Suffragan diocese Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Diocese of Middlesbrough
Medioburgen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Middlesbrough is a Latin rite diocese covering the East Riding and North Riding of Yorkshire and York in England, erected on 20 December 1878 from the division of the Diocese of Beverley. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Liverpool, with its seat at St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough (Coulby Newham). The see is currently vacant (sede vacante), with Bishop Marcus Stock appointed apostolic administrator on 22 December 2025.
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- Established
- 1878
- Catholics
- 97,700
- Priests
- 93
- Territory
- 10,360 km²
Parishes and churches
85 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St JosephHullMass times recorded
- St JosephMiddlesbroughMass times recorded
- St JosephPickeringMass times recorded
- St JosephStokesleyMass times recorded
- St JosephYorkMass times recorded
- St Laurence's AbbeyAmpleforthView parish
- St Margaret ClitherowGreat AytonMass times recorded
- St Margaret ClitherowHaxbyView parish
- St Margaret ClitherowYorkView parish
- St MaryCrathorneMass times recorded
- St MaryFileyMass times recorded
- St MaryHelmsleyMass times recorded
- St MaryWycliffeMass times recorded
- St Mary - Queen of MartyrsHullMass times recorded
- St PatrickThornabyMass times recorded
- St PaulinusGuisboroughView parish
- St PaulinusYorkMass times recorded
- St StephenHullView parish
- St Thomas MoreMiddlesbroughMass times recorded
- St Thérèse of LisieuxIngleby BarwickView parish
- St Vincent De PaulHullMass times recorded
- St WilfridHullMass times recorded
- St WilfridYorkView parish
- St Willibrord University ChaplaincyHullMass times recorded
- University Chaplaincy CentreYorkView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Terence Patrick Drainey
- Born
- 1 August 1949
- Birthplace
- Manchester
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The cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough stands in Middlesbrough, 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
Based in Middlesbrough, England, and belonging to the province of Liverpool, the Diocese of Middlesbrough (Latin: Dioecesis Medioburgensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It came into being on 20 December 1878 with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley, which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Bishop's See is at St Mary's Cathedral in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough. Catholic schools within the diocese are run by the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust and St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust.
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Mass for the Care of Creation
St Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough will host a Mass for the Care of Creation at 5pm on Sunday, October 2. The People’s Emergency Briefing Film on the climate and nature crisis will screen in the hall at 6.15pm. This 50-minute film features footage from the National Emergency Briefing held last November. The event will conclude with refreshments and discussion.
- Diocese of Middlesbrough promotes Home Mission Sunday
- Pastoral letter after consultation process
- Pope Leo XIV invites prayer for water care
- Pope Leo XIV celebrates Season of Creation
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