Séamus Cunningham
The Right Reverend Séamus Cunningham | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle | |
Province | Liverpool |
Diocese | Hexham and Newcastle |
Appointed | 9 January 2009 |
Installed | 20 March 2009 |
Term ended | 4 February 2019 |
Predecessor | Kevin John Dunn |
Successor | Robert Byrne |
Orders | |
Ordination | 12 June 1966 |
Consecration | 20 March 2009 by Patrick Altham Kelly |
Personal details | |
Born | (1942-07-07) 7 July 1942 (age 82) Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Séamus Cunningham (born 7 July 1942) is an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in England. He was the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in the north of England from 2009 to 2019. He retired to the city of Sunderland and helps out as an assistant priest across the Catholic parishes in the city.
Biography
Séamus Cunningham was born in Castlebar, County Mayo. He attended St. Nathy's College in Ballaghaderreen and St. John's College in Waterford. He was ordained to the priesthood for the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle on 12 June 1966 and then undertook pastoral work in north west County Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne until 1972.
Cunningham was a diocesan adviser for Religious Education and Catechetics from 1972 to 1978, when he became director of Religious Education. From 1984 to 1987, he served as spiritual director at Ushaw College. In 1987 he was appointed administrator of St. Mary's Cathedral Church and a canon. Following a sabbatical in the United States Cunningham became a pastor in Tynemouth and Cullercoats in 1988. He was named vicar general of Hexham and Newcastle in 2004 and, following Bishop Kevin Dunn's death on 1 March 2008, elected Diocesan Administrator on 2 March.
On 9 January 2009, Cunningham was appointed the thirteenth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle by Pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on 20 March 2009, the Feast of Saint Cuthbert, the patron of the diocese, at St. Mary's Cathedral.[1] He retired from the position in February 2019.[2]
References
External links
- Catholic-Hierarchy
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
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Preceded by | Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 2009 – 2019 | Succeeded by Robert Byrne |
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- Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle
- I: William Hogarth
- II: James Chadwick
- III: John Bewick
- IV: Henry O'Callaghan
- V: Thomas Wilkinson
- VI: Richard Collins
- VII: Joseph Thorman
- VIII: Joseph McCormack
- IX: James Cunningham
- X: Hugh Lindsay
- XI: Ambrose Griffiths
- XII: Kevin Dunn
- XIII: Séamus Cunningham
- XIV: Robert Byrne
- XV: Stephen Wright
- Churches
- St Mary's Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St Mary
- Our Lady and St Cuthbert Church, Berwick
- Biddlestone Chapel
- St Augustine's Church, Darlington
- St Cuthbert's Church, Durham
- St Joseph's Church, Gateshead
- St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool
- St Mary's Church, Hartlepool
- St Mary's Church, Hexham
- Holy Name Church, Jesmond
- St Robert of Newminster Church, Morpeth
- St Dominic's Church, Newcastle
- Sacred Heart Church, North Gosforth
- St Mary's Church, Stockton-on-Tees
- St Benet's Church, Sunderland
- St Mary's Church, Sunderland
- St Ninian's Church, Wooler
- Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
- Our Lady of the Assumption (15 August)
- Saint Cuthbert (28 March)
- Schools
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School
- Carmel College, Darlington
- English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
- Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy
- Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College
- St Bede's Catholic School, Peterlee
- St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
- St Cuthbert's High School
- St John's Catholic School
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School
- St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
- St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Michael's Catholic Academy, Billingham
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields
- St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic College
- See also:
- Cardinal Basil Hume
- Minsteracres
- Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District
- Ushaw College
- Catholicism portal
- North East England portal