Diocese of Clifton
Cliftonien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Clifton, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Clifton is a Latin rite diocese covering Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire in England, erected on 29 September 1850 from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District at the restoration of the hierarchy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Its seat is the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Clifton, Bristol.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1850
- Latin
- Cliftonien(sis)
- Patron
- Ss Peter and Paul; Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001178
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 173,000
- Population
- 2,664,300
- Catholic share
- 6.5%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 2,084
- Extent
- 10,916 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Bosco MacDonald
- Born
- 21 July 1963
- Birthplace
- Bath
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
Clifton Cathedral (Ss Peter and Paul), Bristol stands in Clifton, 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 Birmingham
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Birmingham.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BirminghamBirmingham
- Diocese of ShrewsburyShrewsbury
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centred at the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Clifton, England, the Diocese of Clifton is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Its territory of 4,215 square miles (10,920 km2) takes in the historic counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, reaching from Welford-on-Avon in the north down to Minehead and Watchet in the south. Its most north-westerly parishes lie in the Forest of Dean, while Marlborough near Swindon stands among the most easterly.
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].