Diocese of East Anglia
Angliae Orientalis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · East Anglia, United Kingdom
The Diocese of East Anglia is a Latin rite diocese covering Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough in England, erected on 13 March 1976 from the Diocese of Northampton by Pope Paul VI. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Westminster and contains the national Marian shrine at Walsingham. Its seat is the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 1976
- Latin
- Angliae Orientalis
- Patron
- Our Lady of Walsingham
- Annuario code
- 001001339
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 108,000
- Population
- 2,487,200
- Catholic share
- 4.3%
- Priests
- 96
- Catholics per priest
- 1,125
- Extent
- 12,570 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.6
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
- Peter Collins
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 John the Baptist, Norwich stands in East Anglia, 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 BrentwoodBrentwood
- Diocese of NorthamptonNorthampton
- Diocese of NottinghamNottingham
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The historic counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in the East of England, together with the Soke of Peterborough, form the territory of the Diocese of East Anglia (Latin: Diœcesis Angliæ Orientalis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese forms part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.
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].