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Kevin John Dunn (9 July 1950 – 1 March 2008) was the twelfth Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.

Early life

Kevin John Dunn was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire on 9 July 1950 and educated at St Mary's Primary School and St Patrick's Secondary School (both Newcastle-under-Lyme). He studied at Christleton Hall in Chester, and studied A Levels at Cotton College, North Staffordshire. He studied for the priesthood at Oscott College, Birmingham, and was ordained at Our Lady and St Werbergh's Church, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 17 January 1976.

Priest

After ordination Dunn served in St Patrick's, Walsall, and was chaplain to Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School. Living in Aston, Birmingham he was chaplain to the Anglo-Caribbean community in the Archdiocese of Birmingham from 1980 to 1987. For two years he was parish priest at Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent and served as Chaplain to the Royal Infirmary and Chaplain to Staffordshire University.

He underwent further studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome and was awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law in 1991. Upon his return to England in 1991, he worked as a Parish Priest at St Austin's, Stafford and also lectured in Canon Law at Oscott College. During this time he became the Episcopal Vicar for Religious in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. In 2001 he was also appointed full-time Episcopal Vicar for the areas of Wolverhampton, Walsall, the Black Country and Worcestershire. In 2002 he became a Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of Saint Chad, and a member of the Episcopal Council in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

Bishop

He was appointed Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle by Pope John Paul II, and was consecrated on 25 May 2004 at St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Death

Dunn was admitted to the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, in early February 2008, and died there on 1 March 2008, aged 57, from pneumonia. Canon Seamus Cunningham, who succeeded Dunn as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, administered the Prayers for the Dying and Prayers for the Dead.

Sources

• Bishop Dunn's obituary, The Times, 11 March 2008
• Obituary for Bishop Dunn at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle's website
• The Telegraph, 26 March 2008

External links

v t e Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
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 Bede's Church, South Shields St Mary's Church, Stockton-on-Tees St Benet's Church, Sunderland St Mary's Church, Sunderland Our Lady and St Oswin Church, Tynemouth 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
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• 1950 births
• 2008 deaths
• Alumni of St Mary's College, Oscott
• People from Newcastle-under-Lyme
• People associated with Staffordshire University
• Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni
• 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in England
• Deaths from pneumonia in England
• Roman Catholic bishops of Hexham and Newcastle