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Vicariate Apostolic of the Northern District
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WILLIAM RIDDELL
Born February 5, 1807
Ordained Bishop, 1844 and appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of
the Northern District
Succeeded Bishop Mostyn as Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District,
August 11, 1847
First parish priest of St Mary's
Died November 2, 1847, aged 40, in Newcastle; buried at St Mary's
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Diocese of Hexham, then Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle
The See of Hexham was erected in 1850; the title was changed
to that of Hexham and Newcastle on May 23, 1861.
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WILLIAM HOGARTH
Born March 25, 1786
Appointed July 28, 1848 as Vicar Apostolic of Northern District
Ordained Bishop, August 24, 1848 as Bishop of Samosata
Translated to Hexham, September 29, 1850
Died January 29, 1866, aged 79, in Darlington; buried at Ushaw
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JAMES CHADWICK
Born April 24, 1813
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle August 12, 1866
Ordained Bishop, October 18, 1866
Died May 14, 1882, aged 69, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw
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JOHN WILLIAM BEWICK
Born April 20, 1824
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle September 25, 1882
Ordained Bishop, October 18, 1882
Died October 29, 1886, aged 62, in Tynemouth; buried at the Ashburton
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HENRY O'CALLAGHAN
Born March 29, 1827
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle October 1, 1887
Ordained Bishop, January 18, 1888
Resigned September 19, 1889 and translated to Archiepiscopal See
of Nicosia, October 1, 1889
Died October 10, 1904, aged 77, in Florence |
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THOMAS WILLIAM WILKINSON
Born April 5, 1825
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle May 15, 1888
Ordained Bishop, July 25, 1888 as Bishop of Cisamus
Translated to Hexham & Newcastle, December 28, 1889
Died April 17, 1909, aged 84, at Ushaw, where he is buried
He had as Auxiliary:
RICHARD PRESTON
Born December 12, 1856
Appointed Bishop of Phocea and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle
March 21, 1900
Ordained Bishop, July 25, 1900
Died February 9, 1905, aged 48, in Lancaster; buried at Ushaw
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RICHARD COLLINS
Born April 5, 1857
Appointed Bishop of Selinus and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle
March 21, 1905
Ordained Bishop, June 29, 1905
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle June 21, 1909
Died February 9, 1924, aged 66, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw |
By an Apostolic Constitution dated November 22, 1924, His Holiness Pope
Pius XI withdrew the two Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, and
incorporated them in the newly-erected Diocese of Lancaster.
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JOSEPH THORMAN
Born August 6, 1871
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle December 18, 1924
Ordained Bishop, January 27, 1925
Died October 7, 1936, aged 65, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw |
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JOSEPH McCORMACK
Born May 17, 1887
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle December 30, 1936
Ordained Bishop, February 4, 1937
Died March 2, 1958, aged 70, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw |
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JAMES CUNNINGHAM
Born August 15, 1910
Appointed Bishop of Ios and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle,
August 19, 1957
Ordained Bishop, November 12, 1957
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle, July 1, 1958
Resigned May 16, 1974
Died July 10, 1974, aged 63, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw |
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HUGH LINDSAY
Born June 20, 1927
Appointed Bishop of Cuncacestre and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham
& Newcastle, October 13, 1969.
Ordained Bishop, December 11, 1969
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle December 12, 1974
Resigned January 11, 1992
He had as Auxiliary:
OWEN SWINDLEHURST
Born May 10, 1928
Appointed Bishop of Cuncacestre and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham
& Newcastle, June 10, 1977
Ordained Bishop, July 25, 1977
Died August 28, 1995, aged 67, in Sunderland; buried at Our Blessed
Lady Immaculate, Washington, Tyne & Wear
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MICHAEL AMBROSE GRIFFITHS OSB
Born December 24, 1928
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle, January 11, 1992
Ordained Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle, March 20, 1992
Retired March 26, 2004
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KEVIN JOHN DUNN
Born July 9, 1950
Appointed Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle, March 20, 2004
Ordained Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle, May 25, 2004
Died March 1, 2008, aged 57, in Newcastle
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