Vincent Nichols
Ordination history of Vincent Nichols Priestly ordination Date of ordination 21 December 1969 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Basil Hume Co-consecrator Derek John Worlock Co-consecrator Alan Charles Clark Date of consecration 24 January 1992 Place of consecration Westminster Cathedral Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Francis Date of elevation 22 February 2014 Bishops consecrated by Vincent Nichols as principal consecrator David Christopher McGough 8 December 2005 John Francis Sherrington 14 September 2011 Nicholas Gilbert Hudson 4 June 2014 Alan Williams 1 July 2014 Styles of Vincent Nichols Reference style His Eminence Spoken style Your Eminence, My Lord Cardinal or My Lord Archbishop or Cardinal Informal style Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols (born 8 November 1945) is an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster, Chancellor of St Mary's University, Twickenham and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. He previously served as Archbishop of Birmingham from 2000 to 2009. On 22 February 2014, Pope Francis admitted Nichols to the Sacred College of Cardinals at a general consistory.