Our Bishop

Born in Birmingham, the eldest son of Patrick and Bridget McKinney, originally from Ireland; Bishop Patrick’s family moved to Buncrana, in Co Donegal, Ireland, when he was still very young, before returning eventually to Birmingham.

‍Ordained to the priesthood, in St Mary’s Church, Buncrana, where his family lives. After his ordination, Bishop Patrick was appointed assistant priest in the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, Yardley Wood, Birmingham, and chaplain to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Kings Norton, Birmingham.

Studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where he gained a Licence in Sacred Theology.

Returned to the Archdiocese of Birmingham, teaching fundamental theology in St Mary’s College, Oscott.

Appointed Rector of St Mary’s College, during which period he was also a lecturer in ecclesiology, the theology of the Church. He was made a Prelate of Honour in 1990 and a member of the Metropolitan Chapter of St Chad in 1992.

‍Mgr McKinney left Oscott in 1998, becoming parish priest of St John, Great Haywood, and Episcopal Vicar for the north of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. He left the parish in 2001, remaining as Episcopal Vicar until 2006, when he was appointed parish priest of Our Lady and All Saints, Stourbridge, and Dean of the Dudley Deanery. He has also served for a time as Chair of the Birmingham Archdiocesan Ecumenical Commission.

Mgr McKinney was appointed tenth Bishop of Nottingham by Pope Francis on 14 May 2015, and was ordained to the episcopate by Cardinal Vincent Nichols in St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham on Friday 3 July 2015.
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He has taken as his motto 'Seek the Face of Christ'.