Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Dioecesis Arundeliensis-Bricht-elmestunensis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | Counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and the County of Surrey outside the Greater London Boroughs, except Spelthorne. |
Ecclesiastical province | Southwark |
Deaneries | 13 |
Coordinates | 51°51′22″N0°33′32″W / 51.856°N 0.559°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,998 km2 (1,930 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2018) 3,310,715 178,075 (5.4%) |
Parishes | 91 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 May 1965 |
Cathedral | Arundel Cathedral |
Patron saints | Our Lady of the Assumption St Philip Howard |
Secular priests | 134 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rt Rev Richard Moth |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Most Rev John Wilson |
Vicar General |
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Bishops emeritus | Kieran Conry |
Map | |
The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton within the Province of Southwark. | |
Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (Latin : Dioecesis Arundeliensis-Brichtelmestunensis) is a diocese in southern England covering the counties of Sussex and Surrey (excluding Spelthorne, which is part of the Diocese of Westminster). The diocese was erected on 28 May 1965 by Pope Paul VI, having previously been a part of the larger Diocese of Southwark, which was elevated to an archdiocese with a new ecclesiastical province on the same date.
There have been five bishops of this diocese. The first was Bishop David Cashman, who was consecrated on 14 June 1965. He died in March 1971 and was succeeded by Bishop Michael George Bowen, who was translated in April 1977 to head the Archdiocese of Southwark. He was succeeded by then-Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor who, in March 2000, became the 10th Archbishop of Westminster, and later, a Cardinal.
His successor, Bishop Kieran Conry, served from 2001 until his resignation in 2014. On Saturday, 21 March 2015, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Richard Moth, who had been serving as the Catholic Military Ordinary for Great Britain, to be the fifth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton. He was installed on Thursday, 28 May 2015, at Arundel Cathedral, the fiftieth anniversary of the diocese's creation. [1] [2]
The diocese comprises part of the Metropolitan Province of Southwark, which is currently presided over by John Wilson, by virtue of his office of Archbishop of Southwark. The diocese itself covers the administrative counties of West and East Sussex, Surrey outside of the Greater London Boroughs, and the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove. It is one of 22 Roman Catholic dioceses in England and Wales.
Situated in the South East of England, the diocese encompasses many villages and smaller towns, as well as highly populated parts of Surrey, central Sussex and the coastal region running from Chichester to the Kent border.
The diocese has a weekly Mass attendance of 43,377 persons, which would be approximately one quarter of the total Catholic population. There are 116 parishes with a number of other centres where Mass is celebrated regularly. In April 2005, the Diocese had 182 diocesan and 97 religious priests, as well as 16 permanent deacons. There are many religious institutes of both men and women, living and working in the diocese in a number of apostolates. The diocese has a total of 90 Catholic schools.
The diocese also founded the annual Arundel and Brighton Pilgrimage. Though the pilgrimage is largely Roman Catholic, it is in fact ecumenical and there are several Anglican attendants. The first pilgrimage took place in 1975 around the diocese but has since gone on to include cross-country routes through England and Wales, with different themes and stops at various churches and cathedrals.
In the early 2000s, the sexual abuse scandal in Arundel and Brighton diocese hurt the public's trust in the work of local diocesan officials.
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