For more than 160 years, The Catholic Universe has been providing news and features of interest to a wide general audience, but with a Catholic perspective – and the paper has been a particular friend to us here in the Diocese of Leeds. Both in print and online,...
Diocesan Roadmap to Reopening after Lockdown (Government - Step3) (002) The Catholic Church has been one of the few organisations to continue to operate through the lockdown period enforced on the 4th January 2021. The government allowed the continuance of public...
Our warmest congratulations go to our Seminarian, Sean Elliott, who was Ordained Deacon by Bishop Marcus at St Malachy’s Church in Halifax on Thursday 29 April 2021. The Bishop was assisted by Permanent Deacon John Walsh, Fr Benjamin Hilton and Fr Sean Crawley....
On 1 May 1971, following the restitution of the Permanent Diaconate in the years following the Second Vatican Council, the first Ordination of Permanent Deacons in England and Wales took place in Leeds Cathedral. To mark this occasion, Bishop Marcus is celebrating...
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