Diocese of

Arundel and Brighton

England

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Arundel and Brighton (English) / Arundelien(sis)–Brichtelmestunen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Southwark

Neighbouring Dioceses: Portsmouth (←), Westminster (↑), Southwark (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady (August 15), Saint Philip Howard (October 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 1 (1873)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1965.05.28: Established as Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (English) / Arundelien(sis)–Brichtelmestunen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Southwark and became suffragan of Southwark)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, The Upper Drive, Hove, East Sussex BN3 6NB, England

Phone: (01273)506.387

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Arundel and Brighton (Roman Rite)

Bishop Charles Phillip Richard Moth (67) (later Archbishop)
(2015.03.21 – 2025.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)
President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Pax et gaudium in Domino

Born:	1958.07.08 (Chingola, Zambia)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.09.29

Priest of Southwark (England) (1982.07.03 – 2009.07.25)

Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England) (2009.07.25 – 2015.03.21)

Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (2015.03.21 – 2025.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (2025.12.19 – ...)

President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (2026.02.14 – ...)

Archbishop Peter David Gregory Smith
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.10.04 – 2015.03.21)

Bishop Kieran Thomas Conry (75)
(2001.05.08 – 2014.10.04)

Bishop emeritus of Arundel and Brighton (England)

Parate viam Domini

Born:	1951.02.01 (Coventry, England)
Ordained Priest:	1975.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.09

Priest of Birmingham (England) (1975.07.19 – 2001.05.08)

Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (2001.05.08 – 2014.10.04)

Bishop Cormac Murphy-O’Connor (later Cardinal)
(1977.11.17 – 2000.02.15)

Gaudium et spes

Born:	1932.08.24 (Reading, England)
Ordained Priest:	1956.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.12.21
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2017.09.01 (London, England † 85)

Priest of Portsmouth (England) (1956.10.28 – 1977.11.17)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1972.03.10 – 1977.11.17)

Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1977.11.17 – 2000.02.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (2000.02.15 – 2009.04.03)

President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (2000.11 – 2009.04.30)

Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2001 – 2006.10.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (2001.02.21 [2001.10.20] – 2017.09.01)

Secretary of “Vox Clara” Committee (2002.04 – 2011.02.03)

Bishop Michael George Bowen (later Archbishop)
(1971.03.14 – 1977.03.28)

Born:	1930.04.23 (Gibraltar)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.27
Died:	2019.10.17 (London, England † 89)

Titular Bishop of Lamsorti (1970.05.18 – 1971.03.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1970.05.18 – 1971.03.14)

Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1971.03.14 – 1977.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) (1977.03.28 – 2003.11.06)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1996 – 1999)

President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1999 – 2000.11)

Bishop David John Cashman
(1965.06.14 – 1971.03.14)

Born:	1912.12.27 (Bristol, England)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.05.27
Died:	1971.03.14 (Arundel, England † 58)

Titular Bishop of Cantanus (1958.03.25 – 1965.06.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1958.03.25 – 1965.06.14)

Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1965.06.14 – 1971.03.14)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael George Bowen (later Archbishop) (1970.05.18 – 1971.03.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Former Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Chichester, West Sussex
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (136)

Portsmouth (←), Westminster (↑), Southwark (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,998 km²

Population: 181,600 Catholics (5.4% of 3,369,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes

Personnel: 180 priests (116 diocesan, 64 religious), 44 deacons, 306 religious (103 brothers, 203 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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