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.
- Melksham: St Anthony of Padua ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Minehead: Sacred Heart Church MineheadTown not recordedView parish
- Nailsea: St Francis of Assisi ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Newent: Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Nympsfield: St Joseph's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Peasedown St John: St Joseph's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Portishead: St Joseph's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Royal Wootton Bassett: Sacred Heart ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Salisbury: St Osmund's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Shepton Mallet: St Michael's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Somerton: St Dunstan's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Stonehouse: St. Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Stow-on-the-Wold: Our Lady & St Kenelm R C ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Stratton-on-the-Fosse: St Benedict's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Stroud: The Immaculate Conception Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Swindon: Holy Family Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Swindon: Holy Rood ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Swindon: St Mary's R C ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Swindon: St Peter's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Taunton: Saint George's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Taunton: St Teresa's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Tetbury: St. Michael’s Catholic Church, TetburyTown not recordedView parish
- Tewkesbury: Saint Joseph's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Thornbury: Christ the King ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Tisbury: The Sacred Heart ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Trowbridge: St John the Baptist ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Tuffley: English Martyrs Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Warminster: Church of St GeorgeTown not recordedView parish
- Wellington: St John Fisher's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Wells: St Joseph & St Teresa's 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.