Bishop Stephen shares clergy appointments and moves for summer 2026.
Retirements
Mgr Andrew Faley
Fr Sean Hall
Fr Michael Whalen
Appointments / Moves
Fr Binoy Mandapathil – Priest in charge of the Parish of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Whitley Bay, Backworth and West Monkseaton and the Parish of St Mary Cullercoats and St Oswin, Tynemouth
Fr Jeff Dodds – Parish Priest of St Mary’s, Forest Hall and St Aidan’s, Benton
Carmelites (O. Carm) – Fr Paul Jenkins, Fr Richard Green and Fr Patrick Fitzgerald-Lombard to St Mary’s, Hexham, St Wilfrid’s, Haltwhistle, St John’s, Haydon Bridge, St Peter’s, Otterburn, St Oswald’s, Bellingham
Missionaries of St Paul (2 priests) – St John Vianney’s, West Denton, St Mark’s, Westerhope and St Cuthbert’s, Throckley
Fr Simon Weymes – Parish Priest of Our Lady and St Cuthbert’s, Prudhoe
Fr Paul Kilduff – Parish Priest of St Aloysius and St James, Hebburn
Fr Luke Wilkinson – Assistant Priest in City Centre Partnership and Priest Chaplain to Newcastle University and Northumbria University, residing at St Dominic’s
Fr Andrew Shaw – Assistant Priest at St John XXIII, Washington and Penshaw
Fr Joseph O’Brien – Assistant Priest at Holy Family, Hartlepool
St Bede’s, Jarrow and St Joseph’s, Jarrow – Clergy to be appointed
We pray for all our clergy and give thanks for their ministry.