The Church, too, must be a family, bishops, priests, deacons, religious and laity, supporting each other and sharing with each other the individual gifts given by God.
Pope John Paul II,
Heaton Park, Manchester, 31st May 1982

The Diocese

The dioceses of England and Wales

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The basic administrative unit of the Catholic Church is the diocese - an area presided over by a bishop, sometimes with auxiliary bishops to help him.

There are 22 dioceses in England and Wales. These are divided into parishes, the local communities of Catholics. There are also two dioceses covering the whole country for specific groups: the Bishopric of the Forces and the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians.There are also five Provinces in England and Wales: Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Southwark and Westminster.

 

To go to the website of another diocese please follow one of the links below:

Arundel and  Brighton
Birmingham
Brentwood
Cardiff
Clifton
East Anglia
Hallam
Hexham and Newcastle
Lancaster
Leeds
Liverpool
Menevia
Middlesbrough
Northamption
Nottingham
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Salford
Shrewsbury
Southwark
Westminster
Wrexham

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