Pastoral Areas
The Archdiocese of Birmingham comprises the following areas: Birmingham, Berkshire (North of the Thames), Coventry, Dudley, Oxfordshire (North of the Thames), Sandwell, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Warwickshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire. It is divided into three Pastoral Areas:
Central and Western Pastoral Area
THE CENTRAL & WESTERN PASTORAL AREA SERVES THE FOLLOWING DEANERIES:
Birmingham (Cathedral, North, South and East)
Kidderminster
Worcester
AREA BISHOP:
Right Reverend Philip Pargeter, Bishop of Valentiniana
Contact Information:
Grove House
90 College Road
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B73 5AH
Tel: 0121 354 4363
Email: bishoppargeter@yahoo.co.uk
Biographical Information:
Born in Wolverhampton: 13 June 1933
Ordained Priest: 21 February 1959
Ordained Bishop: 21 February 1990
Key responsibilities:
Affirm & strengthen Catholic life in the Pastoral Area
Represent the Archbishop locally
Facilitate initiatives to strengthen and encourage the life of deaneries and parishes
Carry out formal visitations to parishes
Celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation
Northern Pastoral Area
Dudley
Lichfield
North Staffordshire
Stafford
Walsall
Wolverhampton
AREA BISHOP:
Right Reverend David McGough, Titular Bishop of Cunavia
Contact Information:
The Rocks
106 Draycott Road
Tean
Staffordshire
Tel & Fax: 01538 722433
Email: dmcgough@btinternet.com
Biographical Information:
Born in Tunstall: 20 November 1944
Ordained Priest: 14 March 1970
Ordained Bishop: 8 December 2005
Key responsibilities:
Affirm & strengthen Catholic life in the Pastoral Area
Represent the Archbishop locally
Facilitate initiatives to strengthen and encourage the life of deaneries and parishes
Carry out formal visitations to parishes
Celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation
Southern Pastoral Area
THE SOUTHERN PASTORAL AREA SERVES THE FOLLOWING DEANERIES:
BanburyCoventry
Oxford (North & South)
Rugby
Warwick
Right Reverend William Kenney CP, Titular Bishop of Midica
Born: 7 May 1946
Ordained Priest: 29 June 1969
Ordained Bishop: 24 August 1987 (Auxiliary Bishop of Stockholm)
Transferred to Birmingham: 17 October 2006
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Contact Information:
St Hugh's House
27 Hensington Road
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
Tel & Fax: 01993 812234
Email: wk@beeb.net
Key responsibilities:
Affirm & strengthen Catholic life in the Pastoral Area
Represent the Archbishop locally
Facilitate initiatives to strengthen and encourage the life of deaneries and parishes
Carry out formal visitations to parishes
Celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation