Fr Joseph Falloon RIP

It is with great sadness that the Diocese of Leeds announces the death of Fr Joseph Falloon MSC, former Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart and St William at Uppermill. He died on 30 March 2023 at Four Ferns Nursing Home, Foxrock, near Dublin. He was ninety-four years...

Bishop Marcus accompanies Comboni Survivors to Rome

Men who were sexually abused as young boys in the 1960s and 70s by members of the Comboni Missionaries religious order at a West Yorkshire boarding school, are now helping to shape the future of Safeguarding in the Order. On 21 March, the Comboni Survivors’ Group,...

A New Parish for West Leeds

After a period of consultation with the parishioners of St Gianna Beretta Molla, Leeds and Christ the King, Leeds, and in consultation with the Council of Priests, Bishop Marcus has canonically amalgamated the two parishes to form the new Parish of Christ the King and...

St Wilfrid Leads the ‘Way’!

St Wilfrid’s Way, the Annual Diocesan ‘Camino’ between Leeds Cathedral and St Wilfrid’s, Ripon via Knaresborough’s Shrine of Our Lady of the Crag is the inspiration and model for similar new walking pilgrimages across all the 22 dioceses...