The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese centred around the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Clifton.
The diocese covers the City and County of Bristol and the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, an area of 4,215 square miles (10,920 km2). Practically the Diocese stretches from Stow in the Wold in the north to Minehead & Watchet in the South. The most north-westerly parishes are in the Forest of Dean, while Marlborough near Swindon is one of the most easterly parishes. The City of Bristol, of which Clifton is a suburb, is the largest centre of population within the Diocese. Swindon is the next biggest population centre. Other well-known cities and towns in the diocese include Bath, Wells, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Salisbury, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare.
The Clifton Diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage. Clifton Diocese also has the more regularly scheduled Sunday Masses celebrated according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite(sometimes known as the Tridentine Mass) within its boundaries than any other diocese in England and Wales.
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