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Gerald Moverley (9 April 1922 - 14 December 1996) was the first Bishop of the
Diocese of Hallam The Diocese of Hallam is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese comprises the whole of the City of Sheffield, and the surrounding towns of Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield, ...
in
Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...
from 30 May 1980 until July 1996 when he resigned due to ill health. Born in
Bradford, England Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 c ...
, Gerald Moverley was ordained priest on 28 April 1946, aged 24, in
Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...
. Moverley earned a Doctorate of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'' in 1954Dissertation title: ''The theatre law of the first and fourth provincial councils of Westminster'' Moverley was consecrated by Bishop William Gordon Wheeler. On 6 December 1967, aged 45, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Leeds and Titular Bishop of Tinis in Proconsulari. He died in 1996 as Bishop Emeritus of Hallam and was succeeded by Rt. Rev. John Rawsthorne on 3 July 1997. He had been a priest for 50 years and a bishop for almost 29 years.


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1922 births 1996 deaths People educated at St. Bede's Grammar School Clergy from Bradford 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Roman Catholic bishops of Hallam {{UK-RC-bishop-stub