The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface - Plymouth Cathedral

Welcome to the Catholic Cathedral
of St. Mary & St. Boniface,
Plymouth

Mass Times

Mass is broadcast every day at 10 a.m. on our YouTube page

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To see what time our daily services are, please click the link below.

Daily Services

Sunday Mass Times

Christ the King
Sunday 12:30 p.m

The Cathedral
Sunday at:
10.00 a.m.
6.00 p.m.

St Joseph's
Saturday Vigil at:
5:00 p.m.

The Cathedral is a place central to the heart of the Diocese of Plymouth, covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon & Dorset. We have a beautiful Hansom building dating back to the 1850s which hosts all major liturgical ceremonies and civic events.

The Dean is Canon Mark O’Keeffe, also resident at Cathedral House is retired priest Father Martin Budge.

Latest News

THE RITE OF ELECTION

Today Canon Paul Cummins welcomed to the Cathedral Catechumens and Candidates from across the diocese who are to be received into the church this Easter. Congratulations to them all and we will continue to keep them in our prayers as they continue along their journeys.

Commonwealth Day

Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, held on the second Monday in March.

This year Plymouth City Council held a flag raising event to mark Commonwealth Day which was attended by our very own Canon Mark O'Keeffe.

This year’s theme, ‘Together We Thrive’, celebrates the enduring spirit of the Commonwealth family.

Commonwealth Day is an annual celebration observed by millions across the Commonwealth in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific and Europe.

We continue to keep in our prayers as this time, Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, who is currently poorly in hospital. We ask the Lord will help him in his recovery.

Healing a Loved One

Lord, You walked on the earth, understood the broken world, yet also rose from death into resurrected life.
We pray for Pope Francis that he would be held at this time in your loving arms.
Bless the work of the doctors, surgeons and hospital staff, and bring the power of your resurrection life into their body. Come fill my loved one from top to toe with your restorative Spirit. May your resurrection life bring healing and wellness into their being.
May your grace carry them through this hard time into a new season filled with hope and joy.

Prayer for Pope Francis

O God, who in your providential design
willed that your Church be built upon blessed Peter,
whom you set over the other Apostles,
look with favour, we pray, on our Pope
and grant that he, whom you have made Peter’s successor,
may be for your people a visible source and foundation of unity in faith and of communion.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

A Reflection on the readings for the first Sunday of Lent
by Monsignor Robert Draper

Reflection

Statement made by +Philip Moger

At the beginning of November 2024, just before I was to begin my ministry in Plymouth, I let it be known that concerns of a personal nature had been raised, to which I had to attend immediately. This has taken longer than I anticipated.

All things considered; I have come to the decision to present to the Holy Father a request to step down from my appointment as Bishop of the Diocese of Plymouth. The Holy Father has accepted my request.

For the immediate future, I will be taking a sabbatical: a time of prayer and personal reflection, the next stage on the journey of my ministry.

I realise, with regret, that this leaves a continuing vacancy in the Diocese of Plymouth. I assure the lay faithful, clergy and religious of the Diocese of my good wishes and prayers and ask the same of them for me.

24 February 2025