Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia
Coordinates: 52°24′11″N 0°54′11″E / 52.403°N 0.903°E
Diocese of East Anglia Dioecesis Angliae Orientalis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and the Unitary Authority of Peterborough |
Ecclesiastical province | Westminster |
Metropolitan | Westminster |
Deaneries | Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Norwich, Peterborough |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,570 km2 (4,850 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2011) 2,873,000 159,582[1] (5.8%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 13 March 1976 |
Cathedral | St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich |
Secular priests | 96 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Alan Hopes |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Nichols |
Vicar General | Anthony Rogers |
Map | |
Diocese of East Anglia within the Province of Westminster | |
Website | |
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The Diocese of East Anglia is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church covering the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Peterborough in eastern England. The diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.
Statistics
There are 85,309 members of the church who belong to the 50 parishes in the diocese. The patrons of the diocese are Our Lady of Walsingham (24 September), St Felix (8 March) and St Edmund (20 November).
Boundaries
The diocese is divided into seven deaneries, which are in turn divided into 50 parishes.
- Deanery of Bury St Edmunds (St Edmund)
- St Thomas & St John Parish, Brandon and Mildenhall[2]
- St Thomas of Canterbury, Brandon
- St John the Evangelist, Mildenhall
- St Edmund's Parish, Bury St Edmunds[3]
- St Edmund King & Martyr, Bury St Edmunds
- Our Lady Immaculate & St Joseph, Lawshall
- Most Holy Trinity Parish, Diss[4]
- St Henry Morse, Diss[5]
- Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Quidenham
- St Felix, Haverhill[6]
- Our Lady Immaculate & St Philip Neri Parish[7]
- Our Lady Immaculate & St Etheldreda, Newmarket
- Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling
- Our Lady, Stowmarket[8]
- Sudbury and Hadleigh[9]
- Our Lady & St John the Evangelist, Sudbury
- St Joseph, Hadleigh
- St Mary, Thetford
- Our Lady of Consolation & St Stephen, Lynford (def?)
- Clare Priory (Mother of Good Counsel Church)[10]
- St Thomas & St John Parish, Brandon and Mildenhall[2]
- Deanery of Cambridge (St Andrew)
- Buckden and St Neots[11]
- St Hugh of Lincoln, Buckden
- St Joseph, St Neots
- Our Lady & the English Martyrs Parish[12]
- Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Cambridge
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Sawston[13]
- St Vincent de Paul, Ditton
- Cambridge Polish Chaplaincy
- St Laurence, Cambridge[14]
- St Philip Howard, Cambridge[15]
- St Etheldreda, Ely[16]
- St Michael the Archangel, Huntingdon
- Sacred Heart, St Ives[17]
- Blackfriars, Dominican Priory of St Michael, Cambridge[18]
- Fisher House University Chaplaincy[19]
- Buckden and St Neots[11]
- Deanery of Great Yarmouth (St Peter)
- Beccles and Gillingham Parish[20]
- Minster of St Bene't, Beccles
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Gillingham
- Bungay and Harleston Parish[21]
- St Edmund King & Martyr, Bungay
- Chapel of St Thomas More, Harleston
- St Peter the Apostle, Gorleston-on-Sea[22]
- Our Lady Star of the Sea, Lowestoft[23]
- St Nicholas, Pakefield
- Sacred Heart, Southwold
- St Edmund King & Martyr, Halesworth (def?)
- St Mary, Great Yarmouth[24]
- St Ignatius Loyola, Caister-on-Sea
- Beccles and Gillingham Parish[20]
- Deanery of Ipswich (St Edward)
- Aldeburgh with Leiston Parish[25]
- Our Lady & St Peter, Aldeburgh
- All Saints, Leiston
- St Felix, Felixstowe[26]
- St Cecilia, Trimley St Mary (closed 2010)
- St James, Ipswich
- St Mark's Parish[27]
- St Mark, Ipswich
- Holy Family, Brantham
- St Mary's Parish[28]
- St Mary, Ipswich
- Holy Family & St Michael, Kesgrave
- St Mary Magdalen, Ipswich[29]
- St Pancras, Ipswich[30]
- Woodbridge and Framlingham Parish[31][32]
- St Thomas of Canterbury, Woodbridge
- St Clare, Framlingham
- Ipswich Polish Mission[33]
- Aldeburgh with Leiston Parish[25]
- Deanery of King's Lynn (St Wilfrid)
- St Dominic, Downham Market[34]
- St Anthony of Padua, Fakenham[35]
- Hunstanton and Dersingham Parish[36]
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour & St Edmund King & Martyr, Hunstanton
- St Cecilia, Dersingham
- King's Lynn Parish[37]
- Our Lady, King's Lynn
- Holy Family, King's Lynn
- Swaffham Parish[38]
- Our Lady of Pity, Swaffham
- Chapel of the Immaculate Conception & St Margaret, Oxburgh Hall
- Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham[39]
- Walsingham Parish[40]
- St Henry Walpole, Burnham Market
- Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wells-next-the-Sea
- Our Lady of the Annunciation, Little Walsingham
- St Peter, Blakeney
- Our Lady & St Charles Borromeo, Wisbech[41]
- Deanery of Norwich (St Felix)
- Our Lady & St Walstan, Costessey[42]
- The Sacred Heart & St Margaret Mary, East Dereham[43]
- North Walsham Parish[44]
- Sacred Heart, North Walsham
- St John of the Cross, Aylsham
- St Helen, Hoveton
- Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich[45]
- Holy Apostles SS Peter & Paul, Norwich
- St George, Norwich[46]
- St Boniface, Norwich
- Our Lady Mother of God, Norwich
- Our Lady of the Annunciation, Poringland[47]
- Sheringham and Cromer[48]
- St Joseph, Sheringham
- Our Lady of Refuge, Cromer
- Our Lady & St Thomas of Canterbury, Wymondham[49]
- University of East Anglia Catholic Chaplaincy[50]
- Deanery of Peterborough (St Hugh)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel & St Peter, March[51]
- St Peter & All Souls, Peterborough[52]
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Peterborough
- Ukrainian Catholic Church of St Olga, Peterborough
- Sacred Heart & St Oswald, Peterborough[53]
- St Luke, Peterborough[54]
- Whittlesey and Ramsey[55]
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ramsey
- St Jude the Apostle, Whittlesey
- Polish Mission, Peterborough[56]
History
On 13 March 1976, by the decree Quod Ecumenicum, Pope Paul VI formed the Diocese of East Anglia (from the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk) out of the Diocese of Northampton.
On 2 June 1976, the new diocese received its first bishop, Alan Clark. Bishop Clark had previously been auxiliary bishop of Northampton and co-chairman of ARCIC (Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission), with the cathedral being established at the former parish church of St John the Baptist, Norwich. As the first bishop of the new diocese, Bishop Clark had to set up all the necessary instruments and commissions for the diocese to operate successfully. The establishment of the Diocesan Pastoral Council in 1987 strengthened these.
The diocese continued to grow with the development of the diocesan offices and diocesan tribunal attached to Bishop's House in Poringland near Norwich. Bishop Clark led a number of Lourdes pilgrimages.
Ordinaries
- Alan Charles Clark (appointed on 26 April 1976 – retired on 21 March 1995)
- Peter David Smith (appointed on 21 March 1995 – translated to the Archdiocese of Cardiff on 26 October 2001)
- Michael Charles Evans (appointed on 14 February 2003 – died in office on 11 July 2011)
- Alan Hopes (appointed on 11 June 2013)
Pilgrimage
The diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.
References
- ↑ "Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of East Anglia". Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- ↑ Parish, St. Thomas & St. John Catholic. "St. Thomas & St. John Catholic Parish". St. Thomas & St. John Catholic Parish. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Home | St Edmund King & Martyr Catholic Parish". www.stedmundkm.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "The Most Holy Trinity Parish, Diss". holytrinitydiss.tripod.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "St Henry Morse". St Henry Morse. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Events – St Felix Roman Catholic Church, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 9BP". stfelixchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Our Lady Immaculate and St. Etheldreda Catholic Church, Newmarket". olise.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Our Lady's Stowmarket". Our Lady's Stowmarket. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Catholic Church Sudbury Hadleigh". Catholic Church Sudbury Hadleigh. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Clare Priory – Home". clarepriory.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "St Joseph and St Hugh – Catholic Parish of St. Neots and Buckden". stjosephsthugh.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Our Lady and the English Martyrs". Our Lady and the English Martyrs. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Our Lady of Lourdes, Sawston". ololsawston.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "St. Laurence's Roman Catholic Church". saintlaurence.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Saint Philip Howard – The Roman Catholic Parish". sphcambridge.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "St Etheldreda's RC Church, Ely". elyrcchurch.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Home". sacredheart-stives.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Blackfriars Cambridge Dominican Priory of St. Michael the Archangel". blackfriarscambridge.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Fisher House – Cambridge University Catholic Chaplaincy". fisherhouse.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "St. Benet's Minster Catholic Church, Beccles". St. Benet's Minster Catholic Church, Beccles. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "St Edmund's Parish – Catholic Parish of St Edmund, King & Martyr, Bungay and Harleston". stedmundsrcbungay.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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- ↑ "Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church Lowestoft". Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church Lowestoft. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Home". stmarysgy.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ aldeburghwithleistonrc. "Home – aldeburghwithleistonrc". aldeburghwithleistonrc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Home | St Felix Catholic Church Felixstowe". St Felix Church. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ Ipswich, St Mark's Catholic Parish,. "St Mark's Catholic Parish". stmarksparish.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "st-mary.org.uk – Welcome to St Mary's Catholic Parish". st-mary.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ Magdalen, St. Mary. "Home | St. Mary Magdalen | Roman Catholic Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK". marymagdalens.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ Ltd., Glaccum Consulting. "St Pancras Catholic Church". stpancraschurch.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Parish of Woodbridge and Framlingham". wfrcp.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Calendar of Events". stthomas-woodbridge.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Polskie Biuro". ipswichparafia.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "St. Dominic's Catholic Church, Downham Market". stdomsdownham.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "CatholicFakenham". catholicfakenham.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ phpWebSite. "Hunstanton Catholic Parish". hunstantoncatholicparish.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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- ↑ phpWebSite. "Our Lady of Pity, Swaffham". catholicparish-swaffham.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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- ↑ "Our Lady & St Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Parish Church". catholic-wisbech.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Home – Our Lady & St. Walstan's Catholic Church". stwalstans.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "The Parish The Sacred Heart and St. Margaret Mary. East Dereham, Norfolk". sacredheartdereham.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Parish of the Sacred Heart | Sacred Heart North Walsham, St John of the Cross Aylsham, St Helen Hoveton". sacredheartnorthwalsham.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Home". The Cathedral of St John the Baptist. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ http://www.stgeorgenorwich.com/welcome
- ↑ "Our Lady of the Annunciation". Our Lady of the Annunciation. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Our Lady and St Joseph – Sheringham and Cromer Catholic Church Norfolk". ourladyandstjoseph.info. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Home". Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "The Catholic Chaplaincy at UEA". The Catholic Chaplaincy at UEA. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Catholic Church in March". Catholic Church in March. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "www.stpeterandallsouls.org.uk – Welcome". stpeterandallsouls.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Sacred Heart & St Oswald, Peterborough". sh-so.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ http://www.saintlukesparish.org.uk/
- ↑ "St Jude's, Whittlesey with Sacred Heart, Ramsey". St Jude's, Whittlesey with Sacred Heart, Ramsey. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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