Diocese of Northampton Dioecesis Northantoniensis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire (without Peterborough) |
Ecclesiastical province | Westminster |
Metropolitan | Westminster |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,419 km2 (1,320 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 2,089,307 182,500 (8.7%) |
Parishes | 70 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 29 September 1850 |
Cathedral | Northampton Cathedral |
Secular priests | 92 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | David James Oakley |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Nichols |
Vicar General | Michael Harrison |
Bishops emeritus | Peter John Haworth Doyle |
Map | |
Diocese of Northampton within the Province of Westminster | |
Website | |
northamptondiocese.org |
The Diocese of Northampton (Latin: Dioecesis Northantoniensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England and Wales and suffragan of Westminster. Its see is in Northampton. The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury is the mother church of the Diocese.