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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel & Brighton was established in 1965, which covers the counties of Sussex and those parts of Surrey outside the Greater London Boroughs.
Bishop Kieran Conry <right> succeeds Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who became the 10th Archbishop of Westminster in March 2000. The Ordination of Bishop Conry took place at Arundel Cathedral on Saturday 9 June.
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- St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church
Braybon and Carden Avenues,
Patcham,
Brighton, East Sussex,
BN1 8HS
01273 563017/506387
See map
 Priest - Mgr. John Hull <right>
Named after St. Thomas More.
On the 9th July 1963 the Church of St. Thomas More was blessed and opened. Twenty year's
later on 10th July 1983 Archbishop Cormac (then bishop of Arundel and Brighton)
consecrated the church of St. Thomas More's for its purpose as a "house of prayer in
which you bless your family as we come to you on pilgrimage".
Lourdes 2001
 During the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, Bishop Kieran presented Mrg John Hull with a 'thank you' gift in appreciation of all he had done as
Administrator of the diocese since Cardinal Cormac was appointed to Westminster.
The gift was a stone sculpture of the Holy Family produced by a monastery of Contemplative Order known as the Religious of Bethlehem and the Assumption of Our Lady who follow the rule of St Bruno.
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- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
6 Wellington Road,
Elm Grove,
Brighton, East Sussex,
BN2 3AA
01273 386159
See map
Priest - Fr. Paul Turner
St. Joseph's was finally completed in 1906, but it was not until 1931 that it
became an independent parish. On the alter the tabernacle is mounted on a stand with a picture of a pelican
underneath. "The pelican is a strong symbol - the mother bird feeds her young from her own
body-Jesus feeds us with his body and blood during the Mass." The alter itself has a picture of a lamb on it which symbolises Jesus as the 'Lamb of God'
- the sacrificial lamb that takes away our sins. The Lady's chapel in this church is designed to copy the grotto at Lourdes, where Mary
appeared to St. Bernadette.
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