The Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese based in Middlesbrough, England and is part of the province of Liverpool. It was founded on 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Bishop's See is in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, at St Mary's Cathedral. History The diocese was created on 20 December 1878, when the then Diocese of Beverley, which covered the whole of Yorkshire, was divided into the Diocese of Middlesbrough, covering the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the north of the River Ouse, and the Diocese of Leeds, covering the West Riding of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the south of the River Ouse. In 1982 the two York parishes south of the River Ouse were ceded to the Diocese of Middlesbrough to unite the City of York under one bishop. The parish of Howden was transferred from Middlesbrough to the Leeds diocese in 2004. Bishops The Bishop of Middlesbrough is Terence Patrick Drainey. He was ordained as the 7th Bishop of Middlesbrough on 25 January 2008, replacing the Right Reverend John Patrick Crowley. Ordinaries See also Bishop of Middlesbrough. Richard Lacy (1879-1929) Thomas Shine (1929-1955), became Archbishop (personal title) in 1955 before he died George Brunner (1956-1967) John Gerard McClean (1967-1978) Augustine Harris (1978-1992) John Patrick Crowley (1992-2007) Terence Patrick Drainey (2007- ) Coadjutor Bishops Thomas Shine (1921-1929) John Gerard McClean (1966-1967) William Gordon Wheeler (1964-1966), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Leeds Auxiliary Bishops George Brunner (1946-1956), appointed Bishop here Thomas Kevin O'Brien (1981-1998) Other priest of this diocese who became bishop Henry John Poskitt, appointed Bishop of Leeds in 1936 Parishes Below is a list of the parishes and churches which fall within the Diocese of Middlesbrough, these are presented within the local vicariates: Northern Vicariate Patrons: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Romuald, Bede and Luke Kirby St Mary's Cathedral, Coulby Newham • Sacred Heart and St Patrick, Middlesbrough • St Joseph, Middlesbrough • St Thomas More, Middlesbrough • Holy Name of Mary, Middlesbrough • St Francis of Assisi, Middlesbrough • St Alphonsus, North Ormesby • St Gabriel, Ormesby • Corpus Christi, Middlesbrough • St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough • St Andrew's Parish, Teesville • St Pius X, Middlesbrough • St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe •