Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
| Diocese of Arundel and Brighton | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Southwark |
| Diocesan bishop | Richard Moth |
| founding | 1965 |
| surface | 4,998 km² |
| Parishes | 91 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,285,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 177,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 5.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 121 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 947 |
| Permanent deacons | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 88 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 301 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St. Philip Howard |
| Website | www.dabnet.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton ( Latin Dioecesis Arundelliensis-Brichtelmestunensis , English Diocese of Arundel and Brighton ) is in United Kingdom situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Arundel .
history
The diocese of Arundel and Brighton was on May 28, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Romanorum Pontificum from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Southwark and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Arundel and Brighton
- David John Cashman , 1965-1971
- Michael George Bowen , 1971–1977, then Archbishop of Southwark
- Cormac Murphy-O'Connor , 1977-2000, then Archbishop of Westminster
- Kieran Thomas Conry , 2001-2014
- Richard Moth , since 2015
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Romanorum Pontificum , AAS 58 (1966), n.4, pp. 260ff.