Vincent Nichols

British Roman Catholic priest, archbishop and cardinal

Person human Q765284

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: November 8, 1945
Place of birth: Crosby
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[7]
Occupation: theologian, Catholic priest, Catholic deacon, Catholic bishop
Position held: cardinal priest, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, archbishop of Westminster, auxiliary bishop, titular bishop, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales^[8]^[9]
Educated at: Pontifical Gregorian University, St Mary's College, St John Rigby College^[10]^[11]^[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Consecrator: Basil Hume, Derek Worlock, Alan Charles Clark^[18]^[19]^[20]
Family name: Nichols^[14]
Given name: Vincent^[15]
P14931: nichols_gv^[21]
Participant in: 2025 conclave^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 21

ISNI: 0000000062810851
VIAF cluster ID: 89668309
Library of Congress authority ID: nr98010305
GND ID: 114720537X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Vincent Nichols.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID: 8b1d6d5d-5b20-4691-883e-0b4a40c89ccb
Catholic Hierarchy person ID: nichols
Companies House officer ID: bCNoIpzvZIiIPZvkYt25LkorGRY
FactGrid item ID: Hugh II
Freebase ID: /m/06qgwy
GCatholic person ID: 2392
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000046717800576

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IxTheo authority ID: 100856057X
MusicBrainz artist ID: 31c5dcba-f679-462d-9d34-fb62b377d21b
NUKAT ID: n2014011190
Parsifal cluster ID: 86300
SBN author ID: MILV353740
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID: 2014:Nichols
The College of Cardinals Report ID: vincent-gerard-nichols
Wellcome Collection concept ID: qtyt39y6
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJy8xW6MVVtY6r7f9jkMT3

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Consecrator 3

Basil Hume, Derek Worlock, Alan Charles Clark

Occupation 3

theologian, Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

Position held 3

titular bishop, auxiliary bishop, cardinal priest

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

Pontifical Gregorian University

FactGrid item ID 1

Hugh II

Given name 1

Vincent

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Participant in 1

2025 conclave

Participated in 1

2025 conclave

Place of birth 1

Crosby

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Vincent Nichols was born on November 8, 1945^[1], in Crosby^[2]. He has worked as a theologian^[3], Catholic priest^[4], Catholic deacon^[5], and Catholic bishop^[6].

FAQs

Where was Vincent Nichols born?

Vincent Nichols's place of birth was Crosby^[2].

What did Vincent Nichols do for work?

Vincent Nichols worked as a theologian^[3], Catholic priest^[4], Catholic deacon^[5], and Catholic bishop^[6].

Where did Vincent Nichols go to school?

Vincent Nichols was educated at Pontifical Gregorian University^[10], St Mary's College^[11], and St John Rigby College^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Vincent Nichols — place of birth (P19): Crosby. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Vincent Nichols — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Vincent Nichols — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. Companies House. Retrieved 2021-12-05. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Vincent Nichols — position held (P39): cardinal priest. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-02-05. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Vincent Nichols — position held (P39): President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Vincent Nichols — educated at (P69): Pontifical Gregorian University. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Vincent Nichols — educated at (P69): St Mary's College. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Vincent Nichols — educated at (P69): St John Rigby College. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Vincent Nichols — occupation (P106): theologian. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Vincent Nichols — occupation (P106): Catholic priest. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Vincent Nichols — occupation (P106): Catholic deacon. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Vincent Nichols — occupation (P106): Catholic bishop. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Vincent Nichols — date of birth (P569): November 8, 1945. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Vincent Nichols — family name (P734): Nichols. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Vincent Nichols — given name (P735): Vincent. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Vincent Nichols — participant in (P1344): 2025 conclave. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Vincent Nichols — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Vincent Nichols — consecrator (P1598): Basil Hume. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Vincent Nichols — consecrator (P1598): Derek Worlock. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Vincent Nichols — consecrator (P1598): Alan Charles Clark. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Vincent Nichols — P14931 (P14931): nichols_gv. wikidata.org.

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19d ago · Twtw4244 · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikidata description → British Roman Catholic priest, archbishop and cardinal

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5w ago · Tymewalk · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'hr', 'id', '

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