The Most Rev Malcolm Patrick McMahon OP was born and brought up in London, the second of three brothers. When he left school, he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He then worked in the transport industry before joining the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in 1976..
He made his religious profession in 1977, and studied philosophy at Blackfriars, Oxford and theology at Heythrop College, London. He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Basil Hume on 26th June 1982.
He lived in Holy Cross Priory, Leicester between 1984 and 1985, during which time he served as Catholic Chaplain to Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University), before moving to St Dominic’s, Haverstock Hill, in north London. He later served as Parish Priest of St Dominic’s, Newcastle-upon-Tyne before returning to St Dominic’s, Haverstock Hill as parish priest. In 1992, he was elected Prior Provincial of the English Province of the Order of Preachers; having served for two terms as Prior Provincial, in 2000 he was elected Prior of Blackfriars, Oxford.
On 7th November 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him ninth Bishop of Nottingham, and he was ordained to the episcopate by Bishop James McGuinness in St Barnabas’ Cathedral, Nottingham on 8th December 2000.
It was announced that Archbishop-Elect McMahon had been appointed ninth Archbishop of Liverpool on Friday 21st March 2014. He was installed as Archbishop on Thursday 1st May 2014, the Feast of St Joseph the Worker.
Archbishop McMahon is Chair of the Bishops’ Conference Department of Education and Formation, the Catholic Education Service (CES) and the Catholic Trust for England and Wales (CATEW). He is also National President of Pax Christi, the International Catholic Movement for Peace.
Archdiocesan President - Maureen Finnegan
Archdiocesan Secretary - Lucy Thornhill
Archdiocesan Treasurer - Sue Bickerstaffe
Most Foundations have a Summer break with no meeting in August.
Meetings held Tuesday eve, weekly after 7.30pm Mass
All Saints RC Church, 3 Oakfield, Anfield, Liverpool, L4 2QG
Meetings held Wednesday, weekly
Blessed Sacrament, 9 Park Vale Road, Aintree, L9 2DG
Meetings held 1st Tuesday after 12 noon Mass, 3rd Tuesday 2pm
Our Lady of Compassion, School Lane, Formby, L37 3LW
Meetings held Wednesday evening, weekly
St Margaret Mary, Pilch Lane, Knotty Ash, L14 0JG
Meetings held 3rd Tuesday each month
St Philomena, Sparrow Hall Road, Liverpool, L9 6BU
Meetings held Mondays fortnightly
ASt George, Station Road, Maghull, L31 3DF
Meetings held 2nd & 4th Wednesdays
St Annes, St Anne's Prory, 23 Prescot Road,Ormskirk, L39 4TG
Meetings held 3rd Tuesday each month
St Richard, 184 Liverpool Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 8BX
Meetings held Thursday evening, fortnightly
St Joseph, Meeting Lane, Penketh, Warrington, WA5 2BB
Meetings held Wednesday weekly
St Edmund of Canterbury, 62 Oxford Road,Waterloo, L22 8QF
Meetings held Tuesday, 8pm fortnightly
St Thomas of Canterbury, 30 St Georges Road,Waterloo, L22 1RD
Meetings held Thursday 7.30pm fortnightly
St Wilfrid, St Bede’s Parish Office, Appleton Village,Widnes Cheshire WA8 6EL
Meetings held Tuesday
St Aidan, Holmes House Ave, Winstanley, Wigan, WN3 6EE
Meetings held 2nd & 4th Wednesday
St Mary, Church Road, Woolton L25 5JF