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Archdiocese of Southwark

Archdiocese of Southwark
Archidioecesis Southvarcensis
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Southwark.jpg
Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Southwark
Location
Country England
Territory The London boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority
Ecclesiastical province Southwark
Metropolitan Southwark
Deaneries 20
Statistics
Area 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
4,444,065
383,265 (8.6%)
Parishes 181
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 29 September 1850
Cathedral St George's Cathedral, Southwark
Secular priests 274
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Peter Smith
Auxiliary Bishops
Emeritus Bishops
Map
Dioceses of the Province of Southwark. The Archdiocese of Southwark is the easternmost
Dioceses of the Province of Southwark. The Archdiocese of Southwark is the easternmost
Website
rcsouthwark.co.uk

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk]) is a Latin Church Roman Catholic archdiocese in England. The archepiscopal see is headed by the Archbishop of Southwark. The archdiocese is part of the Metropolitan Province of Southwark, which covers the South of England. The cathedral church is St George's Cathedral, Southwark.

The archdiocese covers the London boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority.

The diocese is divided into three pastoral areas and 20 deaneries, each of which contain a number of parishes:

Kent Pastoral Area: 50 parishes

South East Pastoral Area: 66 parishes

South West Pastoral Area: 64 parishes

Southwark was one of the dioceses established at the restoration of Catholic hierarchical structures in 1851 by Pope Pius IX. The areas which now comprise the Diocese of Portsmouth and the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton subsequently separated.

The Papists Act of 1778 brought a certain limited freedom to those of the faith. Priests no longer moved in fear of imprisonment. Roman Catholics could run their own schools and could once more acquire property. In protest against the act, Lord George Gordon, on 2 June 1780, gathered a large crowd in St George's Fields to march on Westminster. Refused a hearing, they became violent and so began a week of burning, plundering and killing in which many Roman Catholic chapels and houses were destroyed. There is a legend that the high altar of the cathedral stands on the spot where the march began.


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