Ralph Heskett

Ralph Heskett C.Ss.R. (born 3 March 1953) is an English Roman Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of Hallam from July 2014 to March 2026, having immediately before that been Bishop of Gibraltar from 2010 to 2014.

Early life and ministry Hesket was born in Sunderland in England. He was educated at Saint Aidan's Grammar School, Sunderland, a Christian Brothers school, from 1964 to 1969. He was a seminarian from 1969 to 1970 at the Redemptorist order's minor seminary in Birmingham. He was subsequently a novice of the order in Perth, Scotland.

On 21 August 1971 he began his theological studies at Hawkstone Hall and Canterbury. He was ordained as a priest on 10 July 1976 at St Benet's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.

Episcopate He was appointed the bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 March 2010.