Ordained Priest, 1956. Asst Priest, Portsmouth and Fareham, 1957–66; Sec. to Bp of Portsmouth, 1966–70; Parish Priest, Parish of the Immaculate Conception, Southampton, 1970–71; Rector, English College, Rome, 1971–77; Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, 1977-2000; Archbishop of Westminster, 2000-2009; Cardinal 2001.

• Anglican Orders: A New Context
  Johannes Willebrands; Mark Santer; Cormac Murphy-O'Connor; Edward Yarnold ~ 1986 ~ CTS-Do574
• ARCIC-II Co-Presidents’ reply to Cardinal Willebrands on the ordination of women to the priesthood
  Mark Santer; Cormac Murphy-O'Connor ~ 14 Jan. 1986 ~ ARCIC-II 48-2/85
• Letter from the ARCIC co-chairmen on the publication of ‘Salvation and the Church’
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor; Mark Santer ~ 3 Jan. 1987 ~ Doc 1387/87
• Address by the Rt Revd Cormac Murphy-O’Connor
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor ~ 2 Sept. 1987 ~ Doc 955/87
• Correspondence regarding the CDF’s ‘Observations on Salvation and the Church’
  Johannes Willebrands; Cormac Murphy-O'Connor; Mark Santer ~ 1988 ~ Doc 1004/88
• Letter to all members of ARCIC-II
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor; Mark Santer ~ Oct. 1988 ~ Doc 997/88
• Letter from the ARCIC-II Co-Chairmen to members
  Mark Santer; Cormac Murphy-O'Connor ~ Oct. 1988 ~ Doc 1007/88
• Further issues on authority in the Church in the light of the responses of the Anglican Communion at Lambeth, 1988 and the Roman Catholic Church’s response from the Vatican in 1991
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor ~ 1992 ~ ARCIC-II 215/92
• Preface to ‘Life in Christ: Morals, Communion and the Church’
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor; Mark Santer ~ 5 Sept. 1993 ~ ARCIC-II 323/93
• A Statement by the Co-Chairmen of the Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor; Mark Santer ~ 1994 ~ ARCIC-II 329/94
• Statement from the Co-Chairmen of ARCIC for the launch of The Gift of Authority
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor; Mark Santer ~ 12 May 1999 ~ ARCIC-II 422/99
• The work of ARCIC 1968-2000
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor ~ Mississauga, Canada, 14 May 2000