DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE

Partnership Titles and Deans

The Partnership titles have been chosen to reflect the many centuries of rich Christian heritage within what is now our present diocese. Each of the Partnerships is encouraged to remember with gratitude the courageous witness of those who, in various times and places, enabled our faith to survive and flourish and to ask for their prayers and those of the saints to whom the Partnership churches are dedicated.

Vicariate A - Northumberland A1 Lindisfarne - Fr. Oliver Keyes A2 Brinkburn - Fr. Peter Stott A3 Heavenfield - Fr. Christopher Warren A4 Seaton Delaval - Fr. James Dunne

Vicariate B – Newcastle and North Tyneside B1 Tynemouth Priory - Mgr. Andrew Faley B2 Jesmond St. Mary - Fr. Michael Campion B3 Blackfriars - Fr. Shaun O’Neill

Vicariate C - South Tyneside and Gateshead C1 - Fr. John Gibbons C2 John Ingram - Fr. Paul Zielinski C3 Ovingham - Fr. Adrian Tuckwell C4 Pontop - Fr. Kevin Dixon

Vicariate D - Sunderland and East Durham D1 Monkwearmouth - Fr. Michael McCoy D2 Benedict - Fr. Mark Millward D3 St. Mary the Virgin - Fr. Anthony Hastie D4 Finchale - Fr. Andrew Downie

Vicariate E - Cleveland and South Durham E1 Hilda - Fr. Michael Griffiths E2 Escomb - Fr. Dennis Tindall E3 Hogarth - Fr. Greg Price

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DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE

A Northumberland Vicariate A1 Lindisfarne (Priory, 635) A2 Brinkburn (Augustinian Priory, 12thc.) A3 Heavenfield1 A4 Seaton Delaval (Anglo Saxon church, Seaton, Church of Our Lady, Delaval 12thc.)

B Newcastle and North Tyneside Vicariate B1 Tynemouth Priory (Priory, after 653) B2 Jesmond St. Mary (St. Mary’s Chapel, 12thc.) B3 Blackfriars (Dominican Friary, established in 1239)

C South Tyneside and Gateshead Vicariate C1 Bede (Jarrow, St. Paul’s Monastery, 7thc.) C2 John Ingram (Blessed John Ingram, martyred in Gateshead in 1594) C3 Ovingham (Augustinian Priory, 1378) C4 Pontop2

D Sunderland and East Durham Vicariate D1 Monkwearmouth (St. Peter’s Monastery, 7thc.) D2 Benedict (Birtley and elsewhere were in the care of Benedictines after the Reformation) D3 St. Mary the Virgin (St. Mary the Virgin, Seaham, Anglo Saxon church, 7thc.) D4 Finchale (Benedictine Priory, 12thc.)

E Cleveland and South Durham Vicariate E1 Hilda (Abbess of Abbey, 7thc.) E2 Escomb (One of the oldest Anglo Saxon churches in England, 7thc.) E3 Hogarth3

1 A3 Location where King Oswald raised a large wooden cross and called his troops to pray before the battle of Heavenfield (AD 633). The significance of the battle of Heavenfield lies in the re-establishment of which led to the Golden Age of the Kingdom of . The place of battle is now a tranquil hilltop church dedicated to St Oswald, a place of prayer, inspiration and pilgrimage for centuries. 2 C4 In the late 18thc. Pontop Hall was used as a refuge where students from Douai were housed and trained following the political events of the French Revolution. Subsequently, the students moved to nearby Crook Hall and then to Ushaw College. 3 E3 Following the restoration of the Catholic Hierarchy in 1850, William Hogarth became the first Bishop of the newly restored Diocese of Hexham in 1850 and then of Hexham and Newcastle in 1861. He resided in Darlington until his death in 1866.

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