Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle resigns under pressures of office
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle who has quit almost a decade before he was due to retire.
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle who has quit almost a decade before he was due to retire, saying the demands of his office were “too great a burden”. Bishop Robert Byrne announced his resignation “with great sorrow and reluctance”.
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