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Suffragan diocese Lancaster, United Kingdom

Diocese of Lancaster

Lancastren(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Lancaster is a Latin rite diocese covering Cumbria and northwestern Lancashire in England, erected in 1924 from territory of the Archdiocese of Liverpool and the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Its seat is St Peter's Cathedral in Lancaster.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St Peter's Cathedral, Lancaster, in Lancaster, United Kingdom.

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Established
1924
Catholics
101,700
Priests
95
Territory
2,900 km²

Parishes and churches

36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Paul Swarbrick
Born
2 July 1958
Birthplace
Preston

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The cathedral

St Peter's Cathedral, Lancaster stands in Lancaster, 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

Lancaster Cathedral, in the Lancashire city of Lancaster, England, anchors the Diocese of Lancaster (Latin: Dioecesis Lancastrensis), a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Church.