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Diocese of East Anglia

Dioecesis Angliae Orientalis



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Bishop(s)

  • Peter Gwilym Collins, Bishop
  • Alan Stephen Hopes, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 March 1976
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Westminster
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Square Kilometers: 12,559 (4,850 Square Miles)
  • Description: Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, with Peterborough.
  • Official Web Site: https://www.rcdea.org.uk/
  • Mailing Address: The White House, 21 Upgate, Poringland, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 7SH, England, Great Britain
  • Telephone: (01508)49.22.02
  • Fax: 49.53.58

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 March 1976ErectedDiocese of Northampton (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk) Diocese of East Anglia (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
198068,5681,745,0003.9%734912256247623558ap1981
199086,0001,905,0004.5%694411376135221958ap1991
199995,0002,200,0004.3%8739126753284021559ap2000
2000100,0002,500,0004.0%8838126793293821062ap2001
2001110,0002,700,0004.1%8840128859294020062ap2002
2002110,0002,700,0004.1%10034134820273417559ap2003
2003115,0002,750,0004.2%10234136845293418059ap2004
2004117,0002,755,0004.2%9737134873303711558ap2005
200695,2542,775,0003.4%9632128744363212456ap2007
201199,8002,873,0003.5%8830118845363110050ap2014
2016159,5822,750,0005.8%82301121,424363110050ap2017
2019108,0002,487,2004.3%813611792335429151ap2020
2021110,0002,496,8004.4%863612290135429151ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 311, and Page 312

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