Diocese of East Anglia Dioecesis Angliae Orientalis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and the Unitary Authority of Peterborough |
Ecclesiastical province | Westminster |
Deaneries | Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Norwich, Peterborough |
Coordinates | 52°24′11″N 0°54′11″E / 52.403°N 0.903°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,570 km2 (4,850 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 2,487,200 108,000[2] (4.3%) |
Parishes | 50 |
Schools | 28[1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 March 1976 |
Cathedral | St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich |
Patron saints | Our Lady of Walsingham, St. Felix, St. Etheldreda, St. Edmund |
Secular priests | 96 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Collins |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Nichols |
Vicar General | David Bagstaff |
Bishops emeritus | Alan Hopes |
Map | |
Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia, within the Province of Westminster | |
Website | |
RCDEA.org.uk |
The Diocese of East Anglia (Latin: Dioecesis Angliae Orientalis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church covering the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Peterborough in eastern England. The diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.