The Diocese of Beverley is an historical diocese

Diocese

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 of the Roman Catholic Church in England. It took its name after the town of Beverley

Beverley

Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...

 in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

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. The diocese was established in 1850 and was replaced by two dioceses in 1878. It was resurrected as a titular see

Titular see

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 in 1969.

History

The Apostolic Vicariate

Apostolic vicariate

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 of the Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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 District was created out of the Northern District

Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District

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 on 11 May 1840. As its name implied, it comprised most of the Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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 area.

On the restoration of the hierarchy

Universalis Ecclesiae

Universalis Ecclesiae is the incipit of the papal bull of 29 September 1850 by which Pope Pius IX recreated the Roman Catholic diocesan hierarchy in England, which had been extinguished with the death of the last Marian bishop in the reign of Elizabeth I. New names were given to the dioceses, as...

 in England and Wales

England and Wales

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 by Pope Pius IX

Pope Pius IX

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, the Yorkshire District was elevated to the Diocese of Beverley on 29 September 1850. The pro-cathedral

Pro-cathedral

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 was located first at St George's, York, and then at St Wilfrid's, York. Twenty-eight years later, the diocese was suppressed on 20 December 1878 and its area was divided into the dioceses of Leeds and Middlesbrough

Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

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.

The titular see

Titular see

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 of Beverley (latine: Beverlacum; ) was resurrected by the Roman Catholic Church in 1969. The current titular bishop

Titular bishop

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 is the Right Reverend John Hine

John Hine

John Hine is a Roman Catholic bishop in England. He is currently serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Southwark, and he holds the Titular See of Beverley.-Early life:...

 who serves as an Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary bishop

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 in the Archdiocese of Southwark.

Vicar Apostolic of the Yorkshire District

Vicar Apostolic of the Yorkshire District
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1840	1850	John Briggs, Titular Bishop of Trachis	Formerly Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District (1836–1840). Appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Yorkshire District on 3 July 1840. Became the first Bishop of Beverley on 29 September 1850 when the Yorkshire District became the Diocese of Beverley.
In 1850, the district changed its name when it was elevated to diocese status.

Diocesan Bishops of Beverley

Bishops of Beverley
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1850	1860	John Briggs	Formerly Vicar Apostolic of the Yorkshire District (1840–1850). Appointed Bishop of Beverley on 29 September 1850. Retired on 17 September 1860 and died on 4 January 1861.
1861	1878	Robert Cornthwaite Robert Cornthwaite (bishop) Robert Cornthwaite was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was last Bishop of Beverley and the first Bishop of Leeds.-Early life and ministry:...	Appointed Bishop of Beverley on 3 September 1861 and consecrated on 10 November 1861. Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...  to the newly formed bishopric of Leeds Bishop of Leeds The Bishop of Leeds is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds in the Province of Liverpool, England.The Vicariate Apostolic of the Yorkshire District was elevated to diocese status as the Diocese of Beverley on 29 September 1850, which was suppressed on 20 December 1878 and its area...  on 20 June 1878.
In 1878, the title was suppressed and replaced by the bishoprics of Leeds Bishop of Leeds The Bishop of Leeds is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds in the Province of Liverpool, England.The Vicariate Apostolic of the Yorkshire District was elevated to diocese status as the Diocese of Beverley on 29 September 1850, which was suppressed on 20 December 1878 and its area...  and Middlesbrough Bishop of Middlesbrough The Bishop of Middlesbrough is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough in the Province of Liverpool, England.The diocese covers an area of of the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire together with the City of York...

Titular Bishops and Archbishops of Beverley

Titular Bishops and Archbishops of Beverley
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1969	1999	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux was a French prelate who held diplomatic posts of the Roman Catholic Church.Born in Roubaix, France on 2 April 1910, he was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1934. He was appointed the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity in 1966...	Appointed Titular Archbishop of Beverley on 19 September 1969 and consecrated on 9 November 1969. Served as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....  (1969–1973) and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...  (1973–1984). Died on 27 September 1999.
1999	2001	Titular see vacant
2001	present	John Franklin Meldon Hine John Hine John Hine is a Roman Catholic bishop in England. He is currently serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Southwark, and he holds the Titular See of Beverley.-Early life:...	Appointed Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...  of Beverley and Auxiliary Bishop Auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...  of Southwark on 26 January 2001 and consecrated on 27 February 2001.