The Church, too, must be a family, bishops, priests, deacons, religious and laity, supporting each other and sharing with each other the individual gifts given by God.
Pope John Paul II,
Heaton Park, Manchester, 31st May 1982

The Diocese

Bishop Geoffrey Burke

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Geoffrey Burke was born in Manchester on 31st July 1913. His father was a well-loved and respected family doctor in Hulme. Geoffrey studied at St Bede’s College, Manchester, and at Stonyhurst College before training for the priesthood at Oscott College, Birmingham. He was ordained priest on 29th June 1937 and took an MA in History at Downing College, Cambridge, in 1940. He was at St Bede’s College from 1940 until 1967, becoming in turn professor, Headmaster and Rector.

Appointed auxiliary Bishop of Salford and titular Bishop of Vagrauta, he was consecrated by Bishop Holland on 29th June 1967. He resided at Cathedral House in Salford and took a very active role in the administration and work of the diocese. He retired on 31st July 1988 and lived briefly at Nazareth House, Prestwich, before going to the Little Sisters Home in Longsight. He died on 13th October 1999, just two weeks after Bishop Holland, and is buried in St Mary’s Cemetery, Wardley.

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