Suffragan diocese Clifton, United Kingdom
Diocese of Clifton
Cliftonien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1850
- Catholics
- 173,000
- Priests
- 83
- Territory
- 10,916 km²
Parishes and churches
99 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Amesbury: Christ The KingTown not recordedView parish
- Bath Combe Down: St Peter & St Paul's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bath: Our Lady & St AlphegeTown not recordedView parish
- Bath: St John The Evangelist's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bath: St Mary's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bradford-on-Avon: Saint Thomas More's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bridgwater: St Joseph's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Bishopston: St. Bonaventure’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Downend: St Augustine's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Easton: St Nicholas of Tolentino RC ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Filton: Saint Teresa's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Fishponds: St Joseph's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Henbury: St. Antony’s Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Kingswood: Our Lady of LourdesTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Kinwle West: Christ the King Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Knowle: St Gerard Majella ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Lawrence Weston: Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Patchway: Holy Family Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Redfield: St Patrick's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Shirehampton: Saint Bernard's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Southmead: St. Vincent’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Westbury-on-Trym: St. Antony’s Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Whitchurch: St. Bernadette’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol Withywood: Saint Pius X Roman Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol: Polish Church of Our Lady of OstrobramaTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol: St James' PrioryTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol: St Mary on the Quay Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bristol: University Catholic ChaplaincyTown not recordedView parish
- Brockworth: Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Burnham-on-Sea: Our Lady & The English Martyrs' ChurchTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Bosco MacDonald
- Born
- 21 July 1963
- Birthplace
- Bath
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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.
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.