The Right Reverend Kevin John Dunn (9 July 1950 – 1 March 2008) was the 12th Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.
Contents |
Kevin 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 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He studied with the Salvatorian Fathers at Christleton Hall in Chester, and studied A Levels at Cotton College in North Staffordshire.
He studied for the priesthood at Oscott College, Birmingham, and was ordained at Our Lady and St Werbergh's Church in Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 17 January 1976.
After ordination Fr Dunn served in St Patrick’s, Walsall, and was chaplain to Stuart Bathurst High School. Living in Aston, Birmingham he was chaplain to the 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 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.
The announcement of his appointment as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle by His Holiness Pope John Paul II was made on 20 March 2004; he was ordained as bishop on 25 May 2004 at St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Bishop Dunn was admitted to the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle at the beginning of February 2008, and died on Saturday 1 March 2008 aged 57. He was suffering from pneumonia, and was surrounded by his family when he died peacefully. Canon Seamus Cunningham, who succeeded him as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, administered the Prayers for the Dying, and Prayers for the Dead alongside Bishop Dunn's family.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ambrose Griffiths |
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 2004–2008 |
Succeeded by Séamus Cunningham |