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 Parishes in the Deanery, together with Sunday Mass Times, and details of our Catholic Schools. Our website brings together the resources of the Deanery and provides information about Deanery wide activity. The Banbury and Warwick Deanery is one of eleven Deaneries which make up the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, and covers a large area stretching from the Cotswolds over to Rugby.
The Deanery parishes are grouped into four clusters as follows:
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- Leamington: Leamington, Lillington, Kenilworth, Whitnash, Warwick, Hampton on the Hill, Baddesley Clinton.
- Rugby: Rugby, Bilton, Hillmorton, Southam, Wappenbury.
- Bicester and Banbury: Bicester, Hethe, Banbury, Chipping Norton, Charlbury.
- Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-upon-Avon, Wooton Wawen, Kineton, Shipston, Brailes.
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In each of these clusters clergy and lay people are meeting a few times each year to share ideas and insights and simply get to know each others parishes better, so that when any decisions about changes in the future are being made people will know and trust each other to work together for the Common Good.
The members of the local groups also together make up our Deanery Forum (meeting pictured at the top) where we can find ways to share good practice and resources as we work to implement the Diocesan Vision.
Fr David Hartley, parish priest of Whitnash, is the Dean of the Banbury & Warwick Deanery.
Fr David will be Installed as a Canon at St Chad’s Cathedral, Tues 3rd June 12.15pm.
Pope Francis
As we hear the sad news of the death of Pope Francis on this Easter Monday we offer our prayers for him, and for the whole Church. I am sure our parishes will make their own arrangements for Masses for him soon.
May I offer these wise words from our Archbishop:- Archbishop Bernard Longley said:
“As the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis comes to a close all the faithful, Religious and clergy of our Archdiocese join in praying for the repose of his soul.
“We recall with gratitude the Canonisation of St John Henry Newman, Birmingham’s saint, in 2019 by Pope Francis and the late Holy Father’s appreciation for Cardinal Newman’s teachings on the development of doctrine.
“The Holy Spirit inspired Pope Francis to lead the Church along the Synodal Pathway in fidelity to the teachings of the Second Vatican Council and this will undoubtedly remain an important part of his abiding legacy.
“We also remember Pope Francis’s many ecumenical and inter-religious initiatives as he prayed and worked for the unity of the Church and of mankind and for the respect due to God’s creation.
“We pray that the Good Shepherd will now welcome the Successor of Peter into the company of saints. May he rest in peace.”
I know that prayers and a Book of Remembrance are being offered in Warwick Hospital chapel and no doubt by many of our brothers and sisters in other Christian traditions: we are grateful for their prayers and support for us in this time of mourning and transition.
Photograph: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk
Deanery Masses for Pope Francis as follows:
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- St Jospeh’s (Whitnash). 6pm Wednesday 30 April.
- St Gregory the Great. 7pm Tuesday 22 April at Our Lady of Peace (Shottery).
- Our Lady and St Benedict. 10am Friday 25 April.
- St Francis of Assisi Kenilworth 12 noon Saturday 26 April
Fr David Hartley
Map of the Churches in Deanery
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
20 April: St Francis of Assisi (Baddersley Clinton) sfa200425, Banbury Catholic Churches cban200425, Blessed Robert Grissold (Balsall Common) brg200425, Immaculate Conception (Bicester) and Holy Trinity (Hethe) ic200425, Sacred Heart (Bilton) & English Martyrs (Hillmorton) shem200425, St Teresa’s (Charlbury) , Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Chipping Norton) ht200425, Ss Francis & Augustine (Kenilworth) ck200425 , Catholic Leamington (St Peter Apostle with Our Lady’s) cl200425, St Joseph’s (Monks Kirby) sjmk200425, St. Marie’s (Rugby) smr200425, Catholic Parishes of Our Lady and the Apostles (Shipston) & Ss Peter and Paul (Brailes) and St Francis of Assisi (Kineton) cbraile200425, Our Lady and St Wulstan (Southam) olsw200425, St Gregory the Great (Stratford upon Avon) 20 April , St Anne’s & Our Lady of Angel’s (Wappenbury) sa200425, St Mary Immaculate with St Charles Borromeo (Warwick) smw200425, St Joseph (Whitnash) sjwhit200425, Our Lady and St Benedict (Wooton Wawen) olsb200425. Leamington Extra 2025 April.
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Resources for the Jubilee Year 2025 link
Archdiocese of Birmingham
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Warwick Hospital Catholic Chaplaincy
Fr David Hartley is 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.