cormac murphy-o'connor (24 august 1932 – 1 september 2017) was a cardinal of the roman catholic church, archbishop of westminster and president of the catholic bishops' conference of england and wales. he was created a cardinal by pope john paul ii in 2001. he submitted his resignation as archbishop on reaching his 75th birthday in 2007; pope benedict xvi accepted it on 3 april 2009.