Diocese of Hallam Dioecesis Hallamensis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | South Yorkshire With parts of: Derbyshire Nottinghamshire |
Ecclesiastical province | Liverpool |
Deaneries | 6 |
Coordinates | 53°22′59″N 1°27′54″W / 53.383°N 1.465°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,030 km2 (400 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 1,569,000 60,188 (3.8%) |
Parishes | 60 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 May 1980 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Church of St Marie |
Secular priests | 65 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Malcolm McMahon, OP |
Vicar General | Fr. Desmond Sexton |
Bishops emeritus | John Rawsthorne |
Map | |
The Diocese of Hallam within the Province of Liverpool | |
Website | |
hallam-diocese.com |
The Diocese of Hallam (Latin: Dioecesis Hallamensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese comprises the whole of the City of Sheffield, and the surrounding towns of Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield, the Peak District and areas of Worksop and Retford.[1] It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool.