Bishopric of Brentwood
Bishopric of Brentwood | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Westminster |
Diocesan bishop | Alan Williams SM |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Thomas McMahon |
Vicar General | John Armitage David Manson |
founding | 1917 |
surface | 3,967 km² |
Parishes | 91 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
Residents | 2,789,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
Catholics | 225,700 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
proportion of | 8.1% |
Diocesan priest | 106 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
Religious priest | 48 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,466 |
Permanent deacons | 11 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
Friars | 60 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
Religious sisters | 233 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. Mary and St. Helen |
Website | www.dioceseofbrentwood.net |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood ( lat. : Dioecesis Brentvoodensis ) is in United Kingdom situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Brentwood .
history
Pope Benedict XV founded the diocese on July 20, 1917 with the Apostolic Constitution Universalis Ecclesiae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Westminster , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
territory
The diocese of Brentwood includes the county of Essex , the Unitary Authorities Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock and the London Boroughs Barking and Dagenham , Havering , Newham , Redbridge and Waltham Forest .
Bishops of Brentwood
- Bernard Nicholas Ward (July 20, 1917– January 21, 1920)
- Arthur Doubleday (May 7, 1920– January 23, 1951)
- George Andrew Beck AA (January 23, 1951– November 28, 1955, then Bishop of Salford )
- Bernard Patrick Wall (November 30, 1955– April 14, 1969)
- Patrick Joseph Casey (December 2, 1969– December 12, 1979)
- Thomas McMahon (June 16, 1980– April 14, 2014)
- Alan Williams SM (since April 14, 2014)
statistics
year |
population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes |
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1950 | 82,260 | 1,759,210 | 4.7 | 154 | 94 | 60 | 534 | 80 | 642 | 57 | |
1959 | 125.259 | 2,170,000 | 5.8 | 166 | 104 | 62 | 754 | 78 | 674 | 77 | |
1969 | 173.875 | 2,800,000 | 6.2 | 207 | 143 | 64 | 839 | 88 | 700 | 89 | |
1980 | 187.075 | 3,250,000 | 5.8 | 194 | 137 | 57 | 964 | 3 | 73 | 570 | 93 |
1990 | 200,500 | 2,500,000 | 8.0 | 170 | 115 | 55 | 1,179 | 7th | 66 | 430 | 97 |
1999 | 202,874 | 2,659,000 | 7.6 | 153 | 110 | 43 | 1,325 | 8th | 48 | 371 | 95 |
2000 | 202,870 | 2,659,000 | 7.6 | 156 | 114 | 42 | 1,300 | 8th | 45 | 371 | 95 |
2001 | 207.074 | 2,659,000 | 7.8 | 154 | 113 | 41 | 1,344 | 8th | 42 | 380 | 92 |
2002 | 132,611 | 2,659,000 | 5.0 | 153 | 113 | 40 | 866 | 8th | 44 | 373 | 94 |
2003 | 218,942 | 2,703,054 | 8.1 | 149 | 110 | 39 | 1,469 | 9 | 48 | 373 | 90 |
2004 | 222.719 | 2,710,000 | 8.2 | 150 | 110 | 40 | 1,484 | 8th | 47 | 365 | 89 |