Archbishop Malcolm OP, the Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, recently celebrated Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King to mark his silver jubilee of Episcopal Ordination.

Since that day 25 years ago, Archbishop Malcolm served as Bishop of Nottingham from 2000 until 2013, and then as Archbishop of Liverpool from 2014 until 2025.

Priests and clergy from across the diocese came together to give thanks for Archbishop Malcolm’s Episcopal Ministry.

Archbishop John Sherrington, Malcolm’s successor, was also concelebrating, along with Vicars General Bishop Tom Neylon and Canon Aidan Prescott, as well as Bishop Tom Williams. Archbishop Malcolm joked that it would be the final time he would take the Cathedra.

In his homily, Archbishop Malcolm reflected on the moment he became a Bishop: “I remember I was unblocking a drain at Blackfriars, where I was Friar.

“I got told there was a foreign Monsignor on the phone, and he wanted to talk to the Friar, that was me.

“He wanted me to go to the Nunciate the next day. I assumed it was to do with a report.

“I was quite taken aback when I was told the Holy Father had appointed me as the Bishop of Nottingham.

“I went off to Nottingham, and after 13 and a half years there, I was asked by the Holy Father Pope Francis to be the Archbishop of Liverpool.

“Thank you all, I didn’t expect anyone to come today. It’s lovely to see all the different people from the different slices of my life.

“Above all, today, my heart is filled with love and joy for you all, and thanksgiving to you and to Almighty God for the blessings I have received.”

Archbishop Sherrington then presented Archbishop Malcolm with a gift – an icon of St Michael.