Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton
Diocese of Northampton Dioecesis Northantoniensis | |
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Peter John Haworth Doyle | |
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 Diocese of Northampton within the Province of Westminster | |
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The Diocese of Northampton (
Westminster. Its see is in Northampton. The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury
is the mother church of the Diocese.
Location
The diocese now covers the counties of
Diocese of East Anglia
.
History
When
Dorchester-on-Thames in 636. Nevertheless, the real evangelisation of the people who dwelt in the diocese was achieved through the labours and missionaries of the isle of Lindisfarne, off the Northumbrian coast. Notable amongst them was Chad of Mercia, whose see, established at Lichfield
in 669, included the present diocese of Northampton.
From the time of the
Vicar Apostolic
of the Eastern District.
On 13 March 1976, by decree Quod Ecumenicum,
by detaching these counties from the Diocese of Northampton.Diocesan coat of arms
The motto under the shield translates as 'Beneath Thy Protection'. On the shield are
Thomas of Canterbury
.
Bishops
Bishop
Southwark
on 6 November 2003. Bishop McCartie died on 22 April 2020.
The next
Peter John Haworth Doyle, born on 3 May 1944 at Wilpshire, near Blackburn in Lancashire. He retired on 8 January 2020, with David James Oakley
being appointed at that time as successor.
Ordinaries
- William Wareing (appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District on 5 June 1840, elevated Bishop of Northampton on 29 September 1850 – resigned on 21 December 1858)
- Francis Kerril Amherst(appointed on 14 May 1858 – resigned 16 October 1879)
- Arthur George Riddell(appointed on 27 April 1880 – died in office on 15 September 1907)
- Frederick William Keating (appointed on 5 February 1908 – translated to the Archdiocese of Liverpoolon 13 June 1921)
- Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes(appointed on 21 November 1921 – died in office on 1 May 1932)
- Laurence William Youens(appointed on 16 June 1933 – died in office on 14 November 1939)
- Thomas Leo Parker(appointed on 14 December 1940 – retired 17 January 1967)
- Charles Alexander Grant(appointed on 14 March 1967 – retired 16 February 1982)
- Francis Gerard Thomas(appointed on 27 August 1982 – died in office on 25 December 1988)
- Patrick Leo McCartie (appointed on 20 February 1990 – retired 29 March 2001)
- Kevin John Patrick McDonald (appointed on 29 March 2001 – translated to the Archdiocese of Southwarkon 6 November 2003)
- Peter John Haworth Doyle(appointed on 24 May 2005 – retired on 8 January 2020)
- David James Oakley(appointed on 8 January 2020 – present)
Auxiliary bishops
- Alan Charles Clark(1969-1976), appointed Bishop of East Anglia
- Charles Alexander Grant(1961-1967), appointed Bishop of Northampton
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Joseph Edward Rudderham, appointed Bishop of Clifton in 1949
Statistics
The estimated Catholic population of the diocese in 2004 was 173,539 while the total population in the diocesan territory was 2,000,769. The diocese covers a territory of 5,532 km² and has 68 parishes.
Secondary Schools
Catholic secondary schools located within the diocese include:[1]
- St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Slough
- St Michael's Catholic School, High Wycombe
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Bedford
- Thomas Becket Catholic School, Northampton
- Thornton College, near Buckingham
Pilgrimage
The Northampton Diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.
Shrines
The Diocese of Northampton has two official shrines. In 2006,
Bishop Peter Doyle made the Church of the Holy Child and St Joseph in Bedford a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, after a receiving the image from the Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Northampton, Catholic Diocese of. "School website links". www.northamptondiocese.org. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- Diocese of Northampton, retrieved 18 May 2022
