Catholic Church

in

England

(Country of United Kingdom )

Also known as: England (Deutsch), Inglaterra (español, Português), Angleterre (français), Inghilterra (Italiano), Anglia (polski, latine), Engleska (Hrvatski), Sasana (Gaeilge), 英格蘭 (正體中文), イングランド (日本語), 잉글랜드 (한국어)

By Type (24)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (5)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (17)

Military Ordinariates (1)

Personal Ordinariates (1)

By Rite

Roman Rite (21): Arundel and Brighton, Birmingham, Bishopric of the Forces in Great Britain, Brentwood, Cardiff–Menevia, Clifton, East Anglia, Hallam, Hexham and Newcastle, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Northampton, Nottingham, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Salford, Shrewsbury, Southwark, Westminster

Anglican Use (1): Our Lady of Walsingham

Syro-Malabar Church (1): Great Britain

Ukrainian Church (1): Holy Family of London

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Nunciature: Great Britain

Conference of Bishops: Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)

Cardinals (3 electors/4 total)

Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (87)

Vincent Gerard Nichols (79)

Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P. (79)

Arthur Roche (74)

Bishops

All Churches

Special Churches

Cathedrals (26)

National Shrines (5)

World Heritage Churches (7)

Church Lists

St. Michael Ley Line

Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint George

Saints: 174 Saints, 245 Blesseds

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

2010.09.16 – 2010.09.19: Apostolic Journey to the Great Britain
1982.05.28 – 1982.06.02: Apostolic Journey to the Great Britain

Geography

Continent: West Europe

Capital: London

Area: 130,395 km²

Population: 55,268,100

Part of: United Kingdom (Country)

Neighbouring Countries: ← Wales , ← Ireland , ↖ Northern Ireland , ↖ Isle of Man , ↑ Scotland , → Netherlands , ↘ Belgium , ↓ France , ↓ Guernsey

Cultural Summary

Religions: Christian 59.4%, 5% Muslim, 3.7% Others

Languages: English, Cornish (3,000)

Statistics (England, British Indian Ocean Territory, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Pitcairn Islands, Scotland, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Wales) (2021.12.31)

Area: 230,762 km²

Catholic Population: 5,692,000 Catholics (8.8% of 64,955,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 2,628 parishes, 53 mission stations (32 with resident priest, 21 without resident priest), 255 other centres

Clergy: 68 bishops (31 diocesan, 37 titular), 4,553 priests (3,221 diocesan, 1,332 religious), 958 permanent deacons (953 diocesan, 5 religious)

Non-Clergy: 4,103 religious (256 brothers, 3,847 sisters), 73 members of secular institutes (2 brothers, 71 sisters), 246 major seminarians, 314 missionaries, 23,050 catechists

Last updated on 2024.12.16

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