 He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1993, by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.He became a member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd (OGS) in 1991 and served as its United Kingdom provincial (head) from 1996 to 2005.OGS is an international religious society of priests and laymen bound together by a common rule and discipline, including a requirement of celibacy.