24 March 2021

Stephen Wang

Heartiest congratulations to Fr Stephen on his appointment as Rector of the Venerabile. We all got to know and like him when he organised the 'Formation' which the English Catholic bishops wanted us to undergo.

Sadly, this news presumably means that Dr Wang will not now be per saltum the next Archbishop of Westminster.

But, if he puts the Extraordinary Form on the College syllabus, this trifling delay will have been worth it.

The Venerabile, I think, is the oldest English academic institution outside the University of Oxford. 

1 comment:

William Tighe said...

"The Venerabile, I think, is the oldest English academic institution outside the University of Oxford."

I don't think so; Cambridge was founded in or around 1209; the Venerabile (as a hospice) in 1362.