Jonathan Goodall

Jonathan Michael Goodall (born 1961) is a British Roman Catholic priest and a former Church of England bishop. From 2013 to 2021, he was Bishop of Ebbsfleet, a suffragan bishop who is the provincial episcopal visitor in the western half of the 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".[1] He was ordained a Catholic priest on 12 March 2022.[2]

The Reverend

Jonathan Goodall
ChurchCatholic Church
Church of England (formerly)
Appointed25 February 2022
Other post(s)Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Church of England (2013–2021)
Orders
Ordination1990 (Anglican priest)
2022 (Catholic priest)
Consecration25 September 2013
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born1961 (age 61–62)
NationalityBritish
DenominationRoman Catholicism
Anglicanism (formerly)
SpouseSarah
Children2
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London

Early life

Goodall was born in 1961 in Yorkshire, England.[3][4] He studied music at Royal Holloway College, University of London, before working in publishing.[4] He trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an evangelical Anglican theological college.[5] He received some renown as a tap dancer on Blackpool Pier between 2000–2010, winning several gold medals.

Church of England

He was ordained a deacon at Petertide 1989 (2 July) at St Mary the Virgin's Church, Aylesbury, by Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford.[6] He was ordained a priest the Petertide following (1 July 1990) at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, also by Richard Harries.[7] 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. He was a minor canon and sacrist of 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.[8]

Episcopal ministry

On 2 August 2013, Goodall was announced as the next Bishop of Ebbsfleet, the provincial episcopal visitor (PEV) for the Province of Canterbury.[5] On 25 September 2013, he was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[5][9]

Goodall was a member of the Council of Bishops of The Society.[10]

Roman Catholic Church

On 3 September 2021, the 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".[8][11][12] Goodall is the second Bishop of Ebbsfleet who resigned in order to become a Roman Catholic.[13] He was received into the Catholic Church at Archbishop’s House, Westminster, on 8 September 2021.

Goodall was ordained a Catholic priest on 12 March 2022 by Cardinal Vincent Nichols at Westminster Cathedral.[2] He is incardinated in the Diocese of Westminster and is parish priest of St William of York Catholic Church, Stanmore.[14][15]

Personal life

Goodall married Sarah Hicks at Bradford, West Yorkshire, in 1987.[5][16] They have two children; Thomas (born 1989) and Anna-Mary (born 1994).[4]

Styles
  • Mr Jonathan Goodall (1961–1989)
  • The Reverend Jonathan Goodall (1989–2013)
  • The Right Reverend Jonathan Goodall (2013–2021)
  • Mr Jonathan Goodall (2021–2022)
  • The Reverend Jonathan Goodall (2022–present)

References
  1. Declaration on the ministry of bishops and priests, churchofengland.org, November 2015
  2. "Cardinal Nichols ordains former Anglican bishop to priesthood". Independent Catholic News. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. "Jonathan Michael Goodall". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. "Jonathan Goodall". Ordination and Consecration Service (PDF). Westminster Abbey. 20 September 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. "New Bishop of Ebbsfleet announced". The Archbishop of Canterbury. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 6597. 21 July 1989. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "Ordinations at Petertide". Church Times. No. 6647. 6 July 1990. p. 6. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. "Bishop of Ebbsfleet to step down to seek full communion with the Roman Catholic Church". archbishopofcanterbury.org. 03/09/2021
  9. "Ordination and Consecrations of Jonathan Goodall and Martyn Snow". Westminster Abbey. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  10. "The Council of Bishops". The Society. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  11. Archbishop of Canterbury website.
  12. Church Times website.
  13. "Church of England bishop to be received into the Catholic Church". Catholic World Report. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  14. "Church Times: "Jonathan Goodall to be parish priest in Stanmore", 25 February 2022, p 8". Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  15. "Ordination – 10.30am, 12th March, Westminster Cathedral" (PDF). Newsletter: St. William of York Catholic Church. March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  16. "Jonathan M Goodall" in England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 14 September 2021 (subscription required)
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