Diocese of Hallam

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The Diocese of Hallam is a Roman Catholic Diocese in the UK, under the patronage of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.

The Diocese was formed on 30 May 1980 by removing territory from the Diocese of Leeds and the Diocese of Nottingham. It includes the City of Sheffield, and the towns of Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield, the Peak District and areas of Bassetlaw and Retford. It is one of the six suffragan sees in the ecclesiastical Province of Liverpool. The Diocese derives its name from Hallamshire, an ancient name for the Sheffield area.

The first Bishop of Hallam was Gerald Moverley, who resigned in July 1996 and died later that year. The current incumbent is Bishop John Rawsthorne. He had previously been Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool and titular bishop of Rotdon. The diocesan Cathedral is the Cathedral Church of St. Marie in the city centre of Sheffield.

1 Deaneries of the Diocese
2 Bishops of the Diocese of Hallam
3 Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Deaneries of the Diocese

Barnsley, under the patronage of the Holy Rood.
Bassetlaw, under the patronage of St Gilbert of Sempringham.
Chesterfield, under the patronage of The Padley Martyrs.
Doncaster, under the patronage of St Charles Borromeo.
Rotherham, under the patronage of St Bede.
Sheffield North, under the patronage of St John Fisher.
Sheffield East, under the patronage of St Peter.

[edit] Bishops of the Diocese of Hallam

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
30 May 1980 to 9 July 1996	Gerald Moverley	Auxiliary Bishop of Leeds; resigned
4 June 1997 to present	John Rawsthorne	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool; installed 3 July 1997

[edit] Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes

This is one of the leading pilgrimages in the Diocesan year and usually takes place in June or July. It is well known that none of the sick attend or stay at one of the hospitals in the town, and stay in the main hotels cared for by the own diocesan team of Doctors and Nurses.

The youth in their brightly coloured shirts are clearly distinguishable and are often praised for the voluntary work in looking after their own individual pilgrim during the week. For many years the uniform's colours changed with each group that went, although recently a highly unpopular yellow and green shirt has been adopted.

Another tradition of the diocese is that they lead two of the main services at least once whilst staying in Lourdes, this being the Marian ("Torchlight") procession and the Blessed Sacrament procession. Mass at the grotto usually also takes place.