Diocese of Brentwood, England

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Brentwood / Brentvooden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Westminster

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11), Saint Edmund Rich (November 16), Saint Erkenwald (May 13), Saint Cedd (October 26)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 31 (1991)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1917.07.20: Established as Diocese of Brentwood / Brentvooden(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Westminster and became suffragan of Westminster)

Contact Info

Address: Cathedral house, 28 Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT, England

Phone: (01277)23.22.66

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.04.14 – ...):

Bishop Alan Williams, S.M. (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Brentwood (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alan Williams, S.M. (73)
(2014.04.14 – ...)

Bishop of Brentwood (England)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:	1951.03.15 (Blackburn, England)
Ordained Priest:	1983.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.07.01

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (2014.04.14 – ...)

Bishop Thomas McMahon (88)
(1980.06.16 – 2014.04.14)

Bishop emeritus of Brentwood (England)

Born:	1936.06.17 (Dorking, England)
Ordained Priest:	1959.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.07.17

Priest of Brentwood (England) (1959.11.29 – 1980.06.16)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1980.06.16 – 2014.04.14)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Casey
(1969.12.02 – 1979.12.12)

Born:	1913.11.20 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.02.02
Died:	1999.01.26 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Sufar (1965.12.23 – 1969.12.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1965.12.23 – 1969.12.02)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1969.12.02 – 1979.12.12)

Bishop Bernard Patrick Wall
(1955.11.30 – 1969.04.14)

Born:	1894.03.15 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1918.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.01.18
Died:	1976.06.18 († 82)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1955.11.30 – 1969.04.14)

Titular Bishop of Othona (1969.04.14 – 1976.06.18)

Bishop George Andrew Beck, A.A. (later Archbishop)
(1951.01.23 – 1955.11.28)

Born:	1904.05.28 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1927.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.09.21
Died:	1978.09.13 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Tigias (1948.08.07 – 1951.01.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1948.08.07 – 1951.01.23)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1951.01.23 – 1955.11.28)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1955.11.28 – 1964.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) (1964.01.29 – 1976.02.07)

Bishop Arthur Doubleday
(1920.05.07 – 1951.01.23)

Born:	1865.10.16 (South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1888.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.06.23
Died:	1951.01.23 († 85)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1920.05.07 – 1951.01.23)

Bishop Bernard Nicholas Ward
(1917.07.20 – 1920.01.21)

Born:	1857.02.04 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1882.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.04.10
Died:	1920.01.21 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Lydda (1917.03.22 – 1917.07.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Brentwood (England) (1917.03.22 – 1917.07.20)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1917.07.20 – 1920.01.21)

Bishop Bernard Nicholas Ward
(Apostolic Administrator 1917.03.22 – 1917.07.20)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop George Andrew Beck, A.A. (later Archbishop) (1948.08.07 – 1951.01.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen, Brentwood, Essex

Churches by City (119)

Westminster (←), East Anglia (↑), Southwark (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 39,678 km²

Population: 241,670 Catholics (8.3% of 2,910,870 total)

Pastoral Centres: 87 parishes

Personnel: 138 priests (95 diocesan, 43 religious), 18 deacons, 213 religious (47 brothers, 166 sisters), 7 seminarians