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		<title>Bishop announces summer clergy moves</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bishop Marcus has announced a series of clergy appointments across the diocese, to take effect this summer.Monsignor Canon Gerard Robinson has been appointed parochial administrator of St George’s Parish, York, with Father Timothy Whitwell, of the Diocese of Leeds, becoming parochial administrator of St Joseph’s, Stokesley.Father David White is retiring from the Parish of Our [&#8230;]
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		<title>Pope appoints Bishop Marcus Apostolic Administrator of Hallam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following the resignation of the Right Reverend Ralph Heskett CSsR as Bishop of Hallam, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Marcus Stock as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Hallam.This appointment is in addition to his office as Bishop of Leeds and additional responsibilities as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of [&#8230;]
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		<title>A message from Bishop Marcus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Message to the Clergy, Religious and Lay Faithful of the Dioceses of Hallam, Leeds and Middlesbrough My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Following the resignation of the Right Reverend Ralph Heskett C.Ss.R. as Bishop of Hallam, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed me as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Hallam. [&#8230;]
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