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Diocese of Hallam

Hallamen(sis)

The Diocese of Hallam is a Latin rite diocese covering South Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire in England, erected on 30 May 1980 from territory of the Dioceses of Leeds and Nottingham. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Liverpool, with its seat at the Cathedral Church of St Marie in Sheffield. The see is currently vacant (sede vacante), administered by Bishop Marcus Stock as apostolic administrator.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 May 1980
Latin
Hallamen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
Annuario code
001001570

The see in figures

Catholics
60,188
Population
1,569,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
3.8%
Priests
65
Catholics per priest
926
Extent
1,030 km²
Catholics per km²
58

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
Ralph Heskett
Born
3 March 1953
Birthplace
Sunderland
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI) (C.SS.R.)

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

Cathedral Church of St Marie, Sheffield stands in Hallam, 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 Liverpool

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Liverpool.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The Diocese of Hallam (Latin: Dioecesis Hallamensis) serves the Catholic Church in England as a Latin Church diocese. Its boundaries take in the Metropolitan County of South Yorkshire, including Sheffield with the surrounding towns of Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley, along with the district of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, and in North Derbyshire the communities of Bamford, Chesterfield, Clowne, Dronfield, Eckington, Hathersage, and Staveley. It stands as a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.