Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic archdiocese in England. The Archepiscopal see is St. George's Cathedral, Southwark and is headed by the Archbishop of Southwark. The archdiocese is part of the Metropolitan Province of Southwark, which covers the South of England.

Location

The archdiocese covers the London boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent, and the Medway Unitary Authority.

Boundaries

The diocese is divided into three pastoral areas and 20 deaneries, each of which contain a number of parishes:

• Kent Pastoral Area:
• Canterbury: Ashford, Ashford South, Canterbury, Faversham, Herne Bay, Hersden, Whitstable.
• Chatham: Chatham, Gillingham, Parkwood and Wigmore, Rainham, Rochester, Sheppey, Sittingbourne, Strood, Walderslade.
• Dover: Aylesham, Buckland, Deal, Dover, Folkestone, Folkestone West, Hythe, Mongeham.
• Gravesend: Dartford, Dartford-St Vincent's, Gravesend, Hartley, Meopham, Northfleet, Swanley.
• Maidstone: Bearsted and Harrietsham, Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Maidstone, Maidstone South, Tenterden, West Malling.
• Thanet: Birchington, Broadstairs, Cliftonville, Margate, Ramsgate and Minster, Westgate.
• Tunbridge Wells: Edenbridge, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Southborough, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Westerham.

• South East Pastoral Area:
• Bexley: Bexley, Bexleyheath, Blackfen, Bostall Park, Crayford, Erith, Sidcup, Welling.
• Bromley: Anerley, Beckenham, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Bromley Common, Chislehurst, Chislehurst West,......
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