Diocese of Hallam, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hallam / Hallamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Liverpool

Neighbouring Dioceses: Birmingham (↙), Shrewsbury (←), Leeds (↑), Middlesbrough (↗), Nottingham (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (June 27)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 23 (2012)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1980.05.30: Established as Diocese of Hallam / Hallamen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Leeds and Diocese of Nottingham and became suffragan of Liverpool)

Contact Info

Address: Diocesan Centre, St. Charles’ St., Sheffield, Yorkshire S9 3WU, England

Phone: (0114)256.64.53

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2026.03.20 – ...):

Bishop Marcus Nigel Stock (64)

Bishop of Leeds (England)

Apostolic Administrator of Middlesbrough (England)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hallam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcus Nigel Stock (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.03.20 – ...)

Bishop Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. (73)
(2014.05.20 – 2026.03.20)

Bishop emeritus of Hallam (England)

Apud eum redemptio

Born:	1953.03.03 (Sunderland, England)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.07.10

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (2010.03.18 – 2014.05.20)

Bishop of Hallam (England) (2014.05.20 – 2026.03.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (2014.07 – 2016.06.24)

Bishop John Anthony Rawsthorne (89)
(1997.06.04 – 2014.05.20)

Bishop emeritus of Hallam (England)

Born:	1936.11.12 (Crosby, Liverpool, England)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.12.16

Priest of Liverpool (England) (1962.06.16 – 1981.11.09)

Titular Bishop of Rotdon (1981.11.09 – 1997.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England) (1981.11.09 – 1997.06.04)

Bishop of Hallam (England) (1997.06.04 – 2014.05.20)

Bishop Gerald Moverley
(1980.05.30 – 1996.07.09)

Born:	1922.04.09 (Bradford, England)
Ordained Priest:	1946.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.01.25
Died:	1996.12.14 (Sheffield, England † 74)

Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari (1967.12.06 – 1980.05.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Leeds (England) (1967.12.06 – 1980.05.30)

Bishop of Hallam (England) (1980.05.30 – 1996.07.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Church of St Marie, Sheffield, Sheffield
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (72)

Birmingham (↙), Shrewsbury (←), Leeds (↑), Middlesbrough (↗), Nottingham (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,030 km²

Population: 65,735 Catholics (4.0% of 1,625,660 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes

Personnel: 56 priests (48 diocesan, 8 religious), 16 deacons, 38 religious (8 brothers, 30 sisters), 1 seminarian