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
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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.
- St BedeTown not recordedView parish
- St BeghTown not recordedView parish
- St BenedictTown not recordedView parish
- St BernadetteTown not recordedView parish
- St BernardTown not recordedView parish
- St CatherineTown 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
- 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.