 Moverley earned a Doctorate of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, "Angelicum" in 1954

Moverley was consecrated by Bishop William Gordon Wheeler.On 6 December 1967, aged 45, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Leeds and Titular Bishop of Tinis in Proconsulari.He died in 1996 as Bishop Emeritus of Hallam and was succeeded by Rt.