Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

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Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Dioecesis Hagulstadensis et Novacastrensis
Location
Country	England
Territory	Northumberland  County Durham  Tyne and Wear
Ecclesiastical province	Liverpool
Deaneries	18
Statistics
Area	8,438 km2 (3,258 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 2,323,200 167,568 (7.2%)
Parishes	149
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	29 September 1850 (as Hexham) 23 May 1861 (as Hexham and Newcastle)
Cathedral	St Mary's Cathedral
Secular priests	194
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Stephen Wright
Apostolic Administrator	Malcolm McMahon
Vicar General	Peter Leighton
Episcopal Vicars	Jeff Dodds Simon Lerche Andrew Faley Adrian Tuckwell Colm Hayden
Bishops emeritus	Robert Byrne Séamus Cunningham
Map
The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle within the Province of Liverpool
Website
rcdhn.org.uk

The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Latin: Dioecesis Hagulstadensis et Novacastrensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, centred on St Mary's Cathedral in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England. The diocese is one of the six suffragan sees in the ecclesiastical Province of Liverpool and covers the historic boundaries of County Durham and Northumberland.^[1]