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A british pope

Has there ever been a British pope, if not could there ever be one, who in Britain today would make an ideal pope?.....someone who would look good in all that clobber.

claymore Wed 18/06/08 12:47

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Barmaid
Wed 18/06/08
12:49

Nicholas Breakspear (aka Adrian IV) was a British pope. Think that was in the 1100s though.

Ric.ror
Wed 18/06/08
12:49

Yes there was one once - I forgot who I think it may have been Adrian - but it was about 400 years ago

Ric.ror
Wed 18/06/08
12:51

Beat me to it Barmaid

Octavius
Wed 18/06/08
15:46

Adrian IV is the only Briton ever to hold the papal title.

It is unlikely that we will have a British one any time soon, but the only ones who come even close enough to the upper echelons to being considered would be Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor (England and Wales) and Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien (Scotland)

But even they are mere Cardinal Priests rather than Cardinal Bishops. The next nearest would be Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady who is the current Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh.

Gromit
Wed 18/06/08
15:49

Tony Blair is now a catholic and has also been responsible for many hundreds of thousands of deaths, so he would be an ideal candidate.

Theland1
Wed 18/06/08
18:40

Chubby Brown might increase the numbers in the congregation.

jno
Tue 24/06/08
21:19

Adrian was technically English, I suppose, as there wasn't a Britain at the time and the Roman name Britannia had fallen out of usage. Ray Winstone might look the part until he opened his mouth.

Octavius
Mon 30/06/08
10:14

He was born a Saxon in about 1100 in Hertfordshire, the same year Henry I became King of England.

He was the 4th son of Willy the Conk, so I would say that England was very much in existence...?

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