Diocese of

Lancaster

England England

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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) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Contact Info

Address: Bishopโ€™s Apartment, Cathedral House, Balmoral Road, Lancaster LA1 3BT, England

Phone: (01524)59.60.50

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.02.12 โ€“ ...):Bishop Paul Swarbrick (66)Bishop Paul Swarbrick (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lancaster (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Swarbrick (66)Bishop Paul Swarbrick (66)
(2018.02.12 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Sanctitas prรฆter pacem

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

Priest of Lancaster (England) (1982.07.10 โ€“ 2018.02.12)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (2018.02.12 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. (83)Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. (83)
(2009.05.02 โ€“ 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 โ€“ 2009.05.02)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (2009.05.02 โ€“ 2018.02.12)

Bishop Patrick Oโ€™Donoghue
(2001.06.05 โ€“ 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 โ€  86)

Titular Bishop of Tulana (1993.05.18 โ€“ 2001.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1993.05.18 โ€“ 2001.06.05)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (2001.06.05 โ€“ 2009.05.02)

Bishop John Brewer
(1985.05.22 โ€“ 2000.06.10)

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

Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1971.05.31 โ€“ 1983.11.17)

Titular Bishop of Bretoรฑa (1971.05.31 โ€“ 1985.05.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1983.11.17 โ€“ 1985.05.22)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1985.05.22 โ€“ 2000.06.10)

Bishop Brian Charles Foley
(1962.04.26 โ€“ 1985.05.22)

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

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1962.04.26 โ€“ 1985.05.22)

Bishop Thomas Edward Flynn
(1939.06.12 โ€“ 1961.11.03)

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

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1939.06.12 โ€“ 1961.11.03)

Bishop Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B.
(1924.12.18 โ€“ 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 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Lancaster (England) (1924.12.18 โ€“ 1938.12.01)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (109)

Galloway (โ†‘), Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (โ†‘), Hexham and Newcastle (โ†—), Middlesbrough (โ†’), Leeds (โ†’), Salford (โ†˜), Liverpool (โ†“)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,900 kmยฒ

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

Population

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Religious

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