Ralph Heskett
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Ralph Heskett | |
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| Bishop of Hallam | |
_(Ralph_Heskett_cropped).jpg) Heskett in Gibraltar in 2016 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Province | Liverpool |
| Diocese | Hallam |
| Appointed | 20 May 2014 |
| Installed | 10 July 2014 |
| Term ended | 20 March 2026 |
| Predecessor | John Rawsthorne |
| Previous posts | Bishop of Gibraltar, 2010-2014 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 July 1976 by Hugh Lindsay |
| Consecration | 10 July 2010 by Michael Bowen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1953 Sunderland, County Durham, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Styles of Ralph Heskett C.Ss.R. | |
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| Reference style | The Right Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Ralph Heskett C.Ss.R. (born 3 March 1953) is an English Roman Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of Hallam from July 2014 to March 2026, having immediately before that been Bishop of Gibraltar from 2010 to 2014.[1][2]
Hesket was born in Sunderland in England. He was educated at Saint Aidan's Grammar School, Sunderland, a Christian Brothers school, from 1964 to 1969. He was a seminarian from 1969 to 1970 at the Redemptorist order's minor seminary in Birmingham. He was subsequently a novice of the order in Perth, Scotland.
On 21 August 1971 he began his theological studies at Hawkstone Hall and Canterbury. He was ordained as a priest on 10 July 1976 at St Benet's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.[2] After ordination he worked in Scotland until 1980 and then England until 1984. From 1987 to 1990 he was the Redemptorist order's superior and the pastor of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Bishop Eton, Liverpool.
From 1997 to 1999 he studied at All Hallows College. He was parish priest at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clapham from 1999 to 2008.[3]
