The Bishop of Arundel and Brighton is the ordinary of the

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Diocese of Arundel and Brighton The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (in la, Dioecesis Arundeliensis-Brichtelmestunensis) is a Latin Church Roman Catholic diocese in southern England covering the counties of Sussex and Surrey (excluding Spelthorne, which is ...

in the

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, England. The bishop's official residence is Bishop's House, The Upper Drive,

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. The most recent former bishop was the Right Reverend Kieran Thomas Conry, the fourth bishop of the diocese, who announced his resignation on 27 September 2014, and which was accepted by Pope Francis on 4 October 2014. On 21 May 2015,

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appointed Richard Moth to be the fifth bishop of Arundel and Brighton. He was installed on 28 May 2015 at Arundel Cathedral. The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton was created on 28 May 1965 out of the Diocese of Southwark when the latter was elevated to archdiocese status. The diocese covers 4,997 km² and consists of the counties of

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and

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and

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outside the Greater London Boroughs. The see is in the town of

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where the bishop's

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is located in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady & Saint Philip Howard.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton

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