The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle has a rich-and-vast history, with our first Bishop, Bishop William Hogarth, being consecrated in 1850.
Find out more about our former Bishops below, some of the names may be familiar as we honour our former Bishops in our schools, partnerships and other areas of the Diocese.
"Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church."
Born March 25, 1786
Consecrated August 24, 1848 as Vicar-Apostolic of the Northern District
Translated to Hexham, September 29, 1850
Died January 29, 1866, aged 80, in Darlington; buried at Ushaw.
Born April 24, 1813
Consecrated October 18, 1866
Died May 14, 1882, aged 69, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw
Born April 20, 1824
Consecrated October 18, 1882
Died October 29, 1886, aged 62, in Tynemouth; buried at the Ashburton Cemetery, Gosforth
Born March 29, 1827
Consecrated January 18, 1888
Resigned 1889 and translated to Archiepiscopal See of Nicosia, October 1, 1889
Died October 11, 1904, aged 77, in Florence.
Born April 5, 1825
Consecrated July 25, 1888
Translated to Hexham & Newcastle, December 28, 1889
Died April 17, 1909, aged 84, at Ushaw, where he is buried.
Bishop of Phocea
Born December 12, 1856
Consecrated July 25, 1900
Died February 9, 1905, aged 49, in Lancaster; buried at Ushaw
Born April 5, 1857
Consecrated Bishop of of Selinus, June 29, 1905
Became Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle, June 21, 1909
Died February 9, 1924, aged 66, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw
Born August 6, 1871
Consecrated January 27, 1925
Died October 7, 1936, aged 65, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw
Born May 17, 1887
Consecrated February 4, 1937
Died March 2, 1958, aged 70, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw
Born August 15, 1910
Consecrated Bishop of Jos and Auxiliary to Bishop McCormack, November 12, 1957
Appointed as Bishop of Diocese, July 1, 1958
Died July 10, 1974, aged 63, in Newcastle; buried at Ushaw
Bishop of Chester-le-Street
Born May 10, 1928
Ordained Bishop of Chester-le-Street and Auxiliary to Bishop Lindsay, July 25, 1977
Died August 28, 1995, aged 67, in Sunderland; buried at Our Blessed Lady Immaculate, Washington, Tyne & Wear.
Born June 20, 1927
Ordained Bishop of Chester-le-Street (Cuncacestre) and Auxiliary to Bishop Cunningham, December 11, 1969
Appointed Bishop of Diocese, December 12, 1974
Retired January 11, 1992
Died January 19, 2009; buried in the crypt at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle.
Born 4 December 1928
Ordained Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 20 March 1992 by Archbishop Derek Worlock
Retired 25 May 2004
Died 14 June 2011, aged 82, in Lancashire; buried in the vault under the Abbey church at Ampleforth.
Born 9 July 1950
Ordained Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 25 May 2004 by Bishop Ambrose Griffiths
Died 1 March 2008, aged 57, in Newcastle; buried in the crypt at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle.
Born 7 July 1942
Ordained Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 20 March 2009
Retired 25 March 2019.
Born September 1956.
Ordained Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 25 March 2019.
Resigned 12 December 2022.
