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The Cathedral Parish - MOTHERWELL, UK
Catholic Parish of The Cathedral Parish in MOTHERWELL - part of the Diocese of Motherwell
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The Cathedral School Of St Mary - Cecil Street, UK
A mixed Maintained Primary School in Cecil Street, Plymouth (Diocese of Plymouth)
School > Maintained > Primary > Mixed
The Catholic Church of Sir Henry Morse - Diss, UK
The Catholic Church of Sir Henry Morse in Diss, Norfolk (Diocese of East Anglia). The old Presbytery has been sold in preparation for a new Church and Presbytery being built - until then contact the Parish priest at the White House.
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The Catholic High School - Chester, UK
A mixed Maintained Secondary School in Chester, Cheshire (Diocese of Shrewsbury)
School > Voluntary Academy > Secondary > Mixed
The Catholic Parish of Guildford - Guildford, Surrey, UK
The Catholic Parish of Guildford, Surrey where everyone is very welcome.
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The Divine Infant of Prague - Syston, UK
Parish of Divine Infant of Prague in Syston, Leicestershire (Diocese of Nottingham).
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The English Martyrs - Manchester, Whalley Range, UK
Parish of The English Martyrs in Whalley (Diocese of Salford).
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The English Martyrs - Tower Hill, UK
Parish of The English Martyrs in Tower Hill, London (Diocese of Westminster)
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The Faber - Cotton, UK
Maintained Primary School in Cotton. Part of The Painsley Catholic Academy. (Diocese of Birmingham)
School > Maintained > Primary > Mixed
The Faithful Virgin - Norwood (Upper), UK
Parish of The Faithful Virgin in Upper Norwood, London (Archdiocese of Southwark).
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The Federation of St Mary`s Catholic Schools - Newton-le-willows, UK
Primary Maintained School In Newton-le-willows, Merseyside
School > Maintained > Primary > Mixed
The Five Precious Wounds - Stonebridge, UK
Parish of The Five Precious Wounds in Stonebridge Park, London (Diocese of Westminster)
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The Friary Church of St Francis & St Anthony - Crawley, West Sussex
A Community of Churches
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The Giffard - Wolverhampton, UK
Maintained Primary School in Wolverhampton (Diocese of Birmingham)
School > Maintained > Primary > Mixed
The Good Samaritan - Burnley, UK
Parish of the Good Samaritan, Burnley, Lancashire. Previously three parishes of Christ the King (incorporating St Teresa of the Child Jesus), St John the Baptist, St MAry of the Assumption Burnley. In the Diocese of Salford.
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Useful Definitions 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 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
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