On Wednesday 13th July 2022, Right Reverend Marcus Nigel Stock, MA, STL, Tenth Bishop of Leeds celebrated the Mass of Ordination to the Diaconate of Marc Patrick Pitson at Cathedral Church of St Anne, Leeds at the present time Marc is on a pastoral placement at the parish of St John Mary Vianney in Leeds.
Marc is originally from Hull, North Humberside, and moved to Leeds in 2011 to study Theology at Leeds Trinity University. Brought up as an Anglican, during his time at Leeds Trinity he got involved with the Chaplaincy and became more and more interested in Catholicism. This eventually led to him being received into the Catholic Church. After graduating from University he spent a long period discerning his vocation and began to feel that God was calling him to be a diocesan priest. He was accepted as a seminarian for the Diocese of Leeds and sent to the Venerable English College in Rome to pursue his studies.
Congratulations to Marc and our prayers and best wishes as he enters the final stage of his training for the priesthood.
Photographs Ordination Marc Patrick Pitson below
