We are delighted that Fr Timothy Radcliffe is to be made a Cardinal by Pope Francis in the consistory of 8th December 2024.
Fr Timothy is a former Master of the worldwide Dominican Order and a member of the Dominican Community at Blackfriars, Oxford. He is a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall and an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford. He is a Dominican preacher and theologian of global reach.
He was awarded an honorary Doctor in Divinity in 2003 by the University of Oxford. In the award citation, Fr Timothy was presented as ‘a man distinguished both for eloquence and for wit, a master theologian who has never disregarded ordinary people, a practical man who believes that religion and the teachings of theology must be constantly applied to the conduct of public life’.