10 Things You Didn’t Know About Charles Phillip Richard Moth
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