Suffragan diocese Arundel and Brighton, United Kingdom
Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Arundelien(sis)-Brichtelmestunen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton is a Latin rite diocese covering East and West Sussex and most of Surrey in England, erected on 28 May 1965 from the Diocese of Southwark. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Southwark, with its seat at Arundel Cathedral (Our Lady and St Philip Howard). The see is vacant (sede vacante) since 19 December 2025, when Bishop Richard Moth was translated to Westminster.
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- Established
- 1965
- Catholics
- 178,075
- Priests
- 134
- Territory
- 4,998 km²
Parishes and churches
130 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Walton-on-Thames | St ErconwaldWalton-on-ThamesMass times recorded
- Warlingham | St AmbroseWarlinghamView parish
- West Blatchington | St GeorgeWest BlatchingtonMass times recorded
- West Byfleet | Our Lady Help of ChristiansWest ByfleetMass times recorded
- West Grinstead | Our Lady of Consolation and St FrancisWest GrinsteadView parish
- Woking | St DunstanWokingView parish
- Woodingdean | St PatrickWoodingdeanView parish
- Worth | Worth AbbeyWorthMass times recorded
- Worthing | St Mary of the AngelsWorthingView parish
- Worthing | St MichaelWorthingView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Richard Moth
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The cathedral
Arundel Cathedral stands in Arundel and Brighton, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Covering the counties of Sussex and Surrey (though not Spelthorne, which belongs to the Diocese of Westminster), the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (Latin: Dioecesis Arundeliensis-Brichtelmestunensis) serves southern England. Pope Paul VI erected it on 28 May 1965, carving it out of the larger Diocese of Southwark, which on the same date was raised to an archdiocese at the head of a new ecclesiastical province.
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