Diocese of Brentwood
The Diocese of Brentwood is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England. The diocese is a suffragan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster.
Overview
The diocese covers the traditional county of Essex, an area of 3,959 km2 comprising the non-metropolitan County of Essex, the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, and the London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, matching Essex's historic boundaries and the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford. The see is in the town of Brentwood where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helen.It has 82 parishes, among these 47 parishes are in London; Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Newham.
History
The diocese was erected on 20 July 1917 from the Archdiocese of Westminster. The current bishop is Alan Williams, the seventh Bishop of Brentwood.Bishops
Past and Present Ordinaries
- Bernard Nicholas Ward
- Arthur Doubleday
- George Andrew Beck, A.A.
- Bernard Patrick Wall
- Patrick Joseph Casey
- Thomas McMahon
- Alan Williams
Coadjutor Bishops
- George Andrew Beck, A.A.
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Hugh Christopher Budd, appointed Bishop of Plymouth in 1985
- Brian Charles Foley, appointed Bishop of Lancaster in 1962
- John Carmel Heenan, appointed Bishop of Leeds in 1951; future Cardinal
- John Edward Petit, appointed Bishop of Menevia, Wales in 1947