Kevin Reverend

July 9, 1950 (age 57)

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

After ordination Fr Dunn served in Street Patrick"s, Walsall, and was chaplain to Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School. Living in Aston, Birmingham he was chaplain to the Anglo-Caribbean community in the Archdiocese of Birmingham from 1980-1987. Foreign two years he was Parish at Our Lady of the Angels and Street Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent and served as Chaplain to the Royal Infirmary and Chaplain to Staffordshire University. He underwent further studies at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome and was awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law in 1991. Upon his return to England in 1991, he worked as a Parish at Street Austin"s, Stafford and also lectured in Canon Law at Oscott College. During this time he became the Episcopal Vicar for Religious in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. In 2001 he was also appointed full-time Episcopal Vicar for the areas of Wolverhampton, Walsall, the Black Country and Worcestershire. He was appointed of Hexham and Newcastle by Pope John Paul II, and was ordained as bishop on 25 May 2004 at Street Mary"s Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne. Dunn was admitted to the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, in early February 2008, and died there on 1 March 2008, aged 57, from pneumonia. Canon Seamus Cunningham, who succeeded Dunn as of Hexham and Newcastle, administered the Prayers for the Dying and Prayers for the Dead.

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Background

Kevin John Dunn was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire on 9 July 1950 and educated at Street Mary"s Primary School and Street Patrick"s Secondary School (both Newcastle-under-Lyme).

Education

He studied at Christleton Hall in Chester, and studied A Levels at Cotton College, North Staffordshire. He studied for the priesthood at Oscott College, Birmingham, and was ordained at Our Lady and Street Werbergh"s Church, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 17 January 1976.

Career

After ordination Fr Dunn served in Street Patrick"s, Walsall, and was chaplain to Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School. Living in Aston, Birmingham he was chaplain to the Anglo-Caribbean community in the Archdiocese of Birmingham from 1980-1987. Foreign two years he was Parish at Our Lady of the Angels and Street Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent and served as Chaplain to the Royal Infirmary and Chaplain to Staffordshire University.

He underwent further studies at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome and was awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law in 1991.

Upon his return to England in 1991, he worked as a Parish at Street Austin"s, Stafford and also lectured in Canon Law at Oscott College. During this time he became the Episcopal Vicar for Religious in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

In 2001 he was also appointed full-time Episcopal Vicar for the areas of Wolverhampton, Walsall, the Black Country and Worcestershire. He was appointed of Hexham and Newcastle by Pope John Paul II, and was ordained as bishop on 25 May 2004 at Street Mary"s Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dunn was admitted to the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, in early February 2008, and died there on 1 March 2008, aged 57, from pneumonia.

Canon Seamus Cunningham, who succeeded Dunn as of Hexham and Newcastle, administered the Prayers for the Dying and Prayers for the Dead.

Membership

In 2002 he became a Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of Saint Chad, and a member of the Episcopal Council in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

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