Jesus Christ, the eternal Shepherd, established His holy Church, having sent forth the apostles as He Himself had been sent by the Father; and He willed that their successors, namely the bishops, should be shepherds in His Church even to the consummation of the world.
Lumen Gentium 18
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Archbishop of Westminster | President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales | Cardinal-Priest of the Most Holy Redeemer and St Alphonsus Liguori