Suffragan diocese Brentwood, United Kingdom
Diocese of Brentwood
Brentvooden(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1917
- Catholics
- 225,700
- Priests
- 115
- Territory
- 3,967 km²
Parishes and churches
122 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Francis AssisiStratfordMass times recorded
- St Francis Assisi HalsteadHalsteadMass times recorded
- St George English MartyrsShoeburynessMass times recorded
- St Giles C E Church HallWaltham AbbeyView parish
- St Gregorys Chapel EaseShoeburynessView parish
- St HelenOngarMass times recorded
- St James Less St HelenColchesterView parish
- St James UrcBuckhurst HillView parish
- St John BaptistLexdenMass times recorded
- St John Baptist IlfordIlfordMass times recorded
- St John Evangelist St ErconwaldIngatestoneView parish
- St John FisherSouthend on Sea Linked with PrittlewellMass times recorded
- St John Houghton Catholic ChurchTiptreeMass times recorded
- St John PayneGreenstead with Ardleigh and MistleyView parish
- St John VianneyClayhallMass times recorded
- St JosephColchesterView parish
- St Joseph LeytonLeytonMass times recorded
- St Joseph UpminsterUpminsterMass times recorded
- St Joseph WorkerHutton and ShenfieldMass times recorded
- St Margaret & SaintsCanning TownMass times recorded
- St Margaret ScotlandDoddinghurstMass times recorded
- St Marks Church Community CentreRoyal DocksMass times recorded
- St MaryWithamMass times recorded
- St Mary Immaculate Holy ArchangelsKelvedonMass times recorded
- St Mary Mother GodHornchurchMass times recorded
- St Mary St Edward St JohnRoyal DocksView parish
- St Mary St ErconwaldBarkingMass times recorded
- St Mary St EthelburgaBarkingMass times recorded
- St Mary St Michael ChurchGreenstead with Ardleigh and MistleyMass times recorded
- St Mary Virgin ChurchGreenstead with Ardleigh and MistleyView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alan Williams
- Born
- 15 March 1951
- Birthplace
- Oldham
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DI MARIA (MARIANISTI)
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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.
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.
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