Welcome to the Banbury & Warwick Deanery website
On this site you will find contact details and links to websites, where they exist, for all the Catholic Parish’s in the Deanery, together with Mass Times and details of our Catholic Schools. Our website brings together the resources of the Deanery and provides information about Deanery wide activity. Warwick is one of eleven Deaneries which make up the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham. Canon John Batthula, Parish Priest of Bicester, is the Dean of the Banbury & Warwick Deanery.
Map of the Churches in Deanery
Please note our website address has changed to: https://banburyandwarwick-catholicdeanery.org.uk. Please update any bookmarks you may have.
Live Streaming in Banbury & Warwick Deanery
St John the Evangelist (Banbury) link, St Joseph the Worker (Banbury) link, Immaculate Conception (Bicester) link, Sacred Heart (Bilton) link, English Martyrs (Hillmorton) link,cban210724 St Peters ( Leamington Spa) link, St Joseph (Monks Kirby) link, St Maries (Rugby) link , St Gregory the Great (Stratford upon Avon) link, St Mary Immaculate (Warwick) link, St Joseph’s (Whitnash) link
Newsletters
18 August: St Francis of Assisi (Baddersley Clinton) sfa180824, Banbury Catholic Churches cban180824, Blessed Robert Grissold (Balsall Common) , Immaculate Conception (Bicester) and Holy Trinity (Hethe) ic180824, Sacred Heart (Bilton) & English Martyrs (Hillmorton) shem180824, St Teresa’s (Charlbury) st180824, Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Chipping Norton) ht180824, Ss Francis & Augustine (Kenilworth) ck180824, Catholic Leamington (St Peter Apostle with Our Lady’s) cl180824, St Joseph’s (Monks Kirby) sj180824, St. Marie’s (Rugby) sm180824, Catholic Parishes of Our Lady and the Apostles (Shipston & Brailes) and St Francis of Assisi (Kineton) cbraiile180824, Our Lady and St Wulstan (Southam) olsw180824, St Gregory the Great (Stratford upon Avon) 18 August, St Anne’s & Our Lady of Angel’s (Wappenbury) sa180824, St Mary Immaculate with St Charles Borromeo (Warwick) August, St Joseph (Whitnash) sjwhit180824, Our Lady and St Benedict (Wooton Wawen) olsb180824.
Older Newsletters link Sunday Mass times link .
Martyrs’ Walk.
Sunday 18th August 2024 3pm. In commemoration of the Warwick Martyrs Blessed John Sugar, Blessed Robert Grissold and Blessed William Freeman. Leaving from St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Murcott Road East at 3pm meeting at top of Gallows Hill, the site of the martyrdom, at 3.45pm for Vespers. Likewise other groups set of from Leamington (St Peters) and Warwick (St Mary’s).
March for Life
Save the date! The annual event in London to stand in solidarity with the most vulnerable in our society is on Sat 7 Sept. Travel options: Mass will be said at All Souls Coventry at 9am (plenty of parking spaces there). Coach will leave there at 9.45 and set off back from London at around 4.30. Places can be booked by emailing Lucia at allsouls.covty@rcaob.org.uk or phone 02476 674161. Cost £20, payable on booking. Or there are cheap National Express coaches available from Warwick Parkway, or trains from Warwick/Leamington to London.
Closing Meeting for the Banbury & Warwick Deanery Visitations
Visitation Reports – Canon Paul Fitzpatrick
Overall Summary presented 27 June 2024: Banbury and Warwick Deanery Visitation Report June 2024
St Francis of Assisi (Baddersley Clinton) & Blessed Robert Grissold (Balsall Common) Balsall Common & Baddesley Clinton 29 October 2023, Banbury Catholic Churches nya, Immaculate Conception (Bicester) and Holy Trinity (Hethe) Visitation Bicester & Hethe 17 March 2024, Sacred Heart (Bilton) & English Martyrs (Hillmorton) nya, St Teresa’s (Charlbury) , Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Chipping Norton) , Ss Francis & Augustine (Kenilworth) Visitation Report St. Francis Kenilworth 10 December 2024, Catholic Leamington (St Peter Apostle with Our Lady’s) Visitation St Peters Leamington Spa 28 January 2024, St Joseph’s (Monks Kirby) nya, St. Marie’s (Rugby) nya, Catholic Parishes of Our Lady and the Apostles (Shipston & Brailes) and St Francis of Assisi (Kineton) Brailes, Kineton, Shipston Visitaion Report 10 March 2024, Our Lady and St Wulstan (Southam) St Wulstan’s Southam Vistation Report 19 November 2023, St Gregory the Great (Stratford upon Avon) nya , St Anne’s & Our Lady of Angel’s (Wappenbury) Visitation St Anne Wappenbury & Princethorpe 21 April 2024, St Mary Immaculate with St Charles Borromeo (Warwick) Warwick 15 October 2023 FINAL, St Joseph (Whitnash) Visitation St Joseph Whitnash 3 March 2024, Our Lady and St Benedict (Wooton Wawen) Visitation Report Our Lady & St Benedict Wooten Wawen 16 June 2024 .
Photographs: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBxaCc
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Deanery Meetings with Clergy & Laity 2024
Notes of meeting:
Banbury and Warwick Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting. 8 May 2024
North Group Clergy Laity Meeting. 11 April 2024. Notes of meeting
South Group Clergy Laity Meeting. 9 April 2024. Notes of meeting
Meeting Calendar. All meetings to start at 7pm.
The Diocesan Vision within the Warwick and Banbury Deanery. The first joint Deanery meeting in October involved both Clergy and lay people. The following presentation was used that included an update of Diocesan Vision post initial synodial responses.. You can view the presentation with either of these links: Warwick and Banbury Deanery Oct 23 (pdf) Warwick and Banbury Deanery Oct 23 (ppt).
Banbury & Warwick Deanery. First meeting of the Deanery Pastoral Council (DPC) meeting – Weds 8 May 2024: Over 40 lay representatives and parish priests/ deacons met for the first meeting in Bicester. The minutes will appear on the Deanery website soon. Meanwhile, the main agenda item was around the grouping of the parishes into 5 possible clusters, known as Leamington, Rugby, Bicester & Banbury, Stratford and Kenilworth. It was agreed that the representatives of the parishes on the Deanery PC should meet with the parish priests before the next meeting on 19th September, to discuss the proposed clusters, recommend any improvements and share how parishes within the cluster can support each other in fulfilling the Diocesan Vision.
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Warwick Hospital Catholic Chaplaincy
Fr David Hartley has been appointed as the Catholic Chaplain for the hospital. Local priests provide support and emergency cover. If you are in hospital and wish to see a Catholic priest, please ask as patient confidentiality rules mean that priests will not be automatically told about you.
Going into Hospital
If you or a relative are going into hospital, please be sure to tell the ward staff you are a Catholic and would like to see the Catholic Chaplain. It’s also helpful to notify the Parish Clergy, so a visit, either by them or the Chaplain can be arranged. For information on Warwick Hospital please visit https://www.swft.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/warwick-hospital/chaplains-spiritual-and-religious-support. The Catholic Chaplain can be contacted via chaplaincy@swft.nhs.uk
The Church’s in the Banbury & Warwick Catholic Deanery are part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, Registered Charity No. 234216. This website provides Catholic news, and information.