Diocese of Plymouth Dioecesis Plymuthensis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | Cornwall Devon Dorset |
Ecclesiastical province | Southwark |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Southwark |
Deaneries | 5 |
Coordinates | 50°35′28″N 3°59′13″W / 50.591°N 3.987°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,831 km2 (4,954 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 3,847,700 69,100 (1.8%) |
Parishes | 60 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 29 September 1850 |
Cathedral | Plymouth Cathedral |
Secular priests | 102 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | John Wilson |
Apostolic Administrator | Paul M. Cummins |
Vicar General | None - sede vacante |
Map | |
Diocese of Plymouth within the Province of Southwark | |
Website | |
plymouth-diocese.org.uk |
The Diocese of Plymouth (Latin: Dioecesis Plymuthensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in England. The episcopal see is in the city of Plymouth, Devon, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface.