Cheltenham Deanery

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The Cheltenham Deanery is a Roman Catholic deanery in the Diocese of Clifton that covers several churches in Cheltenham and the surrounding area. It is one of thirteen deaneries in the diocese. The other deaneries are Bath, Bristol East, Bristol North West, Bristol South, Glastonbury, Gloucester, Salisbury, Stroud, Swindon, Taunton, Trowbridge and Weston-super-Mare. [1]

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The dean of Cheltenham is centred at the Parish of St Gregory the Great and St Thomas More in Cheltenham. [2]

Churches

The churches in the deanery include: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cheltenham from Catholic Directory, retrieved 9 January 2015
  2. Deanery directory Archived 2015-07-11 at the Wayback Machine from Diocese of Clifton, retrieved 17 March 2015