Diocese of Middlesbrough
Medioburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Middlesbrough is a Latin rite diocese covering the East Riding and North Riding of Yorkshire and York in England, erected on 20 December 1878 from the division of the Diocese of Beverley. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Liverpool, with its seat at St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough (Coulby Newham). The see is currently vacant (sede vacante), with Bishop Marcus Stock appointed apostolic administrator on 22 December 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 December 1878
- Latin
- Medioburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Annuario code
- 001002242
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,700
- Population
- 1,317,135
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.4%
- Priests
- 93
- Catholics per priest
- 1,051
- Extent
- 10,360 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.4
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
- Terence Patrick Drainey
- Born
- 1 August 1949
- Birthplace
- Manchester
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
St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough stands in Middlesbrough, 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:
- Archdiocese of LiverpoolLiverpool
- Diocese of HallamHallam
- Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleHexham and Newcastle
- Diocese of LancasterLancaster
- Diocese of LeedsLeeds
- Diocese of SalfordSalford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Middlesbrough, England, and belonging to the province of Liverpool, the Diocese of Middlesbrough (Latin: Dioecesis Medioburgensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It came into being on 20 December 1878 with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley, which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Bishop's See is at St Mary's Cathedral in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough. Catholic schools within the diocese are run by the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust and St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust.
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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.