Kevin Dunn (bishop)
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Kevin John Dunn (9 July 1950 – 1 March 2008) was the twelfth
Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
.
Early life
Kevin John Dunn was born in
ordained at Our Lady and St Werbergh's Church, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 17 January 1976. [citation needed
]
Priest
After ordination Dunn served in St Patrick's,
Archdiocese of Birmingham from 1980 to 1987. For two years he was parish priest at Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent and served as Chaplain to the Royal Infirmary and Chaplain to Staffordshire University. [citation needed
]
He underwent further studies at the
Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of Saint Chad, and a member of the Episcopal Council in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. [citation needed
]
Bishop
He was appointed Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle by Pope John Paul II, and was consecrated on 25 May 2004 at St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne. [citation needed]
Death
Dunn was admitted to the
Prayers for the Dead
.
Sources
- Bishop Dunn's obituary, The Times, 11 March 2008
- Obituary for Bishop Dunn at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle's website
- The Telegraph, 26 March 2008[dead link]
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