The Catholic Enquiry Office is an initiative of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. It exists to stimulate interest in Catholic life and beliefs; to promote a better understanding of the Catholic Church; to respond to enquiries. Every enquiry is dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Website: life4seekers.co.uk.

Email: enquiries@life4seekers.co.uk

Tel No: 0207 901 4863

There is a Catholic Enquiry Office welcomer in every Diocese of England and Wales. In the following page you will find their names and contact details. If you like to find out more about the Catholic Faith or are already baptised and want to reconnect, please feel free to ring or email them.

Contact Information

Arundel and Brighton

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton includes the counties of Sussex and Surrey.

Contact Telephone Number: 07586461607

Barbara Hopper, Email: barbara.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

David Thomson, Email: david.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

David Wills, Email: davew.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Katrina Avery, Email: katrina.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Birmingham

The Archdiocese of Birmingham includes Birmingham, Berkshire (North of the Thames), Coventry, Dudley, Oxfordshire (North of the Thames), Sandwell, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Warwickshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire.

Mgr Daniel McHugh

Email: fatherdaniel.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 01564772098

Brentwood

The Diocese of Brentwood includes the county of Essex comprising the Non-Metropolitan county of Essex, the Unitary Authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, and the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

Fr Adrian Graffy

Email: adrian1.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 01277265243

Cardiff

The Archdiocese of Cardiff includes the counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and eastern Glamorganshire.

Spiro Sueref

Email: spiro.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07815670997

Clifton

The Diocese of Clifton includes the city and county of Bristol and the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire.

Fr Christopher Whitehead

Email: christopherwhitehead@hotmail.com

Tel No: 01275833699

East Anglia

The Diocese of East Anglia includes the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Peterborough.

John Bryden

Email: john10.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07810822604

Mary Bedingfeld

Email: henryandmary.catholicenquiries@yahoo.com

Tel No: 07598357583

Henry Bedingfeld

Email: henryandmary.catholicenquiries@yahoo.com

Tel No: 07598357583

Hallam

The Diocese of Hallam includes the city of Sheffield, and the surrounding towns of Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield, the Peak District and areas of Bassetlaw and Retford.

Anne Brighton

Email: anne.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07521255467

Hexham and Newcastle

The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle includes the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and county Durham.

Doreen Arrowsmith

Email: doreen.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07505748227

Lancaster

The Diocese of Lancaster includes the counties of Cumbria and much of Lancashire.

Deacon Nick Donnelly

Email: deaconnick.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 01229821866

Leeds

The Diocese of Leeds includes the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Deacon Charlie Conner

Email: charlie.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07780150895

Liverpool

The Archdiocese of Liverpool includes the south west of the traditional county of Lancashire.

Fr Michael Garvey

Email: michael.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 01519243018

Menevia

The Diocese of Menevia includes the city and county of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, the counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire.

Deacon Tony Lawrence

Email: anthonycampbelllawrence@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07724178156

Middlesbrough

The Diocese of Middlesbrough includes the North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, together with the city of York.

Fr Patrick Smith

Email: patrick@smith6298.freeserve.co.uk

Tel No: 01904791242

Northampton

The Diocese of Northampton includes the counties of Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire and the county of Buckinghamshire, including the Slough area.

Kieran McKeown

Email: kieran.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 01753595611

Nottingham

The Diocese of Nottingham includes the counties of Nottinghamshire (excluding the district of Bassetlaw), Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire.

Jackie Williams

Email: jackie.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07906360202

Karin Lund

Email: Karin.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07521835283

Sr Margaret Redmond

Email: margaret.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07544139184

Nanette Brown

Email: nanette.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07746227438

Plymouth

The Diocese of Plymouth includes the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, stretching from Penzance and the Isles of Scilly in the west, to parts of Bournemouth in the east.

Susanne Kowal

Email: susanne.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07952008977

Portsmouth

The Diocese of Portsmouth includes the counties of Hampshire, Berkshire (south of the Thames), Oxfordshire (south of the Thames), Dorset (the Bournemouth area, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.

Barry Hudd

Email: barry.hudd@btopenworld.com

Tel No: 07770538693

Salford

The Diocese of Salford includes Manchester and a large part of North West England, between the River Mersey and the River Ribble as well as some parishes north of the Ribble and Todmorden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.

Sharon Beech

Email: sharon.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 01617610536

Southwark

The Archdiocese of Southwark includes the London boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority.

Canon Frank O’Sullivan

Email: francis.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 020 8763 6113

Shrewsbury

The Diocese of Shrewsbury includes the counties of Shropshire and Cheshire, varying from the rural areas of Shropshire to parts of Manchester south of the River Mersey and other areas including Birkenhead, Stockport and Ellesmere Port.

Fr Peter Robertson

Email: robbodunham@btinternet.com

Tel No: 01928726760

Westminster

The Archdiocese of Westminster includes all the London boroughs north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, together with the towns southwest of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames and the county of Hertfordshire.

Mgr John Conneely

Email: john.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07543961674

Dolores Connolly

Email: dolores.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07594285668

Toby Lees

Email: toby.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No. 07909632255

Fr Francis Wahle

Email: francis@wahle.plus.com

Tel No: 07587234143

Wrexham

The Diocese of Wrexham includes the counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire the local government areas of Conwy, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and the former Montgomeryshire.

Deacon John Carter

Email: johnd.catholicenquiries@yahoo.co.uk

Tel No: 07767496844

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