Tributes have been pouring in for Bishop Kevin Dunn
Here is a selection:
Bishop Hugh Lindsay, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1974 – 1992, said:
“Bishop Kevin went into hospital on Shrove Tuesday; next day, I began the saddest Lent I can ever remember. He was in critical care the following day and died on 1st March despite the wonderful care from specialist doctors and nurses at the Newcastle Freeman Hospital. I was sad because he became diocesan Bishop almost 30 years after me, was so much younger and had less than four years to work amongst us. Although I did not meet him until after his appointment, I realised how determined he was to give of his best. The prayers and Masses offered for him in the Diocese heartened me, as did the evident love of his family, his housekeeper Pam and Canon Seamus Cunningham; during his illness, each of them was at his bedside every day for long periods. I pray for the Diocese in its loss of a comparatively new bishop and, with them and his family, pray for Bishop Kevin too. May he rest in peace.”
Canon Seamus Cunningham, Diocesan Administrator of Hexham and Newcastle, said:
“Bishop Kevin was a wonderful man, very warm and welcoming. I would be inclined to describe him as “the smiling bishop”. He was very supportive of his clergy, he was a man of understanding and compassion. He achieved a lot in his short time as Bishop and he will be sadly missed in our Diocese. It is now up to the priests and people to continue to build on the foundations that he laid together with his predecessors.”
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