961–1989) *''[The Reverend](/source/The_Reverend)'' Jonathan Goodall (1989–2013) *''[The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend)'' Jonathan Goodall (2013–2021) *''Mr'' Jonathan Goodall (2021–2022) *''The Reverend'' Jonathan Goodall (2022–present) ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|en}} {{s-bef|before=[Jonathan Baker](/source/Jonathan_Baker_(bishop))}} {{s-ttl|title=[Bishop of Ebbsfleet](/source/Bishop_of_Ebbsfleet)|years=2013–2021}} {{s-aft|after=[Rob Munro](/source/Rob_Munro_(bishop))}} {{s-end}} {{Bishops of Ebbsfleet}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodall, Jonathan Michael}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London Category:Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Category:Bishops of Ebbsfleet Category:21st-century Church of England bishops Category:Anglo-Catholic bishops Category:English Anglo-Catholics Category:Anglican bishop converts to Roman Catholicism Category:Married Roman Catholic clergy --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jonathan Goodall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Goodall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Goodall?action=history)). 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