Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE (Dioecesis Hagulstadensis et Novacastrensis)

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1688 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern District
Elevated in 1850 to Diocese of Hexham
Renamed 1861 to Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

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Arms of Bishops

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  John Briggs (1836-1840)

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  William Hogarth (1848-1866)

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  James Chadwick (1866-1882)

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  John William Bewick (1882-1886)

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  Henry O'Callaghan (1887-1889)

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  Thomas William Wilkinson (1889-1909)

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  Richard Collins (1909-1924)

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  Alex Thorman (1924-1936)

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  Joseph McCormack (1936-1958)

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  James Cunningham (1958-1974)

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  Hugh Lindsay (1974-1992)

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  Michael Ambrose Griffiths (1992-2004)

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  Kevin John Dunn (2004-2008)

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  Séamus Cunningham (2009-2019)

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  Robert John Byrne (2019-present)

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