The Papal Mandate for Bishop-Elect Stephen Wang, who will be ordained to the episcopate today and has the assurance of my prayers as he begins this new chapter in his ministry. LEO, BISHOP, SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD, To Our beloved son, Stephen Wei-Jon Wang, of the clergy of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Westminster, hitherto Rector of the Venerable English College in the City of Rome, appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, greetings and Apostolic Blessing. In all Our pastoral endeavours, we do not pursue some newly-devised course. Our purpose has already been drawn from the Gospel and from the living Tradition; it is found in Christ himself, whom the Christian faithful are called to know, to love and to imitate. For in Him, Trinitarian life is brought about and lived, and history itself is transfigured and brought to fulfilment, even unto the heavenly Jerusalem (cf. St John Paul II, Novo millennio ineunte, 29). Guided by these words, and together with our brother Bishops, we continually desire to build up the Kingdom of God, and for this reason we turn our gaze towards the community of Arundel and Brighton, which, following the translation of our Venerable Brother, Charles Philip Richard Moth, to the See of Westminster, now patiently awaits the arrival of a new shepherd to guide its diocesan life. Therefore, considering this need, we have you in mind, beloved son, whose particular human and priestly gifts, together with your prudence and experience in the conduct of affairs, persuade us to entrust this work, ministry, and responsibility to you with confidence. Accordingly, relying upon the judgement of the Dicastery for Bishops, and exercising our Apostolic authority, we nominate and willingly appoint you Bishop of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, with all due rights granted and the corresponding obligations imposed, in accordance with the laws of the Code of Canon Law. As regards your episcopal ordination, we gladly permit you to receive it anywhere outside the City of Rome from a Catholic Bishop, whom you shall choose. Beforehand, however, as ecclesiastical law prescribes, it is necessary that you duly make the Profession of Faith and take the Oath of Fidelity to Us and to Our Successors in this See. We further exhort you to exercise your ministry diligently and as a father towards all the Christian faithful entrusted to you, both clergy and laity, and at the same time we exhort them, as soon as they have learned of this Decree and of Our will, to manifest towards you their affection and obedience. Finally, we entrust your ministry to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of her spouse Saint Joseph, and of Saint Philip Howard, that they may abundantly implore from God for you the graces necessary for your ministry. Given at Rome, at Saint Peter's, on the second day of the month of July, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-six, the second year of Our Pontificate. Leo Pastor Pastorem XIV