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The Bishop of East Anglia is the Ordinary of the modern Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia in the Province of Westminster, England.

The incumbent is Bishop Peter Collins, who was installed on 14 December 2022. His appointment was announced on 11 October 2022, the same day that his predecessor, Bishop Alan Hopes, retired. Hopes was appointed Apostolic Administrator to oversee the diocese until the installation of his successor.

History

The Diocese of East Anglia covers an area of 12,570 km (4,900 sq mi) and spans the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority of Peterborough, and was formed by Papal decree on 13 March 1976. Prior to this the area came under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Northampton. The Episcopal see is in the city of Norwich where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist.

List of the Bishops of East Anglia

Bishops of East Anglia
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
26 April 1976	21 March 1995	Alan Charles Clark	Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Northampton (1969–1976). Appointed Bishop of East Anglia on 26 April 1976. Retired on 21 March 1995 and died on 16 July 2002.
21 March 1995	27 May 1995	Sede vacante
27 May 1995	26 October 2001	Peter David Smith	Appointed bishop on 21 March 1995 and consecrated on 27 May 1995. Translated to the archbishopric of Cardiff on 26 October 2001.
26 October 2001	19 March 2003	Sede vacante
19 March 2003	11 July 2011	Michael Charles Evans	Appointed Bishop of East Anglia on 14 February 2003 and consecrated on 19 March 2003. Died in office on 11 July 2011.
11 July 2011	16 July 2013	Sede vacante
16 July 2013	11 October 2022	Alan Hopes	Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Westminster (2003–2013). Appointed Bishop of East Anglia on 11 June 2013 and installed on 16 July 2013. Resignation accepted on 11 October 2022
11 October 2022	14 December 2022	Sede vacante
14 December 2022		Peter Collins	Formerly a Canon of Cardiff. Appointed Bishop of East Anglia on 11 October 2022 and installed on 14 December 2022.

References

1. "Diocese of East Anglia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
2. "Bishop Alan Charles Clark". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
3. "Archbishop Peter David Smith". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
4. "Bishop Michael Charles Evans". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
5. "Bishop Alan Stephen Hopes". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
6. "Pope Appoints New Bishop of East Anglia". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
7. "Bishop Alan Hopes installed as new Bishop of East Anglia". BBC News. 16 July 2013.
8. "New Bishop for East Anglia – Canon Peter Collins" (Press release). London, England: Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
9. Keith Morris (14 December 2022). "Peter Collins ordained as the fifth Bishop of East Anglia" (Press release). Diocese of East Anglia. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

External links

• Official website of the Diocese of East Anglia

v t e Diocese of East Anglia
Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia
Bishops of East Anglia I: Alan Clark II: Peter Smith III: Michael Evans IV: Alan Hopes V: Peter Collins
Churches St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich - Cathedral of St John the Baptist St Edmund's Church, Bury St Edmunds Mother of Good Counsel Priory, Clare Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, Cambridge St Laurence's Church, Cambridge St Etheldreda's Church, Ely Sacred Heart Church, St Ives Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Lowestoft St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth Our Lady and St Peter, Aldeburgh Saint Pancras Church, Ipswich St Mary's Church, Ipswich St Mary Magdalen's Church, Ipswich St Mark's Church, Ipswich Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Woodbridge St Dominic's Church, Downham Market Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, King's Lynn Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham Our Lady and St Charles Borromeo, Wisbech Saint Peter and All Souls, Peterborough
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese St Felix (8 March) Our Lady of Walsingham (24 September) St Edmund the Martyr (20 November)
Schools Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds Notre Dame High School, Norwich St Alban's Catholic High School, Ipswich St Bede's Inter-Church School St Benedict's Catholic School St John Fisher Catholic High School, Peterborough St Joseph's College, Ipswich St Mary's School, Cambridge
See also: Buckden Towers Cambridge University Catholic Chaplaincy Cambridge Blackfriars Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology Quidenham Hall
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