Education
He was educated at Saint Aidan"s Grammar School, Sunderland, a Christian Brothers school, from 1964 to 1969.
He was educated at Saint Aidan"s Grammar School, Sunderland, a Christian Brothers school, from 1964 to 1969.
He subsequently was a novice at Perth, Scotland. On 21 August 1971 he began his ecclesiastical studies at Hawkstone Hall and Canterbury. He was ordained as a priest on 10 July 1976 at Street Benet"s Remote Control Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.
After his ordination he worked in Scotland until 1980 and then England until 1984.
From 1997-1999 he studied at All Hallows College. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 March 2010.
His consecration to the took place on 10 July 2010. The principal consecrator was the Most Reverend Michael George Bowen, Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, with the Right Reverend Charles Caruana, Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar, and the Right Reverend Thomas Matthew Burns, Bishop of Menevia, serving as co-consecrators.
Four years later, Bishop Heskett was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hallam by Pope Francis on 20 May 2014, and installed in a Mass held on 10 July 2014.