St James and St William of York Catholic Church

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Bishops` Conference of England and Wales (Cymru) Diocese of Portsmouth

Deanery: Blessed Dominic Barberi

Churches

St James, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3FDLSWA
St William of York
Upper Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5JTLSWALSWA

Catholic Priests and People

Rev Christopher Heaps - Parish Priest
Mrs Catherine Ledgard - Secretary
Francoise Le Saux - Safeguarding
Ginika Okoye - Safeguarding

Contact

Correspondence AddressSt James Presbytery
Forbury Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 3FD
Phone 0118 957 4171
Click here to email St James and St William of York Catholic Church
External Link to St James and St William of York Catholic Church`s Website: www.jameswilliam-reading.org.ukwww.jameswilliam-reading.org.uk

Nearest Catholic Schools

St Joseph`s College, Reading (0.8 miles)

Nearest Catholic Parishes/Churches

St John Fisher, Reading (0.9 miles)
Our Lady and St Anne, Caversham (1 miles)
Our Lady of Peace and Blessed Dominic Barberi, Earley, Reading (1.7 miles)
English Martyrs, Reading (1.7 miles)
Christ the King, Reading (2.1 miles)

Nearest Schools and Churches are calculated `as the crow flies` and may not be the closest or easiest when travelling.

Catholic Groups/Organisations/Religious Orders

Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus - Religious House
Priestly Fraternity of Peter - Religious House
Sisters of Ste Marie Madeleine Postel - Religious House

Religious:

- Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus

- Priestly Fraternity of St Peter
www.fssp.co.uk/england

- Sisters of Ste Marie Madeleine Postel

About St James and St William of York Catholic Church

The Parish of St James and St William of York in the Diocese of Portsmouth. The Catholic parish church of READING ST JAMES & ST WILLIAM OF YORK.

Groups active in the parish: Pastoral Council, Musicians/Choir, Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary Group, Prayer Group, Welcome Group, Hospitality Group, Bereavement Support Group, UCM, Healing Ministry group.

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Useful Definitions of the Structures in the Catholic Church

What is a Catholic Bishops' Conference?

An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. ... Individual bishops do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference (Wikipedia).

What is an Archdiocese?

Dioceses ruled by an archbishop are commonly referred to as archdioceses; most are metropolitan sees, being placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province. A few are suffragans of a metropolitan see or are directly subject to the Holy See.

The term 'archdiocese' is not found in Canon Law, with the terms "diocese" and "episcopal see" being applicable to the area under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of any bishop.[8] If the title of archbishop is granted on personal grounds to a diocesan bishop, his diocese does not thereby become an archdiocese (Wikipedia).

What is a Diocese?

The group of churches that a bishop supervises is known as a diocese. Typically, a diocese is divided into parishes that are each overseen by a priest.

The original dioceses, in ancient Rome, were political rather than religious. Rome was divided into dioceses, each of which was made up of many provinces. After Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th century, the term gradually came to refer to religious districts. The Catholic Church has almost 3,000 dioceses. The Greek root of diocese is dioikesis, "government, administration, or province." (Vocabulary.com).

As of April 2020, in the Catholic Church there are 2,898 regular dioceses: 1 papal see, 649 archdioceses (including 9 patriarchates, 4 major archdioceses, 560 metropolitan archdioceses, 76 single archdioceses) (Wikipedia).

What is the difference between a Diocese and an Archdiocese?

Each diocese is within a Province - a group of Dioceses - the Archdiocese is the main Diocese within that Diocese. The bishop of that Archdiocese is therefore automatically an Archbishop. If a bishop has been made an Archbishop personally is referred to as an Archbishop but it does not make their Diocese an Archdiocese.

What is a Deanery?

A subdivision of a diocese, consisting of a number parishes, over which presides a dean appointed by a bishop. The duty of the dean is to watch over the clergy of the deanery, to see that they fulfill the orders of the bishop, and observe the liturgical and canon laws. He summons the conference of the deanery and presides at it. Periodically he makes a report to the bishop on conditions in the deanery.www.catholicculture.org

What is a Parish?

In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish (Latin: parochia) is a stable community of the faithful within a particular church, whose pastoral care has been entrusted to a parish priest (Latin: parochus), under the authority of the diocesan bishop. It is the lowest ecclesiastical subdivision in the Catholic episcopal polity, and the primary constituent unit of a diocese. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, parishes are constituted under cc. 515–552, entitled "Parishes, Pastors, and Parochial Vicars." Wikipedia