The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beverley is an historical
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of the
Roman Catholic Church in England. It took its name after the town of
Beverley
Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ...
in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, although the
episcopal see
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was located in the city of
York
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. The diocese was established in 1850 and was replaced by two dioceses in 1878:
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
and
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
. It was restored as a
titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
in 1969.
History
The
Apostolic Vicariate of the
Yorkshire
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District was created out of the
Northern District on 11 May 1840.
[, ''The Episcopal Succession, volume 3'', p. 341.] As its name implied, it comprised most of the
Yorkshire
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area.
[
On the restoration of the hierarchy in ]England and Wales
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by Pope Pius IX
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, the Yorkshire District was elevated to the Diocese of Beverley on 29 September 1850.[ The ]pro-cathedral
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was located first at St George's, York, and then at St Wilfrid's, York. Twenty-eight years later, the diocese was suppressed on 20 December 1878 and its area was divided into the dioceses of Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
[ and ]Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
.
Titular see
The titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of Beverley (latine
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: ''Beverlacum''; la, Beverlacensis) was restored by the Roman Catholic Church in 1969.[ The current ]titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
is the Right Reverend John Hine
The Right Reverend John Franklin Meldon Hine (born 26 July 1938) is a Roman Catholic bishop in England. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Southwark from February 2001 until his retirement in May 2016, and holds the titular see o ...
, who serves as an Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Southwark
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.[
]
List of Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of the Yorkshire District
Diocesan Bishops of Beverley
Titular Bishops and Archbishops of Beverley
See also
* Bishop of Beverley
The Bishop of Beverley is a Church of England suffragan bishop. The title takes its name after the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
The suffragan bishop was originally to assist the Archbishop of York in overseeing th ...
(Anglican Provincial Episcopal Visitor)
* List of former cathedrals in Great Britain
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Introduction
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References
Bibliography
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Christianity in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Beverley
Religious organizations established in 1850
Beverley
Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ...
1850 establishments in England