Background
Moverley, Gerald was born on April 9, 1922 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Son of William Joseph and Irene Mary (Dewhirst) Moverley.
Moverley, Gerald was born on April 9, 1922 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Son of William Joseph and Irene Mary (Dewhirst) Moverley.
Doctor in Canon Law, Angelicum University, Rome, 1954.
Born in Bradford, England, Gerald Moverley was ordained priest on 28 April 1946, aged 24, in Leeds. Moverley earned a Doctorate of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in 1954
Moverley was consecrated by Bishop William Gordon Wheeler. On 6 December 1967, aged 45, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Leeds and Titular Bishop of Tinis in Proconsulari.
He died in 1996 as Bishop Emeritus of Hallam and was succeeded by Rt.
Review John Rawsthorne on 3 July 1997. He had been a priest for 50 years and a bishop for almost 29 years.
Member Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland (founder, president 1980-1986).