Diocese of Middlesbrough, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Middlesbrough / Medioburgen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Liverpool

Neighbouring Dioceses: Leeds (↙), Lancaster (←), Hexham and Newcastle (↑), Nottingham (↘), Hallam (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27), Saint Wilfrid (October 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 15 (1986)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1878.12.20: Established as Diocese of Middlesbrough / Medioburgen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Beverley and became suffragan of Westminster)
1911.10.28: Became suffragan of Liverpool
1982.05.02: Gained territory from Diocese of Leeds

Contact Info

Address: Diocesan Curia, 50A The Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS5 6QT, England

Phone: (01642)850.505

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2025.12.22 – ...):

Bishop Marcus Nigel Stock (64)

Bishop of Leeds (England)

Apostolic Administrator of Hallam (England)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Middlesbrough (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcus Nigel Stock (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.12.22 – ...)

Bishop Terence Patrick Drainey (76)
(2007.11.17 – 2025.12.22)

Bishop emeritus of Middlesbrough (England)

Exspectantes beatam spem

Born:	1949.08.01 (Droylesden, England)
Ordained Priest:	1975.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.01.25

Priest of Salford (England) (1975.07.12 – 2007.11.17)

Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (2007.11.17 – 2025.12.22)

Bishop John Patrick Crowley (84)
(1992.11.03 – 2007.05.03)

Bishop emeritus of Middlesbrough (England)

Choose life

Born:	1941.06.23 (Newbury, England)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.12.08

Priest of Westminster (England) (1965.06.12 – 1986.10.31)

Titular Bishop of Thala (1986.10.31 – 1992.11.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1986.10.31 – 1992.11.03)

Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1992.11.03 – 2007.05.03)

Bishop Augustine Harris
(1978.11.10 – 1992.11.03)

Servite Domine lætitia

Born:	1917.10.27 (Liverpool, England)
Ordained Priest:	1942.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.02.11
Died:	2007.08.30 (Liverpool, England † 89)

Titular Bishop of Socia (1965.12.23 – 1978.11.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England) (1965.12.23 – 1978.11.10)

Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1978.11.10 – 1992.11.03)

Bishop John Gerard McClean
(1967.06.13 – 1978.08.28)

Scio cui credidi

Born:	1914.09.24 (Redcar, England)
Ordained Priest:	1942.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.02.24
Died:	1978.08.28 (Manchester, England † 63)

Titular Bishop of Maxita (1966.12.10 – 1967.06.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1966.12.10 – 1967.06.13)

Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1967.06.13 – 1978.08.28)

Bishop George Brunner
(1956.04.04 – 1967.06.13)

De fontibus salvatoris

Born:	1889.08.21 (Hull, England)
Ordained Priest:	1917.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.07.25
Died:	1969.03.21 (Middlesbrough, England † 79)

Titular Bishop of Elis (1946.06.22 – 1956.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1946.06.22 – 1956.04.04)

Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1956.04.04 – 1967.06.13)

Titular Bishop of Murustaga (1967.06.13 – 1969.03.21)

Archbishop Thomas Shine
(1929.04.11 – 1955.11.22)

Briller sans bruler

Born:	1872.02.12 (Knocknaveigh, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1894.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.06.29
Died:	1955.11.22 (Middlesbrough, England † 83)

Titular Bishop of Lamus (1921.04.12 – 1929.04.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1921.04.12 – 1929.04.11)

Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1929.04.11 – 1955.11.22)

Archbishop ad personam (1955.01.19 – 1955.11.22)

Bishop Richard Lacy
(1879.09.12 – 1929.04.11)

Sedes sapientiæ spes nostra

Born:	1841.01.16 (Navan, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1867.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.12.18
Died:	1929.04.11 (Middlesbrough, England † 88)

Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1879.09.12 – 1929.04.11)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Gerard McClean (1966.12.10 – 1967.06.13)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop William Gordon Wheeler (1964.01.29 – 1966.04.25)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Thomas Shine (later Archbishop) (1921.04.12 – 1929.04.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Kevin O’Brien (1981.11.09 – 1998.06.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George Brunner (1946.06.22 – 1956.04.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Church of St Mary, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough
Former Cathedral: Church of St George, York, York
Former Cathedral: Church of St Wilfrid, York, York
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Former Cathedral of St Peter, York, York
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (93)

Leeds (↙), Lancaster (←), Hexham and Newcastle (↑), Nottingham (↘), Hallam (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,360 km²

Population: 97,700 Catholics (7.4% of 1,317,135 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 115 priests (56 diocesan, 59 religious), 12 deacons, 137 religious (65 brothers, 72 sisters)