tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post8095763914324752690..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle: what happens now?Fr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-21983638179148896582008-03-10T10:44:00.000+00:002008-03-10T10:44:00.000+00:00Anonymous, I agree that if the new bishop is an ou...Anonymous, I agree that if the new bishop is an outsider then it is most likely that he will want to keep the same team for his episcopal team until he feels he knows people and the place well enough to make any changes. However the law allows the new bishop freedom to make any changes from the start as he must be given the opportunity to do things as he sees fit. <BR/>I`ll be at the Mass of reception tonight. It is still hard to believe.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-1822484629157840602008-03-10T10:06:00.000+00:002008-03-10T10:06:00.000+00:00I'm sure the new bishop will be more than happy wi...I'm sure the new bishop will be more than happy with our Vicar General, Episcopal vicars, etc and along with them carry on this diocese in the same wonderful way as Bishop Kevin.<BR/>May he rest in peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-90977334911982565102008-03-04T08:20:00.000+00:002008-03-04T08:20:00.000+00:00Augustinus, of course you are right. I`ve made a c...Augustinus, of course you are right. I`ve made a correction.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-12133870025612096472008-03-03T23:33:00.000+00:002008-03-03T23:33:00.000+00:00This is a most interesting post.Even at a time lik...This is a most interesting post.<BR/><BR/>Even at a time like this, when the diocese mourns its bishop , I suppose the care of souls must go on.<BR/><BR/>I know no canon law, but I think I had always assumed the Vicar General or someone "runs things" until normal diocesan government is resumed under a new bishop.<BR/><BR/>I feel sure Bishop Dunn would want the good of souls to be foremost.<BR/><BR/>May he rest now, free from the cares of this world.Dr. Peter H. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955402188119575105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-46493928457706111922008-03-03T23:23:00.000+00:002008-03-03T23:23:00.000+00:00Father, was it not Bishop McCormack who died in 19...Father, was it not Bishop McCormack who died in 1958? I remember as a small school child, the whole school stood in prayer as his coffin past through our town en route to Ushaw for burial. <BR/><BR/>I recall that Bishop Cunningham, who was Bishop MacCormack's auxiliary (and therefore became Vicar Capitular until his appointment as Ordinary) died in 1974, when Bishop Lindsay became Administrator till his own appointment later that year.<BR/><BR/>On the subject of the bishop's burial, I found it interesting that Bishop Dunn is to be buried in the cathedral crypt, rather than join his predecessors at Ushaw. I hadn't realised that there was a usable crypt at St Mary's, although I gather some work was done in recent years which might have made this possible. Burial at the cathedral will make it more practical for people to visit his grave and pray for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com