Parish Pastoral Areas and Regions
On 1 October 2007, local deaneries were abolished and parishes grouped together to form 'Pastoral Areas', not as a replacement of parishes but to strengthen local Catholic communities, ensuring the sharing of services and groups and to avoid unnecessary duplication.
Each LPT (local pastoral team ) has two co-leaders (one priest; one layperson) and each region is headed by a Regional Dean.
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[I too am in Arcadia.]”
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)