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: St Francis of Assisi (Baddesley Clinton), Blessed Robert Grissold (Balsall Common), S t Charles Borromeo (Hampton-on-the-Hill), St Francis (Kenilworth), St. Augustine (Kenilworth), St Peter Apostle (Leamington Spa), Our Lady (Lillington), St Mary Immaculate (Warwick), St Joseph’s (Whitnash)
- Rugby: Our Lady & St Wulstan’s (Southam), Sacred Heart (Bilton), SS Peter and Paul (Brailes), St Charles Borromeo (Hampton-on-the-Hill), English Martyrs (Hillmorton), St Francis of Assisi, (Kineton), St Joseph (Monks Kirby), Our Lady of Angels (Princethorpe), St Marie’s (Rugby), Our Lady and St Michael (Shipston-on-Stour), St Anne’s (Wappenbury).
- Bicester and Banbury: St John the Evangelist (Banbury), St Joseph the Worker (Banbury), Immaculate Conception (Bicester), Holy Trinity (Hethe), St Thomas of Canterbury (Wroxton)20 June 2026: St Teresa’s (Charlbury) and Holy Tinity (Chipping Norton) are now part of the Oxford (North) Deanery.
- Stratford-upon-Avon: \St Gregory the Great (Stratford , Our Lady of Peace (Shottery), Our Lady & St Benedict (Wootton Wawen), St Francis of Assisi (Kineton), Our Lady and St Michael (Shipston), St Peter & Paul (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,and the Dean of Banbury & Warwick Deanery.
Map of the Churches in Deanery showing Clusters
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, Our Lady & St Wulstan link, 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
16 August 2026: St Francis of Assisi (Baddersley Clinton) sfa160826, Banbury Catholic Churches cban160826, Blessed Robert Grissold (Balsall Common) brg160826, Immaculate Conception (Bicester) and Holy Trinity (Hethe) ic160826, Sacred Heart (Bilton) & English Martyrs (Hillmorton) shem160826, Ss Francis & Augustine (Kenilworth) 16 Aug, Catholic Leamington (St Peter Apostle with Our Lady’s) cl160826, St Joseph’s (Monks Kirby) sjmk160826, St. Marie’s (Rugby) smr160826, Catholic Parishes of Our Lady and the Apostles (Shipston) & Ss Peter and Paul (Brailes) and St Francis of Assisi (Kineton) cbraile160826, Our Lady and St Wulstan (Southam) olsw160826, St Gregory the Great (Stratford upon Avon) 16 August, St Anne’s & Our Lady of Angel’s (Wappenbury) sa160826, St Mary Immaculate with St Charles Borromeo (Warwick) , St Joseph (Whitnash) sjwhit160826, Our Lady and St Benedict (Wooton Wawen) olsb160826.
News and Events from the Archdiocese of Birmingham 13 August
In the News
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- Fr Tenny Antony Ordained – 10 July 2026 link
- Fr Jithin Titto Ordained – 6 July 2026 link
- Clergy Synodal Meeting 17/18 June 2026 link
- Tricentennial Celebration of Ss Peter & Paul Chapel Brailes 1726-2026 Saturday 27 June 2026 link
- Celebrating the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus – Our Lady & St Wulstan (Southam) 9 May 2026 – link
Older Newsletters link Sunday Mass times link Latest News link
Banbury & Warwick update March 2026 Update for Parishioners
Nottingham Cathedral’s Little Handbook of Parish Social Communications link
Top 10 Digital Items for Parish Consideration link
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.