Diocese of Clifton Diœcesis Cliftoniensis | |
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| Catholic | |
 Symbol of the Diocese of Clifton | |
| Location | |
| Country |  England |
| Territory | |
| Episcopal conference | Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Birmingham |
| Metropolitan | Archbishop of Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 51°27′22″N 2°36′58″W / 51.456°N 2.616°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,916 km2 (4,215 sq mi)[1] |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 2,664,300[a] 173,000[a] (6.5%) |
| Parishes | 104[a] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 29 September 1850 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Clifton |
| Secular priests | 83, plus 33 religious priests[a] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Bosco MacDonald |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Bernard Longley |
| Vicar General |
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| Episcopal Vicars |
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| Bishops emeritus | Declan Lang |
| Map | |
 Diocese of Clifton within the Province of Birmingham | |
| Website | |
| cliftondiocese | |
The Diocese of Clifton is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centred at the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Clifton, England.
The diocese covers the City and County of Bristol and the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, an area of 4,215 square miles (10,920 km2). Thus it stretches from Stow-on-the-Wold in the north to Minehead and Watchet in the South. The most north-westerly parishes are in the Forest of Dean, while Marlborough near Swindon is one of the most easterly. The City of Bristol, of which Clifton is a suburb, is the largest centre of population within the Diocese; Swindon is the next biggest. Other well-known cities and towns include Bath, Wells, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Salisbury, Taunton, Shepton Mallet and Weston-super-Mare.
The Clifton Diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.
The diocese was erected in 1850; from then until 1911 it was in the ecclesiastical province of Westminster, and has been in the province of Birmingham since then.
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