ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK - Key Persons
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- Member of the Priests Welfare Liaison Officers Team
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- Member of the Priests Welfare Liaison Officers Team
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- Safeguarding Reviewing Officer
- Safeguarding Reviewing Officer ( Mainly Old Cases )
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- Auxiliary Bishop for the Kent Area
Paul Hendricks was born in Beckenham, Kent on 18th March, 1956, the first of four children. He grew up in Orpington, Kent and attended Holy Innocents Primary School and St Mary's Grammar School, Sidcup, Kent. On leaving school he went up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1974 and was awarded a degree in Physics in 1977.
He worked for two years at the GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley before going to study for the priesthood at the English College, Rome, from 1979 to 1985. He obtained a Licence in Philosophy from the Gregorian University, Rome.
Ordained deacon at Palazzola, by Bishop Cyril Restieaux in 1983, he was ordained priest at Holy Innocents, Orpington, by Archbishop Michael Bowen in 1984. His first appointment, in 1985, as Assistant Priest was to St Boniface, Tooting. In 1989 he was appointed Philosophy Lecturer and Bursar at St John's Seminary, Wonersh.
His next appointment was as parish priest of Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham, in 1999 following the departure of the Capuchins. He also serves on the Diocesan Finance Committee and is the Diocesan Advisor on New Religious Movements and Cults.
He was ordained by Archbishop Kevin McDonald on 14th February 2006, taking up responsibility for the South West pastoral area of the Diocese. In July 2022 Bishop Paul accepted Archbishop Wilson's request to transfer his episcopal responsibility from the South-West Area to Kent.
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- Auxiliary Bishop
- Reverend Monsignor Gerald Ewing
Born in 1955, Bishop Philip Moger grew up in Halifax, Yorkshire. His mother died when he was five and he was raised by his grandmother and father. He began his working life in banking and then entered St Cuthbert's Seminary at Ushaw in County Durham to begin studies for the priesthood.
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- Property Team Administrator
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- Safeguarding Officer
- Safeguarding Officer ( Current and Training )
Dame Mary Ney is a parishioner of St Georges Cathedral, Southwark and has been a Lay Trustee since 2017. She is the Chair of the Diocesan Safeguarding Sub-Committee.
She had a career in local government and was Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of Greenwich from 2000-2014. Subsequently, she was appointed by Government as a Commissioner at Rotherham MBC and led the Council's improvement and recovery from government intervention following failings in dealing with child exploitation. She undertakes consultancy in local government and mentoring. She is a Non-Executive Director on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and is a Trustee of CAFOD.
As a trustee, Mary has a specific interest in governance, performance improvement, change management and safeguarding.
She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for services to local government.
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- Assistant
- Property Manager
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- Member of the Priests Welfare Liaison Officers Team
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- Private Secretary to the Archbishop
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- Health and Safety Officer
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- Property Management Officer
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- Member of the Priests Welfare Liaison Officers Team
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- Gift Aid & Supporter Care Officer
Ben Andradi is an entrepreneur with specialist knowledge of both the technological and finance sectors. He is the Senior Vice President of a large Multinational.
As a Diocesan Trustee, he works extensively with our schools and is Chairman of Governors at St Thomas More Secondary, Eltham and a Director of Kent Catholic Schools Partnership. He is also a member of the Diocesan Investment and Fundraising Committee. Elsewhere, he is a Trustee of the Catholic Children's Society, Ancient Hymns & Modern and The Tablet.
Ben is married with 4 children and lives in Sevenoaks in Kent where he is active in his local parish community. He was educated at Wimbledon College, received a BA/MA from Cambridge University and MBA from Harvard Business School.
In early 2019 Ben was made a Knight of St Gregory: The order is one of the five orders of knighthood of the Holy See and is bestowed in recognition of their personal service to the Holy See and to the Roman Catholic Church.
Sheila Wheeler has a degree in English and Theology and trained as a catechist at the Mater Dei Institute in Dublin, teaching RE and English in her first career. She is a qualified CIPFA accountant and has worked as a finance director in local authorities, an arts charity and a community interest company.
During her career, she has gained extensive experience of working in large and small organisations delivering, improving and increasing the availability of services and outcomes for people through innovation and collaborative working with stakeholders.
She has previously worked for the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and Macmillan Cancer Support where she took on a new project to design and plan a UK-wide partnership programme of engagement and investment in new areas of joint working.
She has also implemented quality assurance, operational and governance frameworks for public, not for profit and community interest organisations. Sheila has held Chief Executive roles for two large local authorities where her main role was supporting politicians develop their future vision in growing the economy and supporting vulnerable people. Through this work she has broad experience of safeguarding in relation to young, older and vulnerable people.
Most recently Sheila worked for the Money Advice Service as UK Debt Advice Director. Sheila continues to support Macmillan Cancer through her membership of the Investment Committee of the Care and Well Being Fund.
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- Safeguarding Administrator
- Safeguarding Office Manager
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- Secretary to the Archbishop
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- Health and Safety Manager
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- Parish Fundraising & Legacy Officer
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- Fundraising and Gift Aid Assistant