Diocese of Nottingham
Nottinghamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nottingham, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Nottingham is a Latin rite diocese covering Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, most of Derbyshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire in England, erected in 1850 as one of the twelve dioceses created at the restoration of the hierarchy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Westminster. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Barnabas in Nottingham.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1850
- Latin
- Nottinghamen(sis)
- Patron
- St Hugh of Lincoln and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002412
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 155,000
- Population
- 4,500,000
- Catholic share
- 3.4%
- Priests
- 130
- Catholics per priest
- 1,192
- Extent
- 13,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Patrick McKinney
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
Cathedral of St Barnabas, Nottingham stands in Nottingham, 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 NorthamptonNorthampton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Metropolitan Diocese of Westminster, the Diocese of Nottingham (Latin: Dioecesis Nottinghamensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England. Its territory of 13,074 square kilometres (5,048 mi2) takes in the counties of Nottinghamshire (now excluding the district of Bassetlaw), Leicestershire, most of Derbyshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire. The bishop's seat is the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas in Nottingham, and Patrick McKinney is the 10th bishop of the see.
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].