Diocese of Lancaster, England

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lancaster / Lancastren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Liverpool

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Blessed Lady of Lourdes (February 11), Saint Cuthbert (March 20)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 4 (1859)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1924.11.22: Established as Diocese of Lancaster / Lancastren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool and Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and became suffragan of Liverpool)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s Apartment, Cathedral House, Balmoral Road, Lancaster LA1 3BT, England

Phone: (01524)59.60.50

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.02.12 – ...):

Bishop Paul Swarbrick (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lancaster (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Swarbrick (66)
(2018.02.12 – ...)

Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Sanctitas præter pacem

Born:	1958.07.02 (Garstang, England)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.04.09

Priest of Lancaster (England) (1982.07.10 – 2018.02.12)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (2018.02.12 – ...)

Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. (83)
(2009.05.02 – 2018.02.12)

Bishop emeritus of Lancaster (England)

Ecce nova facio omnia

Born:	1941.10.02 (Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1971.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.31

Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster (England) (2008.02.12 – 2009.05.02)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (2009.05.02 – 2018.02.12)

Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue
(2001.06.05 – 2009.05.02)

Beati pauperes

Born:	1934.05.04 (Mourne Abbey, Cork, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1967.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.06.29
Died:	2021.01.24 (Mallow, Cork, Ireland † 86)

Titular Bishop of Tulana (1993.05.18 – 2001.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1993.05.18 – 2001.06.05)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (2001.06.05 – 2009.05.02)

Bishop John Brewer
(1985.05.22 – 2000.06.10)

Born:	1929.11.24 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.07.28
Died:	2000.06.10 († 70)

Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1971.05.31 – 1983.11.17)

Titular Bishop of Bretoña (1971.05.31 – 1985.05.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1983.11.17 – 1985.05.22)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1985.05.22 – 2000.06.10)

Bishop Brian Charles Foley
(1962.04.26 – 1985.05.22)

Born:	1910.05.25 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1937.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.13
Died:	1999.12.23 († 89)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1962.04.26 – 1985.05.22)

Bishop Thomas Edward Flynn
(1939.06.12 – 1961.11.03)

Born:	1880.01.06 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1908.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.07.24
Died:	1961.11.03 († 81)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1939.06.12 – 1961.11.03)

Bishop Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B.
(1924.12.18 – 1938.12.01)

Dominus spes mea

Born:	1870.01.04 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1897.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.02.24
Died:	1938.12.01 († 68)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1924.12.18 – 1938.12.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. (83) (2008.02.12 – 2009.05.02)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Brewer (1983.11.17 – 1985.05.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Bernard Pearson (1949.05.14 – 1983.10.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Church of St Peter, Lancaster, Lancashire
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Former Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Carlisle, Cumbria
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (109)

Galloway (↑), Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (↑), Hexham and Newcastle (↗), Middlesbrough (→), Leeds (→), Salford (↘), Liverpool (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,900 km²

Population: 100,600 Catholics (8.0% of 1,253,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 74 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 113 priests (95 diocesan, 18 religious), 34 deacons, 108 religious (19 brothers, 89 sisters), 2 seminarians