Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
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Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Dioecesis Arundeliensis-Brich-telmestunensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Territory | Counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and the County of Surrey outside the Greater London Boroughs, except Spelthorne. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Southwark |
| Metropolitan | Southwark |
| Deaneries | 13 |
| Coordinates | 51°51′22″N 0°33′32″W / 51.856°N 0.559°WCoordinates: 51°51′22″N 0°33′32″W / 51.856°N 0.559°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,998 km2 (1,930 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 3,200,000 196,700 (6.1%) |
| Parishes | 94 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 28 May 1965 |
| Cathedral | Arundel Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 134 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Rt Rev Richard Moth |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Most Rev Peter Smith |
| Vicar General |
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| Emeritus Bishops | Kieran Conry |
| Map | |
 The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton within the Province of Southwark. |
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| Website | |
| dabnet.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (in Latin: Dioecesis Arundeliensis-Brichtelmestunensis) is a Latin Church Roman Catholic diocese in southern England covering the counties of Sussex and Surrey (excluding Spelthorne). The diocese was established on 28 May 1965, having previously been a part of the larger Archdiocese of Southwark.
There have been four bishops of this diocese. The first was Bishop David Cashman who was consecrated on 14 June 1965. He died in March 1971 and was succeeded by Bishop Michael George Bowen, who was translated in April 1977 to head the Archdiocese of Southwark. He was succeeded by then-Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor who, in March 2000, became the 10th Archbishop of Westminster, and later, a Cardinal.
His successor, Bishop Kieran Conry, served from 2001 until his resignation in 2014. On Saturday, 21 March 2015, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Richard Moth, who had been serving as the Catholic Military Ordinary for Great Britain, to be the fifth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton. He was installed on Thursday, 28 May 2015, at Arundel Cathedral, the fiftieth anniversary of the Diocese's creation.
The diocese comprises part of the Metropolitan Province of Southwark, which is currently presided over by the Most Reverend Peter Smith, by virtue of his office of Archbishop of Southwark. The diocese itself covers the administrative counties of West and East Sussex, Surrey outside of the Greater London Boroughs, and the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove. It is one of 22 Roman Catholic dioceses in England and Wales.
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