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The Catholic Church in the United Kingdom is organised into the Catholic churches in England and Wales, Scotland, and with Northern Ireland organised as part of the Catholic Church in Ireland, all as part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While there is no ecclesiastical jurisdiction corresponding to the United Kingdom as a whole, this article refers to the Catholic Church's geographical representation in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ever since the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707, and later the United Kingdom.

## History

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Main articles: Catholic Church in England and Wales, Catholic Church in Scotland, and Catholic Church in Northern Ireland

### Anti-Catholicism

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Main article: Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom

Starting with Pope Pius V's papal bull Regnans in Excelsis in 1570 and lasting until 1766, popes did not recognise the legitimacy of the English monarchy and called for its overthrow. The Crown and government responded by treating Catholics as suspect. By the time of the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, Catholics were discriminated against in England and Scotland in significant ways: in all the kingdoms of the British Isles, they were excluded from voting, from sitting in Parliament, and from the learned professions. These discriminatory laws continued after the Acts of Union 1800, which created the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. At that time, Catholic emancipation was gathering support but was not yet a reality, particularly in Ireland, where the Protestant Ascendancy was still in full force.[citation needed]

The Treaty of Union of 1707, like the Act of Settlement, had stated that no "Papist" could succeed to the throne.[1] Restrictions on the civil rights of Catholics only began to change with the passing of the Papists Act 1778, which allowed them to own property, inherit land and join the British Army, although even this measure resulted in the backlash of the Gordon Riots of 1780, showing the depth of continuing anti-Catholic feeling.[citation needed]

### Emancipation

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Main article: Catholic emancipation

After 1790, a new mood emerged as thousands of Catholics fled the French Revolution and Britain was allied in the Napoleonic Wars with the Catholic states of Portugal and Spain as well as with the Holy See itself. By 1829, the political climate had changed enough to allow Parliament to pass the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, giving Catholics almost equal civil rights, including the right to vote and to hold most public offices.

The Catholic Church in England included about 50,000 people in traditional ("recusant") Catholic families. They generally kept a low profile. Their priests usually came from St Edmund's College, a seminary founded in 1793 by English refugees from the French revolution. The main disabilities, as referenced above, were lifted by the Catholic Relief Act 1829. In 1850 the pope restored the Catholic hierarchy, giving England its own Catholic bishops again. In 1869 a new seminary opened.[2]

Another, larger group comprised very poor Irish immigrants escaping the Great Irish Famine. Their numbers rose from 224,000 in 1841 to 419,000 in 1851, concentrated in ports and industrial districts as well as industrial districts in Scotland. A third group included well-known converts from the Church of England, most notably the intellectuals John Henry Newman and Henry Edward Manning (1808–1892). Manning became the second Archbishop of Westminster. The next most prominent leader was Herbert Vaughan (1832–1903), who succeeded Manning as Archbishop of Westminster in 1892 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1893.[3]

Manning was among the strongest supporters of the pope and especially of the doctrine of papal infallibility. In contrast Cardinal Newman acknowledged this doctrine but thought it might not be prudent to define it formally at the time. Manning promoted a modern Catholic view of social justice. These views are reflected in the papal encyclical Rerum novarum issued by Pope Leo XIII, which became the foundation of modern Catholic social justice teaching. Catholic parochial schools, subsidised by the government, were set up in urban areas to serve the largely Irish element. Manning spoke for the Irish Catholic labourers and helped settle the London dock strike of 1889.[4] He gained acclaim for building a new cathedral in Westminster and for encouraging the growth of religious congregations largely filled by the Irish.

### Converts

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A number of prominent individuals have converted to the Catholic Church, including St Edmund Campion, St Margaret Clitherow, King Charles II, King James II and VII, St John Henry Cardinal Newman, Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, Augustus Pugin, Evelyn Waugh, Muriel Spark, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Siegfried Sassoon, G. K. Chesterton, Ronald Knox, Graham Greene, Malcolm Muggeridge, Kenneth Clark, and Joseph Pearce. Members of the royal family such as Katharine, Duchess of Kent and former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair have also converted to the Catholic Church, in Blair's case in December 2007 after he had left office.[5][6][7][8]

Since the establishment of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, over 3,000 former Anglicans have been received into the Catholic Church by this path.

## Organisation

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There are 38 ecclesiastical circumscriptions and 3,104 parishes.[citation needed]

### Statistics

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Districts of Northern Ireland by predominant religion at the 2011 census. Blue is Catholic and red is Protestant.

In 2011, in total there were roughly 5.7 million Catholics (9.1%) in the United Kingdom: 4,155,100 in England and Wales (7.4%),[9] 841,053 in Scotland (15.9%),[10][11] and 738,033 in Northern Ireland (40.76%).[12]

In large parts of Northern Ireland, Catholicism is the dominant religion. Also in a few Scottish council areas Catholics outnumber other religions, including in the most populous one: Catholics outnumber members of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow City (27% versus 23%). Other council areas in which Catholics outnumber members of the Church of Scotland are North Lanarkshire, Inverclyde, and West Dunbartonshire, according to the 2011 Scottish Census.[13] In England and Wales, the Census question about religion does not specify denominations beyond simply "Christian" - however Church estimates suggest the Catholic population in the Archdiocese of Liverpool (which covers the eponymous city and its hinterland) is approximately 500,000, or about 27% of local residents.[14]

In 2011 according to a YouGov poll, 70% of British Catholics believed a woman should be able to have an abortion. Some 90% of Catholic worshippers supported contraceptives being widely available.[15] According to a 2015 YouGov poll, 50% of religious British Catholics supported same-sex marriage and 40% opposed it.[16] According to a Pew Research Center poll 78% of UK Catholics support same-sex marriage while 21% oppose it. The same poll maintains that 86% of UK Catholics believe society should accept homosexuality, while 12% believe society should not accept homosexuality.[17]

## Catholic saints of the United Kingdom

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See also: List of post-reformation saints in the United Kingdom

Saints and Doctors of the Church, notable and Pre-Reformation:

* Alban (d. 251 or 304), protomartyr
* David (500–589), monk, bishop, and teacher
* Patrick (late 5th century), missionary, 'Apostle to Ireland'
* Augustine of Canterbury (d. 605), Professed Religious Priest of the Order of St Benedict, bishop
* Padarn, early 6th century, bishop
* Cuthbert (c. 634–687), missionary and bishop
* Æthelthryth (c. 636–679), Anglo-Saxon princess
* Bede (672?–735), Professed Religious Priest of the Order of St Benedict, Doctor of the Church
* Dunstan (909–988), abbot, bishop, archbishop
* Edward the Confessor (1003–1066), king
* Anselm (1033–1109), Professed Religious Priest of the Order of St Benedict, archbishop, Doctor of the Church
* Thomas Becket (1118–1170), bishop and martyr
* Richard of Chichester (1197–1253), bishop
* Simon Stock (1165–1265), Carmelite Friar

Saints from the period of the Reformation to the present:

Main article: List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation

* John Fisher – (1469–1535), Bishop of Rochester; Cardinal
* Thomas More – (1478–1535), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Westminster
* John Houghton – (1487–1535), Professed Priest of the Carthusians
* Robert Lawrence – (d. 1535), Professed Priest of the Carthusians
* Augustine Webster – (d. 1535), Professed Priest of the Carthusians
* Richard Reynolds – (d. 1535), Professed Priest of the Carthusians
* John Stone – (d. 1539), Professed Priest of the Augustinians
* Cuthbert Mayne – (1544–1577), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Edmund Campion – (1540–1581), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Ralph Sherwin – (1550–1581), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Alexander Briant – (1556–1581), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* John Paine – (d. 1582), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Luke Kirby – (1549–1582), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Richard Gwyn – (1537–1584), Married Layperson of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Margaret Clitherow née Middleton – (1550–1586), Married Layperson of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Margaret Ward – (d. 1588), Layperson of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Edmund Gennings – (1567–1591), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Swithun Wells – (1536–1591), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Eustace White – (d. 1591), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Polydore Plasden – (d. 1591), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* John Boste – (1543–1582), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Robert Southwell – (1561–1595), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Henry Walpole – (1558–1595), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Philip Howard – (1557–1595), Married Layperson of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* John Jones – (1559–1598), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants)
* John Rigby – (d. 1600), Layperson of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Anne Line née Higham – (1565–1601), Married Layperson of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Nicholas Owen – (1550–1606), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Thomas Garnet – (1575–1608), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* John Roberts – (1576–1610), Professed Priest of the Benedictines
* John Almond – (1577–1612), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* John Ogilvie – (1579–1615), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Edmund Arrowsmith – (1585–1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Edward Barlow – (1585–1641), Professed Priest of the Benedictines
* Bartholomew Roe – (1583–1642), Professed Priest of the Benedictines
* Henry Morse – (1595–1645), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* John Southworth – (1592–1654), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* William Plessington – (1637–1679), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* Philip Evans – (1645–1679), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* John Lloyd – (1630–1679), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* John Henry Newman – (1801–1890), Professed Priest of the Oratory, Theologian, Philosopher, Cardinal
* John Wall – (1620–1679), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Recollects)
* John Kemble – (1599–1679), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England
* David Lewis – (1616–1679), Professed Priest of the Jesuits

Blesseds

* Margaret Pole – (1473–1541), Martyr, Countess of Salisbury
* Dominic Barberi – (1792–1849), Professed Priest of the Passionists
* Ralph Crockett – (1550–1588), Seminary Priest and Martyr

Venerables

* Mary Potter – (1847–1913), Founder of the Little Company of Mary
* Margaret Sinclair – (1900–1925), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Colettine Nuns
* Joan Ward – (1585–1645), Founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters) and Congregatio Iesu
* Elizabeth Prout – (1820–1864), Founder of the Sisters of the Cross and the Passion[18]
* George Spencer – (1799–1864), Professed Priest of the Passionists[19]

Servants of God

* James II and VII, King of England, Scots, and Ireland, founder and namesake of Jacobitism
* Margaret Hallahan – (1802–1868), Founder of the Dominican Sisters of the English Congregation of Saint Catherine of Siena
* Frances Taylor – (1832–1900), Founder of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God
* Teresa Helena Higginson – (1844–1905), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Liverpool

## See also

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* Catholicism portal

* Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom
* Catholic schools in the United Kingdom
* List of Catholic dioceses in Great Britain
* List of Catholic dioceses in the United Kingdom
* List of Catholic churches in the United Kingdom
* Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
* State visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom

### England and Wales

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* Catholic Church in England and Wales
* English Reformation
* List of English cardinals
* List of monastic houses in England
* List of monastic houses in Wales

### Scotland

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* Catholic Church in Scotland
* Scottish Reformation
* List of monastic houses in Scotland

===Ireland===Ireland is not part of the UK (Northern Ireland is part of the UK)

* Catholic Church in Ireland
* List of Catholic dioceses in Ireland
* Reformation in Ireland
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## References

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1. ^ The Treaty of Union 1706 scotshistoryonline.co.uk, accessed 15 February 2009 – see article 2
2. ^ Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutionary Age (1958) pp 454–58
3. ^ Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutionary Age (1958) pp 454–58
4. ^ Vincent Alan McClelland, Cardinal Manning: the Public Life and Influences, 1865–1892 (1962).
5. ^ "Tony Blair joins Catholic faith". BBC News. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
6. ^ Francis Beckett and David Hencke, The Survivor: Tony Blair in War and Peace, 2005, Aurum Press Ltd, ISBN 978-1-84513-110-4
7. ^ Francis Beckett and David Hencke, "Regular at mass, communion from Pope. So why is Blair evasive about his faith?",The Guardian, 28 September 2004
8. ^ Ruth Gledhill, Jeremy Austin and Philip Webster, "Blair will be welcomed into Catholic fold via his 'baptism of desire'", The Times, 17 May 2007
9. ^ Table 1 2011 2012 statistics of RC population fourth draft by the Pastoral Research Centre Trust, an independent research organization Archived 20 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ Table 7 – Religion, Scotland, 2001 and 2011 by the Scottish Census2011
11. ^ "Scotland's Census 2011 – Table KS209SCb" (PDF). scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
12. ^ Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research. "statistics". ninis2.nisra.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
13. ^ [ http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2asbfigure12.xls Archived 5 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine census 2011 Scottish Census Results by council area]
14. ^ "Archdiocese of Liverpool, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿". GCatholic. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
15. ^ Most UK Catholics support abortion and use of contraception The Independent
16. ^ YouGov Profiles data comparing religious Catholics and Protestants in Britain reveals strikingly different approaches to key moral issues
17. ^ How Catholics around the world see same-sex marriage, homosexuality Pew Research Center
18. ^ "England's Mother Teresa moves closer to sainthood," News, The Tablet, 10, January 2021, 29. www.thetablet.co.uk
19. ^ "English convert priest and royal relative step closer to sainthood," Catholic Herald, 20 February 2021

## Further reading

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* Beck, George Andrew, ed. The English Catholics, 1850–1950 (1950), scholarly essays
* Corrin, Jay P. Catholic Progressives in England After Vatican II (University of Notre Dame Press; 2013) 536 pages;
* Dures, Alan. English Catholicism, 1558–1642: Continuity and Change (1983)
* Harris, Alana. Faith in the Family: A Lived Religious History of English Catholicism, 1945–1982 (2013); the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the ordinary believer
* Heimann, Mary. Catholic Devotion in Victorian England (1995) online Archived 3 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
* Hughes, Philip. The Catholic Question, 1688–1829: A Study in Political History (1929)
* Latourette, Kenneth Scott. Christianity in a Revolutionary Age. Vol. I: The 19th Century in Europe; Background and the Roman Catholic Phase (1958), pp 451–59
* Latourette, Kenneth Scott. Christianity in a Revolutionary Age. Vol. IV: The 20th Century in Europe; The Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Churches (1961) pp 210–20
* McClelland, Vincent Alan. Cardinal Manning: the Public Life and Influences, 1865–1892 (1962)
* Mathew, David. Catholicism in England: the portrait of a minority: its culture and tradition (1955)
* Mullet, Michael. Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558–1829 (1998) 236pp
* Watkin, E. I Roman Catholicism in England from the Reformation to 1950 (1957)

### Primary sources

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* Mullet, Michael. English Catholicism, 1680–1830 (2006) 2714 pages
* Newman, John Henry. Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (University of Notre Dame Press, 2000) 585pp; based on 6th edition of 1889

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