Diocese of Middlesbrough

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The Diocese of Middlesbrough is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Middlesbrough, England and is part of the province of Liverpool.

The diocese covers an area of 4,000 km² of the Counties of North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire, together with the City of York. The see is in the town of Coulby Newham in the suburbs of the town of Middlesbrough where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary.

1 History
2 Bishop
3 Parishes
4 External links

[edit] History

The diocese was created on 20 December 1878 from the Diocese of Beverley.

[edit] Bishop

The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Patrick Crowley, the 6th Bishop of Middlesbrough.

[edit] Parishes

The diocese currently has some 84 parishes and mass centres. This is likely to change in the future as the diocese is currently examining a controversial proposal for restructuring the number of parishes

Middlesbrough St Mary's Cathedral, Coulby Newham St Patrick's Middlesbrough St Joseph's Middlesbrough St Thomas More, Middlesbrough St Pius X, Middlesbrough St Clare's, Middlesbrough St Alphonsus, Middlesbrough St Gabriel's, Middlesbrough St Francis of Assisi, Middlesbrough Corpus Christi, Middlesbrough Holy Name of Mary, Middlesbrough St Andrew's, Teesville

St Romuald's St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe St Joseph's, Stokesley St Patrick's, Thornaby Christ the King, Thornaby St Therese of Lisieux, Ingleby Barwick Ss Mary & Romuald, Yarm Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley St Mary's, Crathorne

St Bede's St William's, Dormanstown Sacred Heart, Redcar St Alban's Redcar St Augustine's Redcar St Bede's Marske Our Lady of Lourdes, Saltburn St Anthony of Padua, Brotton St Paulinus, Guisborough Ss Joseph & Cuthbert, Loftus

St Luke Kirby Sacred Heart, Northallerton Ss Joseph & Francis Xavier, Richmond Ss Peter & Paul, Leyburn Ss Mary & Joseph, Bedale St Mary's, Wycliffe

York St Wilfrid's York St George's York St Aelred's York St Paulinus York St Joseph's York English Martyrs York Our Lady Acomb St Bede's Pastoral Centre Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow, York St Margaret Clitherow, Haxby Ss Mary & Joseph, Pocklington Ss Mary & Everilda, Everingham

Ryedale Ss Leonard & Mary, Malton Our Lady & St Benedict, Ampleforth Our Lady and the Holy Angels, Gilling East St Aidan's, Oswaldkirk St John the Evangelist, Easingwold All Saints, Thirsk St Joseph's, Pickering St Chad's, Kirkbymoorside St Mary's, Helmsley St Mary's, Filey

St Hilda's Our Lady Star of the Sea, Staithes St Anne's, Ugthorpe St Hedda's, Egton Bridge Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Lealholm St Hilda's, Whitby St Edward The Confessor, Scarborough St Joseph's, Scarborough St George's, Scarborough St Peter's, Scarborough

St Everilda's St John of Beverley, Beverley Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Market Weighton St John the Baptist, Holme-on-Spalding Moor Our Lady & St Peter, Bridlington Our Lady & St Edward, Driffield

Hull St Charles Borromeo, Hull St Vincent de Paul, Hull St Joseph's, Hull St Wilfrid's, Hull Corpus Christi, Hull Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Peter Chanel, Hull Our Lady of Lourdes, Hessle Holy Cross, Cottingham

St Willibrord Sacred Heart, Hull St Bede's, Hull St Francis of Assisi, Hull St Stephen's, Hull St Mary Queen of Martyrs, Hull Ss Mary & Joseph, Hedon Sacred Heart, Hornsea Ss Peter & John Fisher, Withernsea

The Benedictine Monastery of Ampleforth is also located in the diocese.