Diocese of Plymouth
Plymuthen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Plymouth, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Plymouth is a Latin rite diocese covering Cornwall, Devon and Dorset in England, erected in 1850 by Pope Pius IX from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District at the restoration of the hierarchy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Southwark. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface in Plymouth.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1850
- Latin
- Plymuthen(sis)
- Patron
- St Boniface
- Annuario code
- 001002615
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 69,100
- Population
- 3,847,700
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.8%
- Priests
- 102
- Catholics per priest
- 677
- Extent
- 12,831 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.4
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
- Nicholas Hudson
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
Plymouth Cathedral stands in Plymouth, 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 Arundel and BrightonArundel and Brighton
- Diocese of PortsmouthPortsmouth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In England, the Diocese of Plymouth (Latin: Dioecesis Plymuthensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see rests in the city of Plymouth, Devon, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) stands in the Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface.
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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.