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.
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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.
- St PeterMarlowView parish
- St Teresa of the Child JesusPrinces RisboroughView parish
- St Teresa of the Child Jesus and SS John Fisher and Thomas MoreBeaconsfieldView parish
- St Thomas AquinasBletchleyView parish
- St Thomas MoreRaundsView parish
- St Thomas MoreTowcesterView parish
- St Thomas the ApostleCaddingtonView parish
- St Vincent de PaulHoughton RegisView parish
- St WulstanHigh WycombeView 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.