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Dioceses of England and Wales

The basic administrative unit of the Catholic Church is the diocese - an area presided over by a bishop, sometimes with auxiliary bishops to help him. There are 22 dioceses in England and Wales. These are divided into parishes, the local communities of Catholics. There are also two dioceses covering the whole country for specific groups: the Bishopric of the Forces and the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians.

There are also five Provinces in England and Wales: Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Southwark and Westminster.

The linked map below and the links on the right hand side will take you to the local diocesan website.
To find a specific church or to look up Mass times, click here for a table of links.

External links to parishes/Mass times

Click on the relevant local diocese below. These links point to the sections of the diocesan sites where parish information (and, in most cases, Mass times) can be found:

Arundel & Brighton

Lancaster

Portsmouth

Birmingham

Leeds

Salford

Brentwood

Liverpool

Shrewsbury

Cardiff

Menevia

Southwark

Clifton

Middlesbrough

Westminster

East Anglia

Northampton

Wrexham

Hallam

Nottingham

 

Hexham & Newcastle

Plymouth

 


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