St John Fisher and St John the Baptist Catholic Church

Andover
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Bishops` Conference of England and Wales (Cymru) Diocese of Portsmouth

Deanery: Blessed John Body

Churches

St John the Baptist
Alexandra Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3ADLSWDFDP
St John Fisher Catholic Church
Bell Street, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG26 7DDLSWDFDPLSDP

Catholic Priests and People

Rev Dom Austin Gurr - Parish Priest
Rev Michael Short -
Mrs Teresa Lynam - Administrator

Contact

Correspondence AddressThe Presbytery
Alexandra Road
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 3AD
Phone 01264 352829
Click here to email St John Fisher and St John the Baptist Catholic Church
External Link to St John Fisher and St John the Baptist Catholic Church`s Website: www.catholic-andover.org.ukwww.catholic-andover.org.uk

Nearest Catholic Schools

St John the Baptist Primary School, Andover (0.7 miles)

Nearest Catholic Parishes/Churches

St Peter & The Winchester Martyrs, Stockbridge (6.5 miles)
SS Patrick & George, Tidworth (8 miles)
Our Lady Queen Of Peace, Bulford Camp (10.7 miles)
St Peter & The Winchester Martyrs, Winchester (12.5 miles)
St Peter & The Winchester Martyrs, Winchester (12.5 miles)

Nearest Schools and Churches are calculated `as the crow flies` and may not be the closest or easiest when travelling.

Catholic Groups/Organisations/Religious Orders

RCIA - RCIA
Andover War Memorial Hospital - Hospital
Defence Equipment and Support - Military
Farleigh Independent Preparatory School - Mixed

Hospitals:

- Andover War Memorial Hospital

About St John Fisher and St John the Baptist Catholic Church

The Parish of St John the Baptist in the Diocese of Portsmouth. The Catholic parish church of ANDOVER .

Part of the Catholic Church - you can find other Catholic Churches, Catholic Schools or Religious Orders/Houses and Chaplaincies nearby above. Or you can use the Find a Church Near Me box above to search for a Church, School etc.

Useful Definitions of the Structures in the Catholic Church

What is a Catholic Bishops' Conference?

An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. ... Individual bishops do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference (Wikipedia).

What is an Archdiocese?

Dioceses ruled by an archbishop are commonly referred to as archdioceses; most are metropolitan sees, being placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province. A few are suffragans of a metropolitan see or are directly subject to the Holy See.

The term 'archdiocese' is not found in Canon Law, with the terms "diocese" and "episcopal see" being applicable to the area under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of any bishop.[8] If the title of archbishop is granted on personal grounds to a diocesan bishop, his diocese does not thereby become an archdiocese (Wikipedia).

What is a Diocese?

The group of churches that a bishop supervises is known as a diocese. Typically, a diocese is divided into parishes that are each overseen by a priest.

The original dioceses, in ancient Rome, were political rather than religious. Rome was divided into dioceses, each of which was made up of many provinces. After Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th century, the term gradually came to refer to religious districts. The Catholic Church has almost 3,000 dioceses. The Greek root of diocese is dioikesis, "government, administration, or province." (Vocabulary.com).

As of April 2020, in the Catholic Church there are 2,898 regular dioceses: 1 papal see, 649 archdioceses (including 9 patriarchates, 4 major archdioceses, 560 metropolitan archdioceses, 76 single archdioceses) (Wikipedia).

What is the difference between a Diocese and an Archdiocese?

Each diocese is within a Province - a group of Dioceses - the Archdiocese is the main Diocese within that Diocese. The bishop of that Archdiocese is therefore automatically an Archbishop. If a bishop has been made an Archbishop personally is referred to as an Archbishop but it does not make their Diocese an Archdiocese.

What is a Deanery?

A subdivision of a diocese, consisting of a number parishes, over which presides a dean appointed by a bishop. The duty of the dean is to watch over the clergy of the deanery, to see that they fulfill the orders of the bishop, and observe the liturgical and canon laws. He summons the conference of the deanery and presides at it. Periodically he makes a report to the bishop on conditions in the deanery.www.catholicculture.org

What is a Parish?

In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish (Latin: parochia) is a stable community of the faithful within a particular church, whose pastoral care has been entrusted to a parish priest (Latin: parochus), under the authority of the diocesan bishop. It is the lowest ecclesiastical subdivision in the Catholic episcopal polity, and the primary constituent unit of a diocese. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, parishes are constituted under cc. 515–552, entitled "Parishes, Pastors, and Parochial Vicars." Wikipedia