Bishopric of Lancaster
| Bishopric of Lancaster | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Swarbrick |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Patrick O'Donoghue Michael Campbell OSA |
| founding | 1924 |
| surface | 2,900 km² |
| Parishes | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,218,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 102,984 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 8.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 110 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 746 |
| Permanent deacons | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 119 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. Peter |
| Website | www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster ( lat. Dioecesis Lancastrensis , Engl. Diocese of Lancaster ) is in United Kingdom situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Lancaster .
history
Pope Pius XI founded on November 22, 1924 with the Apostolic Constitution Universalis Ecclesiae, the diocese from the cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Liverpool , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Lancaster includes the county of Cumbria and the northwestern part of the county of Lancashires as well as the Harden Amounderness and Lonsdale.
Bishops of Lancaster
- Thomas Wulstan Pearson OSB (December 18, 1924 to December 1, 1938)
- Thomas Edward Flynn (June 12, 1939 to November 3, 1961)
- Brian Charles Foley (April 26, 1962 to May 22, 1985)
- John Brewer (May 22, 1985 to June 10, 2000)
- Patrick O'Donoghue (June 5, 2001 to May 1, 2009)
- Michael Campbell OSA (May 1, 2009 to February 12, 2018)
- Paul Swarbrick (since February 12, 2018)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 113,548 | 887.007 | 12.8 | 235 | 160 | 75 | 483 | 33 | 566 | 89 | |
| 1970 | 134,467 | 1,067,390 | 12.6 | 271 | 202 | 69 | 496 | 81 | 454 | 107 | |
| 1980 | 126,800 | 1,052,000 | 12.1 | 262 | 208 | 54 | 483 | 59 | 356 | 113 | |
| 1990 | 123.854 | 1,088,000 | 11.4 | 217 | 169 | 48 | 570 | 16 | 49 | 257 | 113 |
| 1999 | 116,810 | 1,050,000 | 11.1 | 212 | 156 | 56 | 550 | 37 | 63 | 184 | 110 |
| 2000 | 116.215 | ? | ? | 192 | 146 | 46 | 605 | 39 | 53 | 184 | 110 |
| 2001 | 113,538 | 1,051,000 | 10.8 | 184 | 141 | 43 | 617 | 40 | 47 | 179 | 110 |
| 2002 | 112.185 | 1,050,000 | 10.7 | 179 | 135 | 44 | 626 | 44 | 48 | 196 | 110 |
| 2003 | 115,000 | 1,100,000 | 10.5 | 189 | 146 | 43 | 608 | 45 | 45 | 170 | 110 |
| 2004 | 111.264 | 1,050,000 | 10.6 | 178 | 134 | 44 | 625 | 46 | 48 | 180 | 110 |
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Lancaster - Collection of images, videos and audio files
