Former Catholic Herald editor Gerard Noel has died aged 89.
He edited the newspaper first in 1971-76 and then in 1982-84, becoming the only person to have edited the Catholic Herald twice.
The Hon Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel was born on November 20, 1926, to Arthur Edward Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, and Alice Mary Eyre.
He was educated at Worth, at Georgetown University and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he was narrowly beaten for the presidency of the Oxford Union by Tony Benn.
In 1947 he had the privilege of a private audience with Pius XII at Castel Gandolfo.
