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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA · Fonds · Erected 13 March 1976

The Diocese of East Anglia is a suffragan diocese within the Province of Westminster, erected on 13 March 1976 by the decree Quod Ecumenicum of Pope Paul VI, using territory taken from the Diocese of Northampton, which was created in 1850. After the Reformation, the area of East Anglia was soon placed under the care of the Vicars Apostolic of the Midland District, and later of the Eastern District, until the hierarchy was restored by Pope Blessed Pius IX.

Today, the Diocese of East Anglia incorporates the English counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and the city of Peterborough.

For the purposes of civil law, the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia was established under a Deed of Revocation and Appointment dated 2 October 1979.

It is a registered charity (Reg. No. 278742) and is made up of 50 parishes in the counties of Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Suffolk and Norfolk. It also encompasses 24 Catholic schools and 2 inter-denominational church schools. A new primary school has received permission and is planned to be open in September 2022.

The East Anglia Roman Catholic Diocese Trustee was incorporated on 1 February 1979 and was appointed as the Custodian Trustee of the Diocese on 2 October 1979 under the terms of a Deed of Revocation and Appointment.

The objective of the Diocese is set out in its Deed of Revocation and Appointment as: "The advancement of the Roman Catholic Religion in the Diocese and for the service and support whether in the Diocese or outside the Diocese of charitable works and objects promoted by the Roman Catholic Church." This overall objective is accomplished through the network of parishes and schools throughout the Diocese, seeking to involve the community as a whole, and furthering ecumenical relationships.

Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)
Diocesan Papal Bull
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-00-00-01 · File · 13 March 1976
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

Translation of Latin text:

PAUL, BISHOP, SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD (as a perpetual record)

That which the second Vatican Council laid down concerning the delineation of ecclesiastical boundaries We judge to apply to the Diocese of Northampton, which it appears opportune to divide so as to create a new diocese. For by God’s favour the welfare of the Catholic Church in the large eastern part of the diocese seems to have prospered, and seems likely to prosper further in the future.

At the request therefore of our Venerable Brother Charles Alexander Grant, Bishop of Northampton, with the support of Episcopal Conference of England and Wales, that we should establish a new diocese by the division of the same. We, on the advice of our venerable Brother Bruno Bernard Heim, titular Bishop of Xanthia and Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain, by our Apostolic power determine and ordain the following.

From the Diocese of Northampton We remove those counties known in English as Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, and erect them into a Diocese to be known as East Anglia, to be circumscribed by and coterminous with the said counties. Its See is to be located in the City of Norwich, and the Bishop’s cathedra set up in the church of Saint John the Baptist, in the same city, which is to be its cathedral. To the Bishop we grant those rights proper to, and impose upon him those obligations incumbent upon, resident bishops. The said diocese shall be suffragan to the metropolitan See of Westminster, and the Bishop subject to the Archbishop of the said See. The Bishop’s support is to be provided for from the income of the diocesan Curia, the moneys given by the faithful and that part of the diocesan property agreed upon by the ordinaries concerned, whilst respecting the wishes of any respective pious founders or benefactors.

Until such time as a Chapter of Canons shall be established, diocesan Consultors are to be appointed according to law. As far as the government and administration of the diocese are concerned, the election of a Vicar capitular, and other similar matters, are to be strictly adhered to. A seminary is also to be set up, and boys and young men are to be educated therein, according to the norms of the Second Vatican Council and the rules laid down by the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education. As for the clergy, we determine that those priests be assigned to the Diocese of East Anglia who hold a benefice or ecclesiastical office therein: other clergy are to belong to the diocese in which they lawfully reside. However, the diocesan Bishops, on consultation with the priests and clerics concerned, may if necessary make other provision for their incardination, as seems fitting.

Finally, the documents and acts concerning the diocese of East Anglia are to be sent to its Curia to be preserved in its archive.

Let our aforementioned Venerable Brother Bruno Heim provide for the execution of these matters which we have prescribed, and on their conclusion send an account of the same to the Sacred Congregation for Bishops.

We wish these Apostolic letters to be ratified, now and in the future, all things to the contrary notwithstanding.

Given in Rome, at St Peter’s, on the thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy six, the thirteenth of our Pontificate.

+John, Cardinal Villot +Sebastian Cardinal Baggio
Secretary of State Prefect of the S. Congregation for Bishops
Godfrey Mariani, Protonotary Apostolic

Paul VI (1897-1978)
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-03-01-2015 · Item · 22 September 2016
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

35 pages; contents:
p3: Reference and Administrative Details
p4-11: Report of Trustees
p11-12: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
p13-14: Auditors' Report
p15: Statement of Financial Activities
p16: Balance Sheet
p17: Statement of Cash Flows
p18-35: Notes of Financial Statements

Hopes, Alan Stephen Rev (1944- )
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-03-01-2016 · Item · c. October 2017
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

35 pages; contents:
p3: Reference and Administrative Details
p4-11: Report of Trustees
p12: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
p13-14: Auditors' Report
p15: Statement of Financial Activities
p16: Balance Sheet
p17: Statement of Cash Flows
p18-35: Notes of Financial Statements

Hopes, Alan Stephen Rev (1944- )
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-03-01-2017 · Item · 1 October 2018
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

36 pages; contents:
p3: Reference and Administrative Details
p4-12: Report of Trustees
p12: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
p13-15: Auditors' Report
p16: Statement of Financial Activities
p17: Balance Sheet
p18: Statement of Cash Flows
p19-36: Notes of Financial Statements

Hopes, Alan Stephen Rev (1944- )
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-03-01-2018 · Item · 25 September 2019
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

38 pages; contents:
p3: Reference and Administrative Details
p4-14: Report of Trustees
p15: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
p16-18 Auditors' Report
p19: Statement of Financial Activities
p20: Balance Sheet
p21: Statement of Cash Flows
p22-38: Notes of Financial Statements

Hopes, Alan Stephen Rev (1944- )
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-03-01-2019 · Item · 1 October 2020
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

41 pages; contents:
p3: Reference and Administrative Details
p4-16: Report of Trustees
p17: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
p18-20: Auditors' Report
p21: Statement of Financial Activities
p22: Balance Sheet
p23: Statement of Cash Flows
p24-41: Notes of Financial Statements

Hopes, Alan Stephen Rev (1944- )
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-03-01-2020 · Item · 28 October 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

40 pages; contents:
p3: Reference and Administrative Details
p4-15: Report of Trustees
p16: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
p17-19: Auditors' Report
p20: Statement of Financial Activities
p21: Balance Sheet
p22: Statement of Cash Flows
p23-40: Notes of Financial Statements

Hopes, Alan Stephen Rev (1944- )
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-03-01-2021 · Item · October 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

39 pages; contents:
p3: Reference and Administrative Details
p4-14: Report of Trustees
p15: Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
p16-18: Auditors' Report
p19: Statement of Financial Activities
p20: Balance Sheet
p21: Statement of Cash Flows
p22-39: Notes of Financial Statements

Hopes, Alan Stephen Rev (1944- )
Chancery
GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-01-06 · Series · 2003 to 2008
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

The Chancery office directly assists The Bishop of East Anglia in the pastoral and administrative governance of the Diocese of East Anglia. The Chancery, on behalf of the bishop, expedites canonical matters; collects and preserves diocesan and parish records; assists parishes and priests with civil matters; maintains files on priests and parishes; collects statistical information for the Diocese; facilitates communications with other dioceses and the Vatican; handles requests for papal blessings and tickets for papal audiences; provides information on the Church or directs inquirers to appropriate sources; and oversees diocesan offices.

Bishop's Office