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The Diocese of Westminster (Latin: Dioecesis Vestmonasteriensis) is a Latin archdiocese [1] of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese consists of most of London north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, the borough of Spelthorne (in Surrey), and the county of Hertfordshire, which lies immediately to London's north.
The Diocese of Westminster is considered the mother church of English and Welsh Catholics, [1] and although not formally a primate, the Archbishop of Westminster is usually elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, providing a degree of a formal direction for the other English bishops and archbishops.
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These lists the Catholic dioceses of the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom.The Catholic Church is not organised on a state basis in the United Kingdom. In the island of Great Britain, the Church is organised into two separate hierarchies or episcopal conferences: the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and the Catholic Church in Scotland.
The archbishop of Westminster heads the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, in England. [1] [2] The incumbent is the metropolitan of the Province of Westminster, chief metropolitan of England and Wales [3] and, as a matter of custom, is elected president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, and therefore de facto spokesman of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Sorted according to the ceremonial counties of England, although there are also 20 Catholic dioceses in England, divided into 5 ecclesiastical provinces: Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Southwark and Westminster.
The Diocese in Europe is also a part of the Church of England, [1] and covers the whole of continental Europe, Morocco and the post-Soviet states. [2] The structure of dioceses within the Church of England was initially inherited from the Catholic Church as part of the Protestant Reformation. [3]
In 1550 the diocese of Westminster was reunited with that of London. Thirlby surrendered the diocese on 30 March and was made Bishop of Norwich, while Nicholas Ridley became Bishop of London and Westminster. [3] In 1552 an act of parliament of confirmed the status of Westminster as a "cathedral church and episcopal see to the bishop of London ...