Suffragan diocese Hexham and Newcastle, United Kingdom
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Hagulstaden(sis) et Novocastren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1850
- Catholics
- 167,568
- Priests
- 194
- Territory
- 8,438 km²
Parishes and churches
163 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. BernadetteWallsendMass times recorded
- St. Cecilia and St. PatrickSunderlandView parish
- St. CharlesNewcastle upon TyneMass times recorded
- St. CharlesTudhoeMass times recorded
- St. CuthbertCowpenMass times recorded
- St. CuthbertChester-le-StreetMass times recorded
- St. CuthbertDurhamMass times recorded
- St. CuthbertHartlepoolView parish
- St. CuthbertNew SeahamView parish
- St. CuthbertNewcastle upon TyneView parish
- St. CuthbertNorth ShieldsMass times recorded
- St. CuthbertStockton-on-TeesMass times recorded
- St. CuthbertThrockleyMass times recorded
- St. Dominic's Priory ChurchNewcastle upon TyneMass times recorded
- St. EdwardWhitley BayMass times recorded
- St. ElizabethMinsteracresView parish
- St. Francis XavierCheeseburn GrangeView parish
- St. GeorgeBell's CloseView parish
- St. GregorySouth ShieldsMass times recorded
- St. HildaSunderlandView parish
- St. JamesHebburnMass times recorded
- St. John BosteWashingtonMass times recorded
- St. John FisherSedgefieldMass times recorded
- St. John of BeverleyHaydon BridgeMass times recorded
- St. John the BaptistAnnitsfordMass times recorded
- St. John the EvangelistBillingham-on-TeesView parish
- St. John VianneyNewcastle upon TyneMass times recorded
- St. John VianneyHartlepoolMass times recorded
- St. JosephWiddringtonView parish
- St. JosephBirtleyView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stephen Wright
- Born
- 9 October 1970
- Birthplace
- Stafford
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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.
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.
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- CAFOD Family Fast Day: 2nd Oct 2026
- North East Catholic History Society Lectures 2026
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