Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle announces resignation

Bishop: “When the pandemic’s over, we need to rethink and change our lives much as our parents and grandparents did after the wars”

Newman Thanksgiving Mass

Read Bishop Byrne's full homily from the pontifical Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint John Henry Newman.

Canonisation Events

Free-to-attend events in Rome

Rt Rev Robert Byrne Installed Fourteenth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle

Appointment of the fourteenth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle

Hexham and Newcastle

Profile of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

Bishop Robert Byrne answers the question “Why was Newman so great?”

Catholic-Orthodox Pastoral Consultation in England

Pope Francis Prays for the Success of the Day of Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman

Archbishop Longley’s words of welcome ahead of the Episopal Ordination of Robert Byrne as a new Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham

Cardinal welcomes new bishop as “God’s gift to us”