The Roman Catholic Church has announced the death of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle at the age of 57.In a statement, the Catholic Church said: "The death of Bishop Kevin will be greatly felt throughout the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and people in the parishes will be at prayer for their late Bishop.
"The diocese extends its sympathy to Bishop Kevin's mum, Cath, his sisters, Elizabeth, Mary and Julia, and his brothers, Stephen and Peter, and to his nieces and nephews, who will all miss him greatly.
"The diocese also extends its prayers and sympathy to Pamela Hyland, Bishop Kevin's housekeeper for the last three and half years in this diocese, as well as many years previously in his home diocese."
Bishop Dunn was ordained as the 12th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 2004.
He was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, in 1950 and studied for the priesthood at Oscott College, Birmingham, where he later taught.
He was ordained to the priesthood at Our Lady and St Werbergh's Church in Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1976.
He later served in Walsall, in the West Midlands, was chaplain to Stuart Bathurst High School, became chaplain to the Caribbean community in the Archdiocese of Birmingham and was later a parish priest in Stoke-on-Trent as well as to the Royal Infirmary in Stoke, and chaplain to Staffordshire University.
After further study in Rome, he returned to England in 1991 and worked as a parish priest in Stafford and also lectured at Oscott College.
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