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 ...

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

from 30 May 1980 until July 1996 when he resigned due to ill health. Born in

Bradford, England Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

, Gerald Moverley was ordained priest on 28 April 1946, aged 24, in

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

. 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