Editing Middlesbrough (section)

===Christianity===
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|caption4=The former Park Methodist Church on Linthorpe Road, currently apartments
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! Denomination
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| [[Church of England]] || [[Province of York]] || [[Diocese of York]] || [[Archdeaconry of Cleveland]] || Deanery of Middlesbrough
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| [[Roman Catholic]] || [[Archdiocese of Liverpool]] || [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough|Diocese of Middlesbrough]]
|colspan=2| Northern Vicariate
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| [[Organisation of the Methodist Church of Great Britain#List of districts and circuits|Methodist]]
|colspan=2|District of Darlington
|colspan=2|Circuit of Middlesbrough and Eston
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The [[Church of England]] Middlesbrough [[deanery]] is in the [[Archdeaconry of Cleveland]] with [[Stokesley]] (west), [[Guisborough]] (east), [[Whitby]] (south east) and Northern [[River Rye, Yorkshire|Ryedale]] (south) and [[Vale of Mowbray|Mowbray]] (south west). It is in the [[Diocese of York]] and [[Province of York]].

Middlesbrough is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough]], created on 20 December 1878 from the [[Diocese of Beverley]]. [[Middlesbrough Cathedral|St. Mary's Cathedral]] is the diocese's [[mother church]], it is in Coulby Newham as a replacement to the original St Mary's in the town centre. The present bishop is the [[Terry Drainey|Right Reverend Terence Patrick Drainey]], 7th Bishop of Middlesbrough, who was ordained on Friday 25 January 2008. Churches of the [[Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough|Sacred Heart]], [[St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe|St Bernadette's]] and [[St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough|St Clare of Assisi]] are also in the town.