A bishop with three hats: Stock on England’s potential triple diocesan merger

Bishop Marcus Stock is currently in the unusual position of overseeing three dioceses.

England’s Bishop Marcus Stock is currently in the unusual position of overseeing not one but three dioceses.

Bishop Marcus Stock of Leeds, England, at his episcopal ordination on Nov. 13, 2014. Credit: © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

The 64-year-old has served since 2014 as the Bishop of Leeds, a historically influential northern English diocese with around …