Diocese of Brentwood
Brentvooden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Brentwood, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Brentwood is a Latin rite diocese covering Essex and several East London boroughs in England, erected on 20 July 1917 from the Archdiocese of Westminster. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Westminster. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Mary and St Helen in Brentwood.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 July 1917
- Latin
- Brentvooden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001000952
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 225,700
- Population
- 2,789,000
- Catholic share
- 8.1%
- Priests
- 115
- Catholics per priest
- 1,963
- Extent
- 3,967 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alan Williams
- Born
- 15 March 1951
- Birthplace
- Oldham
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DI MARIA (MARIANISTI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St Mary and St Helen, Brentwood stands in Brentwood, 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.
The province of Westminster
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Westminster.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of WestminsterWestminster
- Diocese of East AngliaEast Anglia
- Diocese of NorthamptonNorthampton
- Diocese of NottinghamNottingham
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The historic county of Essex forms the territory of the Diocese of Brentwood (Latin: Dioecesis Brentvoodensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England and a suffragan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].