Ralph Heskett

Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R. ( born March 3, 1953 in Sunderland, United Kingdom) is Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar.

Life

Heskett resigned after his education in the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer ( Redemptorists ). He made ​​his first vows as a Redemptorist on August 28, 1971 perpetual profession on 30 August 1974. On July 10, 1976 Ralph Heskett was ordained a priest. He initially worked in Perth (Scotland). In 1980 he moved to Erdington Abbey, Birmingham (England), where he joined the task of the missionary and retreat conductor to the Head of Training of the London Province. 1984 Heskett returned to Perth, initially as head of the mission teams, and later as rector of the community and leader of the retreat center. In 1990 he became pastor in Liverpool. After a sabbatical in 1996 Heskett was novice master. In 1999 he became the pastor of St. Mary's in Clapham, London. In 2008 he returned to Liverpool and was dedicated to the work as a missionary and leader of retreats.

On 18 March 2010 Pope Benedict XVI appointed. Ralph Heskett bishop of the diocese of Gibraltar. The episcopal ordination on July 10, 2010 He received his Michael George Bowen, Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Thomas Matthew Burns SM, and his predecessor, Bishop Charles Caruana.

Ralph Heskett was invested in the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem in 2010. He is Grand Prior of the Order of the province Gibraltar Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem.