Apostolic Vicariate of the Midland District
Vicariate Apostolic of the Midland District (later of the Central District) | |
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| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Territory | Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire, and until 1840 also Cambridgeshire (with the Isle of Ely), Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rutland and Suffolk, |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | as the Midland District on 30 January 1688 and renamed the Central District on 3 July 1840 |
| Dissolved | 29 September 1850 |
The Vicariate Apostolic of the Midland District (later of the Central District) was an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. It was led by a vicar apostolic) who was a titular bishop. The Apostolic Vicariate Vicariate Apostolic of the Midland District was created in 1688 and changed its name to the Central District in 1840. It was dissolved in 1850 and was replaced by two dioceses.