Middlesbrough Diocese
| Middlesbrough Diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Diocesan bishop | Terence Patrick Drainey |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | John Patrick Crowley |
| founding | 1878 |
| surface | 10,360 km² |
| Parishes | 69 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,280,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 95,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 7.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 74 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 59 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 714 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 111 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. Mary |
| Website | middlesbrough-diocese.org.uk |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough ( lat. Dioecesis Medioburgensis , Engl. Diocese of Middlesbrough ) is in United Kingdom situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Middlesbrough .
history
Pope Leo XIII. divided the Diocese of Beverley , which included all of Yorkshire , into two parts on December 20, 1878 : the Diocese of Leeds , south of the River Ouse , and the Diocese of Middlesbrough, north of the river. The city of York is divided between the two new dioceses and until 1982 all of the city's parishes were under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Middlesbrough.
territory
The Diocese of Middlesbrough includes the Unitary Authorities East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire .
Bishops of Middlesbrough
- Richard Lacy (September 12, 1879 - April 11, 1929)
- Thomas Shine (April 11, 1929 - November 22, 1955)
- George Brunner (April 4, 1956 - June 13, 1967)
- John Gerard McClean (June 13, 1967 - August 28, 1978)
- Augustine Harris (November 10, 1978 - November 3, 1992)
- John Patrick Crowley (November 3, 1992 - May 3, 2007)
- Terence Patrick Drainey (since November 17, 2007)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 95,256 | 1,012,857 | 9.4 | 235 | 139 | 96 | 405 | 160 | 489 | 74 | |
| 1970 | 88,384 | 1,081,433 | 8.2 | 234 | 140 | 94 | 377 | 114 | 286 | 86 | |
| 1980 | 84,786 | 1,161,170 | 7.3 | 220 | 138 | 82 | 385 | 117 | 241 | 91 | |
| 1990 | 85,536 | 1,174,231 | 7.3 | 185 | 119 | 66 | 462 | 88 | 215 | 90 | |
| 1999 | 88,807 | 1,143,000 | 7.8 | 176 | 117 | 59 | 504 | 4th | 101 | 149 | 91 |
| 2000 | 87,942 | 1,143,000 | 7.7 | 163 | 99 | 64 | 539 | 6th | 106 | 151 | 91 |
| 2001 | 87,430 | 1,143,000 | 7.6 | 161 | 99 | 62 | 543 | 8th | 102 | 149 | 86 |
| 2002 | 87.217 | 1,139,764 | 7.7 | 155 | 93 | 62 | 562 | 9 | 75 | 139 | 85 |
| 2003 | 85,000 | 1,135,000 | 7.5 | 148 | 92 | 56 | 574 | 11 | 65 | 142 | 81 |
| 2004 | 81.995 | 1,134,000 | 7.2 | 148 | 93 | 55 | 554 | 11 | 60 | 139 | 80 |
| 2013 | 89,100 | 1,188,000 | 7.5 | 146 | 86 | 60 | 610 | 16 | 64 | 118 | 70 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Middlesbrough on Giga-Catholic (English)
Commons : Diocese of Middlesbrough - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
