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The diocesan Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the diocese and is assisted by the Bishop of Berwick. Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) is provided by the provincial episcopal visitor (PEV) the Bishop suffragan of Beverley, Stephen Race.
On the restoration of the diocese in 1850, Pius IX appointed Bishop William Hogarth, Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District, to be the first bishop of the diocese. The Parish Church of Saint Mary, Newcastle upon Tyne , designed by Augustus Welby Pugin , was selected as the seat for the new bishop, gaining cathedral status.
The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth — not far north of Newcastle city centre. [1] The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. Helen-Ann Hartley became diocesan Bishop of Newcastle on 3 February 2023, the confirmation of her election. [2]
The Cathedral Church of St Mary is a Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and seat of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle. The cathedral, situated on Clayton Street, was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and built between 1842 and 1844.
The present diocese covers an area of 7,700 km 2 of the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and that part of Cleveland which is north of the River Tees.The see is in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, which was consecrated on 21 August 1860.
The New Gate, Newcastle in 1813, ten years before its demolition. St Andrew's Church stood close by to the west. St Andrew's Church stood close by to the west. A large section of the medieval Newcastle town wall still survives immediately to the north of the church, and the imposing New Gate in the city wall stood close by to the east until its ...
The Catholic dioceses in Great Britain are organised by two separate hierarchies: the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and the Catholic Church in Scotland.Within Great Britain, the Catholic Church in England and Wales has five provinces, subdivided into 21 dioceses, and the Catholic Church in Scotland has two provinces, subdivided into 8 dioceses.
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