Diocese of Norwich? From wikipedia, it has about 228,000 people, including non-Catholics, while Leeds, Hallam, and Middlesbrough, have 334,000 Catholics.
The difference in the number of priests is also considerable, with the Yorkshire dioceses combining to 286 priests and 208 parishes. I don't know how many priests Norwich has, but with 76 parishes, I doubt it has anywhere near 286 priests.
There are certainly dioceses bigger than that, so I agree it isn't unrealistic to combine, just a question of which way God takes the discernment.
Not an unrealistic combination. Even Connecticut's smallest Catholic diocese has about the same Catholic population as these three dioceses combined.
Diocese of Norwich? From wikipedia, it has about 228,000 people, including non-Catholics, while Leeds, Hallam, and Middlesbrough, have 334,000 Catholics.
The difference in the number of priests is also considerable, with the Yorkshire dioceses combining to 286 priests and 208 parishes. I don't know how many priests Norwich has, but with 76 parishes, I doubt it has anywhere near 286 priests.
There are certainly dioceses bigger than that, so I agree it isn't unrealistic to combine, just a question of which way God takes the discernment.
This kind of thing is what needed/needs to happen in Steubenville, not just the Nuncio saying, "I want it shut down, therefore it will be."
Daunting?