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Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth

Coordinates: 50°35′28″N 3°59′13″W / 50.591°N 3.987°W / 50.591; -3.987
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Diocese of Plymouth

Dioecesis Plymuthensis
The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface, Plymouth.
Location
Country England
Territory Cornwall
 Devon
 Dorset
Ecclesiastical provinceSouthwark
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Southwark
Deaneries5
Coordinates50°35′28″N 3°59′13″W / 50.591°N 3.987°W / 50.591; -3.987
Statistics
Area12,831 km2 (4,954 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2019)
3,847,700
69,100 (1.8%)
Parishes60
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established29 September 1850
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral
Secular priests102
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopsede vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopJohn Wilson
Vicar GeneralNone
Map
Diocese of Plymouth within the Province of Southwark
Diocese of Plymouth within the Province of Southwark
Website
plymouth-diocese.org.uk

The Diocese of Plymouth (Latin: Dioecesis Plymuthensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in England. The episcopal see is in the city of Plymouth, Devon, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface.

History

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Erected as the Diocese of Plymouth in 1850 by Pope Pius IX, from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District, the diocese has remained jurisdictionally constant since. Since 1965, the diocese has been a suffragan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Southwark; before then, from 1850 to 1911 it was in the Province of Westminster, then from 1911 to 1965 in the Province of Birmingham.

In December 2023, Christopher Whitehead from the Diocese of Clifton was appointed bishop-elect of the diocese,[1] replacing Bishop Mark O’Toole, who had been appointed as Archbishop of Cardiff a year prior.[2] His episcopal ordination was due to take place on the 22nd February. On 1st February, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales released a statement that Whitehead was under canonical investigation, and that the ordination would not take place, no reason was given.[3] The diocese remains under a diocesan administrator.

On September 13, 2024 it was announced that Pope Francis had appointed Philip Moger as bishop of the Diocese of Plymouth.[4] He was due to be installed as bishop on Saturday 9 November at the Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface, Plymouth.[5] On 6 November, however, Moger issued an apology stating he intended to postpone his installation until termination of the investigation of personal issued raised.[6] Mentions of due process in his statement raised the question of if Moger was subject to a canonical inquiry.[7]

In February of 2025, Pope Francis accepted Moger's request to step down from his appointment as Bishop of the Diocese of Plymouth.[8] The diocese remains under the leadership of apostolic administrator Canon Paul Cummins.

Details

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The diocese covers the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, stretching from Penzance and the Isles of Scilly in the west, to parts of Bournemouth in the east. It is divided into five deaneries: Cornwall, Dorset, Exeter, Plymouth, and Torbay. There are chaplaincies at the universities of Bournemouth, Exeter and Plymouth.

The diocese includes the Grail Centre in Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow (which is physically in the Diocese of Westminster), a lay community of single Roman Catholic women. The Centre promotes a wider "Grail community" to include non-resident women and families, and also publishes a translation of the Psalms.

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Main article: Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth

Coadjutor Bishops

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Churches

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Cornwall: Bodmin (SS Mary & St Petroc), Tintagel (St Paul the Apostle), Falmouth (St Mary's)

Devon: Exeter Sacred Heart, Plymouth Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface, Torquay (Assumption of Our Lady) and Torquay (Our Lady Help of Christians and St Denis)

Dorset: Dorchester (Holy Trinity), Weymouth (St Joseph)

Monasteries, abbeys and priories: Buckfast Abbey, Ivybridge St Austin's Priory, Lanherne Carmelite Community, Sclerder Abbey

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Episcopal Ordination Statement". Catholic Bishops' Conference. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. ^ james (13 September 2024). "Pope Francis appoints Bishop Philip Moger as the new Bishop of Plymouth". Catholic Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ^ james (13 September 2024). "Pope Francis appoints Bishop Philip Moger as the new Bishop of Plymouth". Catholic Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Installation Statement from the Bishop-elect of Plymouth". Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ^ "English diocese sees bishop's installation halted — again". www.pillarcatholic.com/. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  8. ^ steve (24 February 2025). "Statement: Bishop Philip Moger". Catholic Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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