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Christian Responsibility and Citizenship

Department for Christian Responsibility and Citizenship - Bishops and Staff

The bishops' areas of particular responsibility within the work of the Department are in brackets.

Chairman:

Archbishop Peter Smith

Archbishop of Cardiff

(Ethics; Law)

Episcopal Members:

Bishop Terence Brain

Bishop of Salford

(Penal Policy, Chair of Caritas Social Action Network)

 

Bishop Christopher Budd

Bishop of Plymouth

(Bioethics: Trustee of Caritas Social Action Network)

 

Bishop John Hine

Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark

(Marriage and Family Life)

 

Bishop Bernard Longley

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster

(Day for Life)

 

Bishop Thomas Williams

Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool

(Healthcare Reference Group)

Other Members:

Mr Richard Zipfel

Senior Advisor on Community Relations

 

Mrs Philippa Gitlin

Director
Caritas - social action

 

Mrs Cecilia Taylor-Camara

National Coordinator
Catholic Association for Racial Justice

 

Dr James Hanvey SJ

Director
Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life

Staff members:

Mr Charles Wookey

Department Secretary
and Assistant General Secretary

 

Ms Elizabeth Davies

Marriage and Family Life Project Officer

 

Mrs Veronica Murphy

Marriage and Family Life Project Worker (Training and Development)

 

Ms Liz Taite

Department Administrator and
Secretary, Healthcare Reference Group



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