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Suffragan diocese Northampton, United Kingdom

Diocese of Northampton

Northantonien(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Northampton Cathedral, in Northampton, United Kingdom.

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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.

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.