Hexham and Newcastle Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/church/dioceses/hexham-and-newcastle/ England and Wales Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:07:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Hexham and Newcastle Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/church/dioceses/hexham-and-newcastle/ 32 32 174395915 Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle welcomes new Pope https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle-welcomes-new-pope/ Thu, 08 May 2025 20:26:16 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=104464 “We are overjoyed to welcome our new Pope Leo XIV. May the Lord bless him in his ministry. His first words were peace to the world, the peace of the risen Christ. May we all share that peace.” Bishop Stephen WrightBishop of Hexham and Newcastle

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]]> 104464 Safeguarding agency’s Hexham and Newcastle report hails ‘good practice’ in all areas https://www.cbcew.org.uk/safeguarding-agency-hails-good-practice-in-all-areas-in-hexham-and-newcastle-report/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/safeguarding-agency-hails-good-practice-in-all-areas-in-hexham-and-newcastle-report/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:59:22 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=102087 From the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle The agency that oversees safeguarding in the Catholic Church has observed “good practice” in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle across all eight of the recognised National Safeguarding Standards. In an audit report published on 26 February 2025, the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) in particular hailed major […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/safeguarding-agency-hails-good-practice-in-all-areas-in-hexham-and-newcastle-report/feed/ 0 102087 Safeguarding agency reports ‘significant progress’ in standards at the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle https://www.cbcew.org.uk/safeguarding-agency-reports-significant-progress-in-standards-at-the-diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/safeguarding-agency-reports-significant-progress-in-standards-at-the-diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:47:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=95600 Press Release from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle The agency which oversees safeguarding in the Catholic Church has reported “significant progress” in standards in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. An interim review of safeguarding in leadership, governance, ministry and culture, which was published today by the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency, praised progress achieved […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/safeguarding-agency-reports-significant-progress-in-standards-at-the-diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle/feed/ 0 95600 Statement from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle relating to Abdul Ezedi https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-from-the-diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle-relating-to-abdul-ezedi/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-from-the-diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle-relating-to-abdul-ezedi/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:59:04 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=87298 A spokesman for the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle said: “After checking local parish records and central records and after consulting with clergy we have no indication that Abdul Ezedi was received into the Catholic faith in this diocese, or that a Catholic priest of this diocese gave him a reference. “We do not know […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-from-the-diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle-relating-to-abdul-ezedi/feed/ 0 87298 Bishop Stephen Wright Installed 15th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-stephen-wright-installed-15th-bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-stephen-wright-installed-15th-bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:38:16 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=77611 Bishop Stephen Wright has been installed the 15th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle at a Solemn Mass of Installation in St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle. The Mass was celebrated in honour of Our Blessed Mary Immaculate, a patron of the diocese who looks down from one of the cathedral’s stained glass windows. Bishop Wright was welcomed […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-stephen-wright-installed-15th-bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle/feed/ 0 77611 Appointment of a new Bishop for the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle https://www.cbcew.org.uk/appointment-fifteenth-bishop-hexham-newcastle/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/appointment-fifteenth-bishop-hexham-newcastle/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=76587 Today, Wednesday 14 June 2023, His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rt Rev. Stephen Wright as the Fifteenth Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. On hearing the news of his appointment Bishop Stephen said: “’My grace is enough for you’ (2 Cor 12:9) were the words of Scripture that I prayed most about […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/appointment-fifteenth-bishop-hexham-newcastle/feed/ 0 76587 Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle announces resignation https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle-announces-resignation/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle-announces-resignation/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=69441 The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle has announced his resignation. In letters to the Catholic clergy and lay faithful of the Diocese and to the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, the Right Reverend Robert Byrne said: “For some time now I have been discerning my future and after much prayer and reflection, it is […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle-announces-resignation/feed/ 0 69441 Cathedral Church of St Mary https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/dioceses/hexham-and-newcastle/cathedral-church-of-st-mary/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 01:00:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/dioceses/hexham-and-newcastle/cathedral-church-of-st-mary/ The Cathedral Church of St Mary is a Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the mother church of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and seat of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.

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]]> 16612 Appointment of the fourteenth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle https://www.cbcew.org.uk/appointment-of-the-fourteenth-bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/appointment-of-the-fourteenth-bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle/#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/36208-2/ The Holy See today announced that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert Byrne as Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/appointment-of-the-fourteenth-bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle/feed/ 0 36208 Hexham and Newcastle https://www.cbcew.org.uk/hexham-and-newcastle/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:42:10 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/dioceses/hexham-and-newcastle/ The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle is the Right Reverend Stephen Wright. You can read a short biography of Bishop Stephen Wright in our Diocesan Bishops section. Find out more about the Pugin-designed St Mary’s Cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne. Website Visit the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle’s website.

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