The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth is a

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. The

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is in the city of

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

, where the bishop's seat (

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) is located at the Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface.

History

Erected as the Diocese of Plymouth in 1850 by

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, from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District, the diocese has remained jurisdictionally constant since. Since 1965, the diocese has been a

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of the Ecclesiastical Province of Southwark; before then, from 1850 to 1911 it was in the Province of Westminster, then from 1911 to 1965 in the Province of Birmingham.

Details

The diocese covers the counties of

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and

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, stretching from

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and the

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in the west, to parts of

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in the east. It is divided into five deaneries:

, Dorset,

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, Plymouth, and Torbay. There are chaplaincies at the universities of

and

. The diocese includes the Grail Centre in Pinner in the

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(which is physically in the Diocese of Westminster), a lay community of single

women. The Centre promotes a wider "Grail community" to include non-resident women and families, and also publishes a translation of the

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Bishops

Ordinaries

* George Errington (Appointed on 27 June 1851 –

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on 30 March 1855) * William Vaughan (Appointed on 10 July 1855 – Died on 24 October 1902) *

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(Succeeded on 25 October 1902 – Retired on 16 March 1911) * John Joseph Keily (Appointed on 21 April 1911 – Died on 23 September 1928) * John Patrick Barrett (Appointed on 7 June 1929 – Died on 2 November 1946) *

Francis Joseph Grimshaw Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw (6 October 1901 – 22 March 1965) was a British Roman Catholic bishop, who served as Archbishop of Birmingham from 1954 until his death. Early life Born in Bridgwater, Somerset on 6 October 1901, the eldest o ...

(Appointed on 2 June 1947 – Translated to

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on 11 May 1954) *

Cyril Edward Restieaux Cyril Edward Restieaux (25 February 1910 – 27 February 1996) was Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth in the Province of Southwark from 9 April 1955 to 19 November 1985. Life Cyril Edward Restieaux was born in Norwich, and o ...

(Appointed on 9 April 1955 – Retired on 19 November 1985) * Hugh Christopher Budd (Appointed on 19 November 1985 – Retired on 9 November 2013) * Mark O'Toole (Appointed on 9 November 2013 – Translated to

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and Menevia on 27 April 2022)

Coadjutor Bishops

(1891-1902) *James Moor (1890), did not take effect

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Robert Brindle Robert Brindle (4 November 1837 – 27 June 1916) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Nottingham from 1901 to 1915. Life Born in Liverpool on 4 November 1837, he was ordained to the priesthood on 27 ...

, appointed auxiliary bishop of Westminster in 1899 * Robert Bernard Brownlow, appointed Bishop of Clifton in 1894

Churches

: Bodmin (SS Mary & St Petroc), Tintagel (St Paul the Apostle), Falmouth (St Mary's) Devon: Exeter Sacred Heart, Plymouth Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface, Torquay (Assumption of Our Lady) and Torquay (Our Lady Help of Christians and St Denis) Dorset: Dorchester (Holy Trinity), Weymouth (St Joseph) Monasteries, abbeys and priories:

Buckfast Abbey Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018. The first Benedictine abbey was followed by a Savignac (later Cistercian) abbey con ...

, Ivybridge St Austin's Priory, Lanherne Carmelite Community, Sclerder Abbey

External links

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth websitePlymouth Cathedral
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plymouth, Roman Catholic Diocese 1850 establishments in England Plymouth, Devon Religion in Dorset Religious organisations based in England Religious organizations established in 1850 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century Christianity in Cornwall Christianity in Devon Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Southwark