The Right Reverend Kevin Dunn, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
A short Biography
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Kevin Dunn was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on July 9, 1950. He went to St Mary's Primary School then on to St Patrick's Secondary School in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He studied with the Salvatorian Fathers at Christleton Hall in Chester, and studied A Levels at Coton College in North Staffordshire.
He studied for the priesthood at Oscott College, Birmingham, and was ordained to the priesthood at Our Lady and St Werbergh's Church in Clayton, Newcastle under Lyme on January 17, 1976.
He served in St Patrick’s, Walsall, and was chaplain to Stuart Bathurst High School. He became chaplain to the Caribbean community in the Archdiocese of Birmingham from 1980 to 1987 where he lived in Aston, Birmingham (next door to Aston Villa football ground!).
For two years he was parish priest at Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent. He was also 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 in 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 St Chad and a member of the Episcopal Council, in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
He was ordained Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle on 25 May 2004 at the Cathedral Church of St Mary in Newcastle upon Tyne.
The announcement of his appointment as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle by His Holiness Pope John Paul II was made on 20th March 2004, the Feast of St Cuthbert, patron of the Diocese. He was ordained Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle on 25th May 2004, the Feast of St Bede, at the Cathedral Church of St Mary in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Bishop Kevin Dunn died on 1st March 2008.
