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Welcome to Clifton Diocese

Clifton Diocese is the Catholic diocese covering the West of England and includes the City and County of Bristol, the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset.

A Year with Mark

A series of monthly reflections by Fr Henry Wansbrough OSB helping each of us in our re-reading of the gospel of St Mark .

Pastoral Letter

Bishop Declan’s Pastoral Letter for Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, 8/9 September 2018

Our Diocesan Vision

The new Diocesan Vision, inspired by Pope Francis, emphasises a ‘more outward focus’ and sets out the next three years

Latest news from Clifton Diocese:

Latest news from our Diocese and the Catholic Church

Treasuring the Liturgy exhibition at Clifton Cathedral

An exhibition curated to reflect – through plate and textile – sign and symbol, skill and craftsmanship employed at the service of the Liturgy. Gathering together ‘treasures’ from around the diocese, we are invited along the ‘way of beauty’ to an up-close...

St Patrick’s, Corsham & St Anthony’s, Melksham – Pilgrimage to Lourdes

The idea of this joint parishes pilgrimage came out of a conversation at Celebrate Bristol a couple years ago. At that time, our parishes were ‘twinned’ as part of the future Diocese plan, should one of our priests no longer be around. We had already held...

Pope Francis: “We have not succeeded in responsibly protecting creation”

Pope Francis has marked the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation by releasing a message warning that there needed to be a "renewed and sound relationship" between humanity and creation for the good of the planet. "Only an authentic and integral...

Pope Francis: Letter to the People of God

Pope Francis has responded to new reports of clerical sexual abuse and the ecclesial cover-up of abuse. In an impassioned letter addressed to the whole People of God, he calls on the Church to be close to victims in solidarity, and to join in acts of...

New exams, new grades and top results for our schools

Students at Saint Gregory’s Bath were elated this morning as they opened their outstanding GCSE results: 84% of grades were graded 9 – 4 (A*-C equivalent), with over a third of all results achieving the highest possible grades of 9-7 (A*-A equivalent)....