British priest and bishop
Cyril Conrad Cowderoy (5 May 1905 - 10 October 1976) was a priest for over 45 years and a bishop for over 26 years in the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales .
Born in Sidcup , Kent, on 5 May 1905, he was consecrated and ordained as a parish priest in Southwark on 30 May 1931 by Cardinal Bernard William Griffin and Bishops Beck and Farren. On 12 December 1949 he was appointed Bishop of Southwark .
In 1964, he opened St. Michael and All Angels Catholic Church, in Locksbottom , Kent, inside of which is a commemorative plaque.
On 28 May 1965, aged 60, he was appointed as the first metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark by Pope Paul VI . He was Grand Prior for England and Wales of the Knights of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem . Archbishop Cowderoy died in office on 10 October 1976, aged 71.
Archbishop Cowderoy consecrated or co-consecrated the following bishops (all deceased):
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Churches St George's Cathedral, Southwark - Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George Sacred Heart Church, Battersea Corpus Christi Church, Brixton St Osmund's Church, Barnes Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury St Michael the Archangel Church, Chatham St Paul's Church, Dover St Thomas More Church, Dulwich Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's Church, Kew St Agatha's Church, Kingston St Mary Magdalen Church, Mortlake Our Lady of the Angels Church, Erith Our Lady of Gillingham Church Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond Polish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Putney St Augustine's Church, Ramsgate St Ethelbert's Church, Ramsgate St Elizabeth of Portugal Church, Richmond St Joseph Church, Roehampton St Mary's Church, Clapham St Thomas Aquinas Church, Ham Sts Simon and Jude Church, Streatham Hill St Raphael's Church, Surbiton St Anne's Church, Vauxhall St Patrick's Church, Waterloo Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon St Peter's Church, Woolwich Schools Bishop Challoner School Bishop Thomas Grant School Bonus Pastor Catholic College The Cedars School Christ the King Sixth Form College Coloma Convent Girls' School Donhead Preparatory School Holy Cross School, New Malden Holy Cross Preparatory School The John Fisher School La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School The Laurels School Marymount International School London Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School Richard Challoner School Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell St Anselm's Catholic School St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls St Columba's Catholic Boys' School St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover St Francis Xavier College, Clapham St Gregory's Catholic School St John Bosco College, Battersea St John Fisher Catholic School St John's Catholic Comprehensive School St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Croydon St Matthew Academy St Michael's Catholic College St Paul's Academy, Abbey Wood St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls St Simon Stock Catholic School St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham St Thomas the Apostle College St Ursula's Convent School Thomas More Catholic School, Purley Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea Ursuline High School, Wimbledon Wimbledon College