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The Bishop of Gibraltar is the Ordinary

Ordinary

In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...

of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The Latin name for the diocese is Gibraltariensis. About twenty priests and nine sisters serve in the diocese...

which is immediately subject to the Holy See

Holy See

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The see

Episcopal See

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is in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

where the bishop's seat

Cathedra

A cathedra or bishop's throne is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran churches...

is located in the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned

Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned

The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Crowned is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Gibraltar. It is the primary centre of Catholic worship in the Diocese of Gibraltar.-15th Century:The original building of the current cathedral was built during the Spanish period...

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The current incumbent

Incumbent

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is the Right Reverend

Right Reverend

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Ralph Heskett

Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R. is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar.He was educated from 1964-69 at Saint Aidan's, Sunderland, a Christian Brothers school. He was a seminarian from 1969-70, where he attended the Redemptorist Minor Seminary in Birmingham...

who was appointed

Appointment of Catholic bishops

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Bishop of Gibraltar on 18 March 2010 and ordained bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

on 10 July 2010.

Apostolic vicariate of Gibraltar

	Picture	Name	Title	Appointed	Resigned, Retired or Died
1		John Baptist Nosardy Zino	Vicar Apostolic Apostolic vicariate An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries that do not have a diocese. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more...	25 January 1816	1839
2		Henry Hughes	Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place... of Heliopolis in Augustamnica	15 March 1839	1856
3		John Baptist Scandella John Baptist Scandella John Baptist Scandella STD was a Gibraltarian Roman Catholic priest of Genoese descent. He was Vicar Apostolic of Diocese of Gibraltar between 1857 and 1880. He spoke fluent English and his native Spanish...	Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place... of Antinoë	28 April 1857	27 August 1880
4		Gonzalo Canilla	Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place... of Lystra	8 March 1881	18 October 1898
5		James Bellord	Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place... of Milevum	5 April 1899	29 July 1901
6		Guido Remigio Barbieri	Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place... of Theodoropolis	29 July 1901	15 April 1910

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar

	Picture	Name	Title	Appointed	Resigned, Retired or Died
7		Henry Gregory Thompson	Bishop of Gibraltar Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place... of Thermopylae since his retirement	10 November 1910	25 May 1927
8		Richard John Fitzgerald	Bishop of Gibraltar	25 May 1927	15 February 1956
9		John Farmer Healy	Bishop of Gibraltar	18 July 1956	17 February 1973
10		Edward Rapallo	Bishop of Gibraltar	5 July 1973	6 February 1984
11		Bernard Patrick Devlin	Bishop of Gibraltar Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar since his retirement	20 October 1984	14 February 1998
12		Charles Caruana Charles Caruana Charles Caruana CBE was a Gibraltarian Roman Catholic bishop of Maltese descent. He was appointed sixth Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar on 14 February 1998 and ordained on 24 May 1998. His retirement request was accepted on 18 March 2010...	Bishop of Gibraltar	14 February 1998	10 July 2010
13		Ralph Heskett Ralph Heskett Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R. is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar.He was educated from 1964-69 at Saint Aidan's, Sunderland, a Christian Brothers school. He was a seminarian from 1969-70, where he attended the Redemptorist Minor Seminary in Birmingham...	Bishop of Gibraltar	10 July 2010	Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...

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