The Diocese of Brentwood (Latin: Dioecesis Brentvoodensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Westminster.
Diocese of Brentwood
Dioecesis Brentvoodensis
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Territory | Essex, Barking, Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. |
Ecclesiastical province | Westminster |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Westminster |
Deaneries | 12 |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,967 km2 (1,532 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 2,789,000 225,700 (8.1%) |
Parishes | 82 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 20 July 1917 |
Cathedral | Brentwood Cathedral |
Secular priests | 115 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Alan Williams |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Nichols |
Vicar General | Kevin Hale |
Bishops emeritus | Thomas McMahon |
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![]() The Diocese of Brentwood within the Province of Westminster | |
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Diocese of Brentwood |
The diocese covers the traditional county of Essex, an area of 3,959 km2 comprising the non-metropolitan County of Essex, the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, and the London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, matching Essex's historic boundaries and the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford. The see is in the town of Brentwood where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helen. It has 82 parishes, among these 47 parishes are in London; Havering (11), Barking and Dagenham (6), Redbridge (11), Waltham Forest (8), Newham (11).
The diocese was erected on 20 July 1917 from the Archdiocese of Westminster. The current bishop is Alan Williams, the seventh Bishop of Brentwood.
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