Updated 9:56pm 1 June 2012

Liverpool Bishops honoured by Liverpool Hope University

He told the Daily Post: “This is a very special day. At one stage I was studying for a doctorate that I didn’t finish.

“At age of 71, I think this is enough – I think I’m in Liverpool to stay.”

Bishop Jones added: “For the students, this is the culmination of a lot of hard work and the fulfilment of a dream.

“What impresses me about Liverpool Hope is the proportion of people from Liverpool.

“There will have been a lot of Scousers in the Cathedral because this really is a university for Liverpool.”

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