- Charles Phillip Richard Moth was born in 1958 in Chingola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), and immigrated to the United Kingdom at the age of two
- He is a British Catholic prelate
- Since May 2015, he has served as the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton
- He was educated at The Judd School in Tonbridge, Kent
- Charles trained for the priesthood at St John’s Seminary, Wonersh
- Moth was ordained to the priesthood (Catholic Church) on 3 July 1982
- He served as Curate at St Bede’s, Clapham Park and as a judge at the Southwark Metropolitan Tribunal before being sent to do further study in Ottawa, gaining a Licentiate and then a Master’s in Canon Law
- In July 2009, Moth was appointed Bishop of the Forces by Pope Benedict XVI
- He stepped down as Vicar General of Southwark and was succeeded by Mgr. Matthew Dickens in September 2009
- On 21 March 2015, Moth was announced as the next Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, having been appointed by Pope Francis
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