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DIOCESE of EAST ANGLIA (Province of Westminster) Charity No DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA (Province of Westminster) Charity No. 278742 Website: www.rcdea.org.uk Twinned with The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem & The Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang, Cambodia PATRONS OF THE DIOCESE Our Lady of Walsingham, 24th September St Felix, 8th March St Edmund, 20th November St Etheldreda, 23rd June BISHOP Rt. Rev. Alan Stephen Hopes BD AKC Bishop’s Residence: The White House, 21 Upgate, Poringland, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 7SH. Tel: (01508) 492202 Fax:(01508) 495358 Email: [email protected] Cover Illustration: The illustration on the front cover shows Pope Francis before the Holy Door to announce the Jubilee Year of Mercy (copyright: L’Osservatore Romano) Map of the Diocese.........................................................................................4 Foreword by the bishop..................................................................................5 Pope Francis reflects on the Jubilee Year of Mercy......................................7 Telephone Numbers........................................................................................9 Convents.......................................................................................................12 Schools.........................................................................................................13 Dates for your Diary.....................................................................................15 The Pope and National Hierarchy................................................................17 The Diocese..................................................................................................20 What is this New Evangelization?................................................................27 Through the Year..........................................................................................28 Ignite Festival 2015/2016 ............................................................................34 Missionaries of the Poor – a personal reflection.........................................36 Obituaries.....................................................................................................37 Deaneries......................................................................................................39 Parish Section...............................................................................................40 Schools.........................................................................................................60 Hospital & Hospices.....................................................................................64 Prisons..........................................................................................................69 Clergy and Religious ...................................................................................70 Changing Lives & Vocations information...................................................78 Celebrating 40 Years of the Diocese............................................................81 Pastoral Statistics..........................................................................................86 Organisations & Societies............................................................................88 Building Bridges with the Holy Land & Cambodia.....................................97 Financial Report...........................................................................................98 Model Form of Bequest................................................................................99 Mandatory National & Diocesan Collections.............................................100 Year of Mercy at Walsingham...................................................................103 Cause for the Beatification of Leonard Cheshire.......................................104 Celebrating the Sacraments........................................................................106 Diocesan Calendar......................................................................................108 Advertisers Index....................................................................................... 144 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA 2016 Year Book & Liturgical Calendar Editor: The White House, 21 Upgate, Poringland, Norwich NR14 7SH Tel: 01508 492202 Fax: 01508 495358 Diocesan Website: www.rcdea.org.uk e-mail: [email protected] Published annually – 33rd edition Published with authority by Mersey Mirror, The Foundry, 36 Henry Street, Liverpool L1 5BS Tel: 0151 709 7567 (all rights reserved) Printed by CPI Group BISHOP’S OFFICE Bishop’s Private Secretary and Press Officer: Fr Padráig Hawkins....................... 01508 492589 ...................................................................................................Fax:01508 495358 ................................................................eMail: [email protected] Bishop’s Personal Assistant - Mrs Elaine Bugge (Office hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 13:00 and 14:00 – 17:00).......................01508 493956 ..................................................................................................Fax: 01508 495358 ........................................................eMail: [email protected] ...........................................................................Website: http://www.rcdea.org.uk Diocesan Offices (Office hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 13:00 and 14:00 – 17:00)................................................... 01508 492202 ..................................................................................................Fax: 01508 495358 ................................................................eMail: [email protected] ...........................................................................Website: http://www.rcdea.org.uk Finance Office (Office hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 13:00 and 14:00 – 17:00)................................................... 01508 492540 ..................................................................................................Fax: 01508 495358 .............................................................eMail: [email protected] Vicar General: Rev David Bagstaff..........................................................................01379 642914 .........................................................................eMail [email protected] Marriage Tribunal and Vicar Judicial: Rev Simon Blakesley (Office hours: Monday - Friday 09:00 – 13:00) ..............................01508 495168 ..................................................................................................Fax: 01508 495358 .............................................................eMail: [email protected] Chancellor: Rev Mgr Eugène Harkness...................................................................01223 211235 ........................................................eMail: [email protected] Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator: Mr Michael Thurley.................................0208 505 4199 .............................................................................................Mobile 07429 215344 .................................eMail: [email protected] Diocesan Communications Officer: Keith Morris....................................................07712787762 ...........................................................................editor@east-angliadiocese.org.uk Diocesan Website Manager: Gavin Dvelys...............................................................07956916948 .........................................................................................Email: [email protected] Diocesan Director of Music: Mr Daniel Justin.......................................................01603 728935 ..........................................................................eMail: [email protected] Diocesan Schools’ Service Commission................................................................. 01508 495509 ................................................................................................. Fax: 01508 495358 ....................................................................eMail: [email protected] Diocesan Youth Services: Mr Hamish MacQueen .....................................Mobile 07812 004934 ....................................................................eMail: [email protected] DEPARTMENTS and COMMISSIONS Department for the New Evangelisation: The Rev Dr Sean Connolly.....................01603 426971 Commission for Dialogue and Unity: Rev Geoffrey Cook (Deacon)..................... 01223 351650 Commission for Justice and Peace: Rev John Bell (Deacon)................................. 01223 503948 Commission for Marriage and Family Life: Mrs Katy Whisenant.........................01284 724727 Commission for the Sacred Liturgy: Mgr Tony Rogers (Acting)........................... 01842 815372 Commission for Social Concern: Mr. Bernard Segrave-Daly..................................01502 578649 Episcopal Vicar for Religious: The Rt Rev Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard OSB...... 01986 893355 Sr Thomas More (Swaffham)......................eMail: [email protected] Marriage and Family Life Co-ordinator: Mrs Kerry Urdzik....................................01473 251301 ................................................eMail: [email protected] Permanent Diaconate Director: Rev Matthew George..........................................
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