Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

Catholic diocese in England

Diocese of Middlesbrough

Dioecesis Medioburgensis

Location
Country|  England
Territory|  East Riding of Yorkshire
North Riding of Yorkshire
York
Ecclesiastical province| Liverpool
Metropolitan| Archdiocese of Liverpool
Coordinates| 54°31′23″N 1°12′50″W﻿ / ﻿54.523°N 1.214°W﻿ / 54.523; -1.214
Statistics
Parishes| 66
Information
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 20 December 1878
Cathedral| Middlesbrough Cathedral
Secular priests| 93
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Terence Patrick Drainey
Metropolitan Archbishop| Malcolm McMahon
Vicar General| Gerard Robinson
Bishops emeritus| John Patrick Crowley
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Diocese of Middlesbrough
Website
middlesbrough-diocese.org.uk

The Diocese of Middlesbrough (Latin: Dioecesis Medioburgensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church based in Middlesbrough, England and is part of the province of Liverpool. It was founded on 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Bishop's See is in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, at St Mary's Cathedral. Catholic schools in the diocese are run by the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust.

## History[edit]

See also: Catholic Church in England and Wales

The diocese was created on 20 December 1878, when the then Diocese of Beverley, which covered the whole of Yorkshire, was divided into the Diocese of Middlesbrough, covering the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the north of the River Ouse, and the Diocese of Leeds, covering the West Riding of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the south of the River Ouse. In 1982 the two York parishes south of the River Ouse were ceded to the Diocese of Middlesbrough to unite the City of York under one bishop. The parish of Howden was transferred from Middlesbrough to the Leeds diocese in 2004.

## Bishops[edit]

The Bishop of Middlesbrough is Terence Patrick Drainey. He was ordained as the 7th Bishop of Middlesbrough on 25 January 2008, replacing the Right Reverend John Patrick Crowley.

### Ordinaries[edit]

See also Bishop of Middlesbrough.

* Richard Lacy (1879-1929)
* Thomas Shine (1929-1955), became Archbishop (personal title) in 1955 before he died
* George Brunner (1956-1967)
* John Gerard McClean (1967-1978)
* Augustine Harris (1978-1992)
* John Patrick Crowley (1992-2007)
* Terence Patrick Drainey (2007- )

### Coadjutor Bishops[edit]

* Thomas Shine (1921-1929)
* John Gerard McClean (1966-1967)
* William Gordon Wheeler (1964-1966), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Leeds

### Auxiliary Bishops[edit]

* George Brunner (1946-1956), appointed Bishop here
* Thomas Kevin O'Brien (1981-1998)

### Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[edit]

* Henry John Poskitt, appointed Bishop of Leeds in 1936

## Parishes[edit]

Below is a list of the parishes and churches which fall within the Diocese of Middlesbrough, these are presented within the local vicariates:[1]

### Northern Vicariate[edit]

Patrons: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Romuald, Bede and Luke Kirby

St Mary's Cathedral, Coulby Newham • Sacred Heart and St Patrick, Middlesbrough • St Joseph, Middlesbrough • St Thomas More, Middlesbrough • Holy Name of Mary, Middlesbrough • St Francis of Assisi, Middlesbrough • St Alphonsus, North Ormesby • St Gabriel, Ormesby • Corpus Christi, Middlesbrough • St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough • St Andrew's Parish, Teesville • St Pius X, Middlesbrough • St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe • St Joseph, Stokesley • St Mary, Crathorne • St Thérèse of Lisieux, Ingleby Barwick • St Patrick, Thornaby • Christ the King, Thornaby • Ss Mary and Romuald, Yarm • Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley • Sacred Heart, Redcar • St Augustine, Redcar • St Bede, Marske-by-the-Sea • Our Lady of Lourdes, Saltburn • St Anthony of Padua, Brotton • St Paulinus, Guisborough • Ss Joseph & Cuthbert, Loftus • Sacred Heart, Northallerton • Ss Mary & Joseph, Bedale • All Saints, Thirsk • Ss Joseph & Francis Xavier, Richmond • Ss Peter & Paul, Leyburn • St Mary's, Wycliffe • Ss Simon and Jude, Ulshaw Bridge • St Bede, Catterick • Hawes • St Joan of Arc, Catterick Garrison • St Margaret Clitherow, Great Ayton

### Central Vicariate[edit]

Patron: St Hilda

York Oratory • St George's York • St Joseph, York • St Aelred, York • English Martyrs York • Our Lady, York • St Paulinus, York • St Joseph, Green Hammerton • St Margaret Clitherow, Haxby • University Chaplaincy Centre, York • Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow, York • St Bede's Pastoral Centre, York • Ss Mary & Everilda, Everingham • St Hilda (English Martyrs Sleights), Whitby • St Hedda, Egton Bridge • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Lealholm • St Anne, Ugthorpe • Our Lady Star of the Sea, Staithes • St Peter's, Scarborough • St Mary, Filey • Ss Leonard & Mary, Malton • St Joseph, Pickering • St Laurence's Abbey, Ampleforth • Our Lady and St Benedict, Ampleforth • Our Lady and the Holy Angels, Gilling East • St Aidan, Oswaldkirk • St Mary, Helmsley • St John the Evangelist, Easingwold • St Chad, Kirkbymoorside

### Southern Vicariate[edit]

Patrons: Everilda and Willibrord

Ss Mary and Joseph, Pocklington • St John of Beverley, Beverley • Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Market Weighton • St John the Baptist, Holme-on-Spalding Moor • Our Lady & St Peter, Bridlington • Our Lady & St Edward, Driffield • Holy Cross, Cottingham • St Anthony and Our Lady of Mercy, Hull • Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Peter Chanel, Hull • St Charles Borromeo, Hull • St Joseph, Hull • Holy Name, Hull (closed c.2012) • St Vincent De Paul, Hull • Corpus Christi, Hull • St Wilfrid, Hull • Our Lady of Lourdes, Hessle • St Willibrord University Chaplaincy, Hull • Sacred Heart, Hull • St Bede, Hull • St Stephen, Hull • St Francis of Assisi, Hull • St Mary, Queen of Martyrs, Hull • Ss Mary & Joseph, Hedon • Sacred Heart, Hornsea • Ss Peter & John Fisher, Withernsea • Most Holy Sacrament, Marton

## Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust[edit]

Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust

Founded| September 2018 (2018-09)
Type| Multi-academy trust
Focus| Education
Location|

* Postgate House, Trinity Catholic College, Saltersgill Avenue, Middlesbrough TS4 3JP

Coordinates| 54°32′44″N 1°13′53″W﻿ / ﻿54.5455°N 1.2314°W﻿ / 54.5455; -1.2314

Area served

| Diocese of Middlesbrough
Services| Education

Key people

* Joseph Hughes - Chairman
* Hugh Hegarty - CEO

Website| npcat.org.uk
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Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy trust (NPCAT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates thirty-eight schools (five secondary schools and thirty-two primary schools) across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough. It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for Education.[2][3]

In 2022, NPCAT launched a football academy to cater for rising talent in Teesside, North Yorkshire and the City of York.

Upon the dissolving of Saint Margaret Clitherow Catholic Academy Trust, NPCAT gained schools in the central vicariate of the diocese which had previously administered by SMCCAT.

The trust was founded in 2018, its headquarters are on the site of Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough.[4][5]

### Schools[edit]

#### Secondary Schools[edit]

* All Saints Catholic School
* Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
* Trinity Catholic College
* St Patrick's Catholic College
* St Francis Xavier RC and CofE School
* St Peter's Catholic College

#### Primary[edit]

In Redcar & Cleveland:

* St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
* St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
* St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School
* St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
* St Bede's Catholic Primary School
* St Mary's Catholic Primary School
* St Paulinus Catholic Primary School

In Middlesbrough:

* Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
* Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
* St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School
* St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
* St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
* St Clare's Catholic Primary School
* St Edward's Catholic Primary School
* St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
* St Pius X Catholic Primary School
* St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
* St Gerard's Catholic Primary School

In North Yorkshire:

* Christ the King RC Primary School
* St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
* St Thérèse of Lisieux Catholic Primary School

In City of York:

* Saint Aelred's Roman Catholic Primary School
* St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
* St George's RC Primary School
* Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School

[6][7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Catholic directory, retrieved 16 February 2015
2. ^ Price, Kelley; O'Leary, Abigail (8 January 2019). "Parents furious as seven week summer holiday announced - but schools explain why". mirror. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
3. ^ Sharkey, Jessica (20 July 2022). "Trinity Catholic College fails to improve in latest inspection". TeessideLive. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
4. ^ "Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust". St Gerard's RC Primary School.
5. ^ "NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
6. ^ "Our Academies". Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust.
7. ^ "NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Official Site
* Diocesan Vocations Website
* GCatholic.org
* Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Middlesbrough" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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* Bishops of Middlesbrough

* I: Richard Lacy
* II: Thomas Shine
* III: George Brunner
* IV: John McClean
* V: Augustine Harris
* VI: John Crowley (Bishop Emeritus)
* VII: Terry Drainey

* Churches

* Middlesbrough Cathedral \- Cathedral Church of St Mary

* The Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace
* St John of Beverley Church, Beverley
* Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bridlington
* Ss Mary & Everilda, Everingham
* St Charles Borromeo, Hull
* Ss Leonard & Mary, Malton
* Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough
* St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough
* St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe
* St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond
* St Peter's Church, Scarborough
* Ss Mary and Romuald, Yarm
* English Martyrs Church, York
* York Oratory
* St George's Church, York

* Patronal Feasts of the Diocese

* Our Lady of Perpetual Help (27 June)
* Saint Wilfrid (12 October)

* Schools

* Ampleforth College
* All Saints Roman Catholic School, York
* Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
* St Augustine's Catholic School
* St Francis Xavier School, North Yorkshire
* St Mary's College, Hull
* St Patrick's Catholic College
* St Peter's Catholic College, South Bank
* Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough

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* Ampleforth Abbey
* Bar Convent
* More House
* Stanbrook Abbey
* Thicket Priory
* Diocese of Beverley

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