Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Hagulstaden(sis) et Novocastren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hexham and Newcastle, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle is a Latin rite diocese covering Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham in England. Erected as the Diocese of Hexham on 29 September 1850 at the restoration of the hierarchy (the ancient see of Hexham dates to 678), it took its present name in 1861 and joined the Province of Liverpool in 1911. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1850
- Latin
- Hagulstaden(sis) et Novocastren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Blessed Lady Immaculate and St Cuthbert
- Annuario code
- 001001593
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 167,568
- Population
- 2,323,200
- Catholic share
- 7.2%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 864
- Extent
- 8,438 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Stephen Wright
- Born
- 9 October 1970
- Birthplace
- Stafford
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
St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne stands in Hexham and Newcastle, 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 Liverpool
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Liverpool.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LiverpoolLiverpool
- Diocese of HallamHallam
- Diocese of LancasterLancaster
- Diocese of LeedsLeeds
- Diocese of MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough
- Diocese of SalfordSalford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centred on St Mary's Cathedral in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Latin: Dioecesis Hagulstadensis et Novocastrensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese. Its territory follows the historic boundaries of County Durham and Northumberland, and it is one of the six suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical province of Liverpool.
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].