Vincent Nichols

His Eminence Vincent Nichols
Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
Archbishop Nichols in 2012
Church	Catholic Church
Province	Westminster
Diocese	Westminster
Appointed	3 April 2009
Installed	21 May 2009
Predecessor	Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore e Sant'Alfonso in Via Merulana Chancellor of St Mary's University, Twickenham
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1969
Consecration	24 January 1992 by Basil Cardinal Hume
Created cardinal	22 February 2014 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Vincent Gerard Nichols (1945-11-08) 8 November 1945 (age 78) Crosby, Lancashire, England
Nationality	English
Denomination	Catholic
Residence	Archbishop's House, Ambrosden Avenue, London
Parents	Henry and Mary (née Russell) Nichols
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Othona (1992–2000) Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (1991–2000) Archbishop of Birmingham (2000–2009)
Motto	Fortis ut Mors Dilectio (Love Is Strong As Death)
Coat of arms

Styles of Vincent Nichols
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence or Cardinal
Informal style	Cardinal

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Vincent Gerard Nichols (born 8 November 1945) is a British cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. He previously served as Archbishop of Birmingham from 2000 to 2009. He was created cardinal in 22 February 2014.^[1]

Nichols wrote to Pope Francis offering his resignation as archbishop as of his 75th birthday on 8 November 2020, as is customary; the pope asked him to stay on as archbishop until the appointment of a successor.^[2]

In November 2020 the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse heavily criticised Nichols as the leader of the Catholic church in England and Wales for lack of personal responsibility, of compassion towards victims, of the leadership expected, and for prioritising the reputation of the church above the suffering of victims. A church spokesperson said Nichols would not be resigning as cardinal following the inquiry's criticisms as he was "determined to put it right".^[2]