Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia

Coordinates: 52°24′11″N 0°54′11″E / 52.403°N 0.903°E / 52.403; 0.903

Diocese of East Anglia Dioecesis Angliae Orientalis
Location
Country	England
Territory	Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Ecclesiastical province	Westminster
Metropolitan	Westminster
Deaneries	Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Coastal, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Norwich, North Norfolk, Peterborough
Statistics
Area	12,570 km2 (4,850 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 2,775,000 95,254[1] (3.4%)
Parishes	56
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	13 March 1976
Cathedral	St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich
Secular priests	96
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vincent Nichols
Apostolic Administrator	David Bagstaff
Vicars General	Anthony Rogers
Map
Diocese of East Anglia within the Province of Westminster
Website
www.eastangliadiocese.org.uk

The Diocese of East Anglia is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church covering the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and also Peterborough in eastern England. The East Anglia diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.

Statistics

There are 85,309 members of the church who belong to the 59 parishes in the diocese. The patrons of the diocese are Our Lady of Walsingham (14 September), St Felix (13 May) and St Edmund (20 November).

Boundaries

The diocese is divided into eight deaneries, which are in turn divided into 59 parishes.

• Bury St Edmunds: Brandon; Bury St Edmunds; Clare; Diss; Hadleigh; Haverhill; Newmarket; Stowmarket; Sudbury; Thetford.
• Cambridge: Buckden; Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge; St Laurence, Cambridge; St Philip Howard, Cambridge; Ely; Huntingdon; St Ives; St Neot's; Sawston.
• Coastal: Beccles; Bungay; Gorleston; Lowestoft; Poringland; Southwold; Great Yarmouth.
• Ipswich: Aldeburgh; Felixstowe; St James, Ipswich; St Mark, Ipswich; St Mary, Ipswich;St Mary Magdalen, Ipswich; St Pancras, Ipswich; Woodbridge.
• King's Lynn: Dereham, Downham Market, Hunstanton, King's Lynn, Swaffham; Wisbech.
• Norwich: Costessey; St John's Cathedral, Norwich; St George's, Norwich; Wymondham.
• North Norfolk: Cromer; Fakenham; North Walsham; Sheringham; Walsingham.
• Peterborough: March; St Peter & All Souls, Peterborough; Our Lady of Lourdes & St Oswald, Peterborough; St Luke, Peterborough; Sacred Heart, Bretton; St Anthony's, Peterborough (Italian Mission); Polish Mission, Peterborough; Whittlesey.

History

On 13 March 1976, by the decree Quod Ecumenicum, Pope Paul VI formed the Diocese of East Anglia (from the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk) out of the Diocese of Northampton.

On 2 June 1976, the new diocese received its first bishop, Alan Clark. Bishop Clark had previously been auxiliary bishop of Northampton and co-chairman of ARCIC (Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission), with the cathedral being established at the former parish church of St John the Baptist, Norwich. As the first bishop of the new diocese, Bishop Clark had to set up all the necessary instruments and commissions for the diocese to operate successfully. The establishment of the Diocesan Pastoral Council in 1987 strengthened these.

The diocese continued to grow with the development of the diocesan offices and diocesan tribunal attached to Bishop's House in Poringland near Norwich. Bishop Clark led a number of Lourdes Pilgrimages.

Ordinaries

Main article: Bishop of East Anglia

• Alan Charles Clark (appointed on 26 April 1976 – retired on 21 March 1995)
• Peter David Smith (appointed on 21 March 1995 – translated to the Archdiocese of Cardiff on 26 October 2001)
• Michael Charles Evans (appointed on 14 February 2003 – died in office on 11 July 2011)

Pilgrimage

The East Anglia Diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.

References

1. ^ "Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of East Anglia". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/deaan.html. Retrieved 2008-11-28. 

External links

• East Anglia Diocese website