Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Arundelien(sis)-Brichtelmestunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Arundel and Brighton, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton is a Latin rite diocese covering East and West Sussex and most of Surrey in England, erected on 28 May 1965 from the Diocese of Southwark. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Southwark, with its seat at Arundel Cathedral (Our Lady and St Philip Howard). The see is vacant (sede vacante) since 19 December 2025, when Bishop Richard Moth was translated to Westminster.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 May 1965
- Latin
- Arundelien(sis)-Brichtelmestunen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption and St Philip Howard
- Annuario code
- 001000735
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 178,075
- Population
- 3,310,715
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.4%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 1,329
- Extent
- 4,998 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Richard Moth
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Arundel Cathedral stands in Arundel and Brighton, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Southwark
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Southwark.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SouthwarkSouthwark
- Diocese of PlymouthPlymouth
- Diocese of PortsmouthPortsmouth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the counties of Sussex and Surrey (though not Spelthorne, which belongs to the Diocese of Westminster), the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (Latin: Dioecesis Arundeliensis-Brichtelmestunensis) serves southern England. Pope Paul VI erected it on 28 May 1965, carving it out of the larger Diocese of Southwark, which on the same date was raised to an archdiocese at the head of a new ecclesiastical province.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.