Tag Archives: Northampton Diocese

Bishop Youens of Northampton by Mrs Margaret Orborne

Posted on June 3, 2018 by

Bishop Laurence Walter Youens was a convert to the Catholic faith from Anglicanism, and was ordained priest in 1901 in High Wycombe, the first Catholic priest ordained there since the Reformation. After a period of missionary work in North Africa, … Continue reading →

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A History of the Diocese of Northampton from 1750 by Brin Dunsire.

Posted on March 13, 2014 by

A detailed overview of the expansion of the Catholic Church from 1750 to the present day in the area covered by the Diocese of Northampton, as established in 1850 at the restoration of the Catholic hierachy in England & Wales. … Continue reading →

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