Diocese of Northampton
Northantonien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Northampton, United Kingdom
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1850
- Latin
- Northantonien(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury
- Annuario code
- 001002406
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 182,500
- Population
- 2,089,307
- Catholic share
- 8.7%
- Priests
- 92
- Catholics per priest
- 1,984
- Extent
- 3,419 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 53
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- David Oakley
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Westminster
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Westminster.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of WestminsterWestminster
- Diocese of BrentwoodBrentwood
- Diocese of East AngliaEast Anglia
- Diocese of NottinghamNottingham
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].