Bishopric of Plymouth
| Bishopric of Plymouth | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Southwark |
| Diocesan bishop | Mark O'Toole |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hugh Christopher Budd |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 12,831 km² |
| Dean's offices | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Parishes | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,802,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 54,747 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 68 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 629 |
| Permanent deacons | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. Mary and St. Boniface |
| Website | www.plymouth-diocese.org.uk |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth ( Latin Dioecesis Plymuthensis , English Diocese of Plymouth ) is a in the UK situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Plymouth .
history
Pope Pius IX founded on September 29, 1850 with the Apostolic Constitution Universalis Ecclesiae - restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England - the diocese from cession of the diocese of Clifton and made it subject to the Archdiocese of Southwark as a suffragan .
William Vaughan was Bishop of Plymouth from 1855 to 1902 . He is considered the real "founding father" of the diocese.
In March 2011, more than 4,000 child pornographic files were discovered on the computers of the diocesan child protection officer Christopher Jarvis .
territory
The diocese of Plymouth includes the counties of Cornwall , Devon and parts of Dorset and is divided into the 5 deaneries Cornwall, Dorset, Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay.
Bishops of Plymouth
- George Errington (June 27, 1851 - March 30, 1855, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster )
- William Vaughan (July 10, 1855 - October 24, 1902)
- Charles Maurice Graham (October 25, 1902 - March 16, 1911)
- John Joseph Keily (April 21, 1911 - September 23, 1928)
- John Patrick Barrett (June 7, 1929 - November 2, 1946)
- Francis Joseph Grimshaw (June 2, 1947 - May 11, 1954, then Archbishop of Birmingham )
- Cyril Edward Restieaux (April 9, 1955 - November 19, 1985)
- Hugh Christopher Budd (November 19, 1985 - November 9, 2013)
- Mark O'Toole (since November 9, 2013)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | ? | ? | ? | 202 | 118 | 84 | ? | 84 | 1,160 | 86 | |
| 1970 | 54,500 | 1,725,000 | 3.2 | 228 | 133 | 95 | 239 | 108 | 914 | 87 | |
| 1980 | 61,482 | 1,768,000 | 3.5 | 168 | 95 | 73 | 365 | 95 | 690 | 87 | |
| 1990 | 62,019 | 1,851,000 | 3.4 | 160 | 106 | 54 | 387 | 3 | 76 | 356 | 88 |
| 1999 | 65,288 | 2,048,220 | 3.2 | 144 | 96 | 48 | 453 | 12 | 67 | 190 | 128 |
| 2000 | 65,288 | 2,048,220 | 3.2 | 144 | 104 | 40 | 453 | 20th | 58 | 198 | 92 |
| 2001 | 61,794 | 2,048,220 | 3.0 | 140 | 100 | 40 | 441 | 19th | 52 | 170 | 92 |
| 2002 | 58,737 | 2,048,200 | 2.9 | 138 | 97 | 41 | 425 | 20th | 55 | 163 | 96 |
| 2003 | 57,940 | 2,048,200 | 2.8 | 132 | 96 | 36 | 438 | 22nd | 50 | 142 | 96 |
| 2004 | 53,679 | 2,548,200 | 2.1 | 137 | 102 | 35 | 391 | 24 | 51 | 139 | 95 |
| 2013 | 69,310 | 3,750,000 | 1.8 | 102 | 81 | 21st | 679 | 34 | 28 | 90 | 63 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Web presence of the diocese, history ( Memento of May 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Catholic church's Plymouth 'youth protector' had child porn ( Memento of August 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Plymouth Herald , July 23, 2011
