Suffragan diocese Northampton, United Kingdom
Diocese of Northampton
Northantonien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Northampton is a Latin rite diocese covering Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire in England, erected on 29 September 1850 from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Eastern District at the restoration of the hierarchy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Westminster. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury in Northampton.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1850
- Catholics
- 182,500
- Priests
- 92
- Territory
- 3,419 km²
Parishes and churches
99 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of CanterburyNorthampton · CathedralView parish
- All SaintsBletchleyView parish
- Bridgettine ConventIver HeathView parish
- Christ the CornerstoneMilton KeynesView parish
- Christ the KingBedfordView parish
- Christ the KingKents HillView parish
- Cranfield UniversityCranfieldView parish
- Divine MercySloughView parish
- Good ShepherdHaddenhamView parish
- Guardian AngelsAylesburyView parish
- Holy Child and St JosephBedfordView parish
- Holy CrossBedfordView parish
- Holy FamilyLutonView parish
- Holy FamilyLangleyView parish
- Holy GhostLutonView parish
- Holy NameDenhamView parish
- Holy Name of JesusOundleView parish
- Holy RedeemerSloughView parish
- Holy TrinityDesboroughView parish
- Immaculate Heart of MaryGreat MissendenView parish
- Our Lady Help of ChristiansLutonView parish
- Our Lady Help of Christians and St LawrenceOlneyView parish
- Our Lady Immaculate and St EthelbertSloughView parish
- Our Lady of Charity and St AugustineDaventryView parish
- Our Lady of CzestochowaDunstableView parish
- Our Lady of GraceHigh WycombeView parish
- Our Lady of LightLong CrendonView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesAylesburyView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesMilton KeynesView parish
- Our Lady of PeaceSloughView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- David Oakley
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The cathedral
Northampton Cathedral stands in Northampton, 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
With its see in Northampton, the Diocese of Northampton (Latin: Dioecesis Northantoniensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England and Wales and a suffragan of Westminster. The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury serves as the mother church of the diocese.