A british pope

[claymore]

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.

[Barmaid]

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

[Ric.ror]

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

[Ric.ror]

Beat me to it Barmaid

[Octavius]

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 Se�n Baptist Cardinal Brady who is the current Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh.

[Gromit]

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]

Chubby Brown might increase the numbers in the congregation.

[jno]

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]

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...?