These are Bishop Peter’s public engagements for the next few months.


2024

Mar 13, Wed: Bishop to Chapter of Canons, St John’s Cathedral, 12pm Capitular Mass, Cathedral 

Mar 14, Thur: Bishop to attend the Diocesan Board of Trustees Meeting, Poringland, 10am, 10.30am start 

Mar 14, Thur: Bishop to Lenten Station Mass, Our Lady of the Assumption & the English Martyrs, Canon Eugene Harkness, 6pm Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm Light buffet or soup 

Mar 15, Fri: Bishop to meet the Primary Co-ordinators for Religious Education (RE) for Schools, Poringland, 8.30am 

Mar 16, Sat: Annual Meeting of the College of Deacons, Walsingham

Mar 21, Thur: Bishop to Vocations Committee Meeting, Poringland, 10.30am, 11am start

Mar 23, Sat: Bishop to attend the Diocesan Commission for Dialogue & Unity Meeting, Poringland, 10.30am, 11am start 

Mar 24, Sun: Palm Sunday Solemn Procession and Pontifical Mass, St John’s Cathedral, 11am

Mar 26, Tue: Bishop to Chrism Mass, St John’s Cathedral, 11.30am 

Mar 28, Thur: Bishop to Maundy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, St John’s Cathedral, Pontifical Mass with Washing of the Feet and Transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament 

Mar 29, Fri: Bishop to Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, St John’s Cathedral, Tenebrae, 10am 

Mar 29, Fri: Good Friday Solemn Liturgy of the Passion, St John’s Cathedral, 3pm 

Mar 30, Sat: Tenebrae, St John’s Cathedral, 10am 

Mar 30, Sat: Solemn Vigil and First Mass of Easter (with Baptisms and Confirmations), St John’s Cathedral, 8pm 

Mar 31, Sun: Bishop, Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Solemn Pontifical Mass, St John’s Cathedral, 11am 

Mar 31, Sun: Easter Sunday Solemn Pontifical Vespers, St John’s Cathedral, 4.30pm 


Apr 2 – 9: Bishop on leave after Easter 

Apr 12 – 19: Bishop to Spring Plenary Assembly & Retreat of the Bishops‘ Conference of England and Wales, Buckfast Abbey 

Apr 20 – 24: Bishop and his Personal Secretary, Fr Peter Wygnanski, to Valladolid, Madrid 

Apr 25, Thur: Bishop to meet with the MAT CEOs, White House, Poringland, 10am 

Apr 26, Fri: Requiem Mass, The Holy Family & St Michael, Canon Michael Hazell on the anniversary of his burial during covid

Apr 26, Fri: Bishop to meet with the Ignite Team at the White House, Poringland, 6pm 

Apr 29, Mon: Bishop to Confimation Mass, St Peter & All Souls, 7pm for 23 candidates

Apr 30, Tue: Bishop to attend a training day, Poringland, Governance Around Safeguarding which will be presented to the Diocesan Trustees, Bishop’s Council and Deans


May 3, Fri:  Bishop to visit St Edmund’s Primary School, Bury St Edmunds – 10:00 Mass and then visit with children and staff

May 3, Fri:  Bishop’s visit to St Joseph’s Primary School, Sudbury – 13:30 Bishop to visit with children and staff

May 4, Sat:  Bishop to Caritas Steering Committee Meeting, 11:00 Poringland

May 4-5:  Bishop to join Ignite Youth Festival at the St Benedict’s School, Bury St Edmunds

May 6, Mon (Bank Holiday):  Bishop to lead the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham, 12:00 to 16:30

May 7, Tues:  Bishop’s Council Meeting, Poringland 11:00

May 7, Tues:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at Walsingham for the parish at Wells-next-the-Sea

May 9, Thurs:  Bishop to St Mary’s College Oscott for the Conferral of Candidacy for Peter Ho and Anthony Reilly at 16:45

May 11, Sat:   Bishop to Ely Cathedral for the Annual Mass of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre at 10:30

May 12, Sun:  Bishop to celebrate Mass and preach at St Edmunds College, Cambridge at 10:30

May 13, Mon:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass for St Pancras

May 14, Tues:  Bishop to the Guild Chapel, Stratford Upon Avon, to celebrate Mass for the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

May 15, Wed:  Bishop to St Pancras, Ipswich to Bless the new statue of Our Lady of Ipswich on the feast of Our Lady of Grace Ipswich

May 16, Thurs:  Bishop to Diocesan Youth Commission Meeting in Poringland at 18:30

May 17, Fri:   Bishop to Diocesan School’s Service Commission Meeting in Poringland at 10:45

May 18, Sat:   Bishop to ordain the Rev Anthony Asomugha to the Priesthood.

May 19, Sun:  Pentecost: Solemn Pontifical Masses with Confirmations at the Cathedral

May 19, Sun:  Pentecost: Bishop to UEA Evening Mass, to Receive Students into the Church.

May 20, Mon:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at Our Lady & St Walstan, Costessey

May 21, Tues:  Bishop to Diocesan Liturgy Commission Meeting at 11:00 to be held in Poringland

May 21, Tues:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at St Felix, Felixstowe

May 23, Thurs:  Annual Celebration of Priesthood in Poringland with Mass at 12:15 followed by lunch

May 23, Thurs:  Bishop to host the Norfolk & Waveney Church Leaders Meeting at 16:00 in Poringland

May 24 – 26, Fri – Sun:  Parish Visitation – St Peter the Apostle, Gorleston

May 24, Fri: Bishop to visit St Mary & St Peter Catholic Primary School, Gorleston

May 24, Fri: Bishop to visit James Paget District Hospital, Great Yarmouth

May 25, Sat:   Bishop to say Mass at 09:30 followed by the Caritas Festival to be held at St Peter the Apostle, Gorleston

May 26, Sun:  Bishop to say Mass at St Peter the Apostle, Gorleston

May 27, Mon (Bank Holiday):  Bishop to Attend the National Anglican Pilgrimage at Walsingham, 10:40

May 28, Tues:  Bishop to lead the Diocesan Children’s Pilgrimage to Walsingham, 10:45 Walk, 12:00 Mass

May 28, Tues: Bishop to Confirmation Mass at St Benet’s Minster, Beccles

May 29, Wed:  Bishop to The Charles Plater Trust Board Meeting in London

May 31, Fri: Bishop to Walsingham Trustees Meeting at 10:00 to be held in Walsingham followed by Mass


Jun 1, Sat: Bishop to celebrate Mass for the Marriage and Family Life Celebration at the Cathedral at 11:30

Jun 2, Sun:  Corpus Christi: Bishop to Celebrate Solemn Pontifical Mass with Eucharistic Procession and Celebrations for those Newly Received into the Church at the Cathedral at 11:00

Jun 3, Mon: Bishop to Confirmation Mass at Clare Priory

Jun 6, Thurs:  Bishop to Cathedral Trustees Meeting at the Cathedral at 10:30

Jun 6, Thurs:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at St Joseph’s, St Neots

Jun 7, Fri:  Bishop to meet with Andy Stone and school lay chaplains in Poringland at 10:00

Jun 8, Sat:  Bishop to attend Bishop’s Council for Laity at 11:00 to be held in Newmarket

Jun 9, Sun:  Bishop to visit Leiston parish and then Bishop to Confirmation Mass in Aldeburgh at 10:30

Jun 10, Mon:  Bishop to visit St Mark’s Catholic Primary School, Ipswich

Jun 10, Mon:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at St Mary’s, Ipswich

Jun 11, Tues: Bishop to visit St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Ipswich, 13:30

Jun 11, Tues:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at St Mark’s including Candidates from St Mary Magdalen, Ipswich

Jun 13, Thurs: Vocations Committee Meeting held in Poringland, 11:00

Jun 13, Thurs:  Bishop to Commission for Catechesis & Formation, 18:30

Jun 15, Sat:  Bishop to attend the Diocesan Commission for Evangelisation at 10:00 in Poringland

Jun 15, Sat:  Bishop to celebrate Mass for our three parishes in Peterborough at Peterborough Cathedral

Jun 15, Sat:  Bishop to Host World Youth Day Reunion Retreat, overnight at the White House

Jun 18, Tues:  Confirmation Mass at St Luke’s, Peterborough

Jun 19, Wed:  Bishop to attend The Charles Plater Trust Annual Mass and Awards Ceremony at St Mary’s College, Oscott

Jun 20, Thurs:  Bishop, as ecumenical canon, to attend College of Canons Morning of Theological Reflection, Ely

Jun 21 & 22, Fri & Sat:  Bishop to attend Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Investitures in London

Jun 23, Sun: Bishop to say Mass at Our Lady of Seven Dolours, Stowmarket at 10:15

Jun 24, Mon:  Bishop to Celebrate Solemn Pontifical Mass at 11:00 for The Solemnity of the Birth of St John the Baptist (Patronal Feast) at the Cathedral

Jun 26, Wed:  Bishop to Chapter of Canons at the Cathedral

Jun 27, Thurs:  Bishop to Diocesan Board of Trustees Meeting at 10:30, Poringland

Jun 27, Thurs:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Lowestoft

Jun 28, Fri:  Bishop to meet with the Ignite Team at the White House at 18:00

Jun 29, Sat:  Bishop to Caritas Steering Committee Meeting at 11:00 in Poringland

Jun 29, Sat:  Bishop to celebrate Mass at the Cathedral at 14:00 for the Cantonese Community from Cambridge

Jun 30, Sun: Bishop to celebrate Solemn Pontifical Mass for the Solemnity of Peter at the Cathedral at 11:00


Jul 1, Mon:   Bishop to Confirmation Mass at Our Lady Immaculate and St Etheldreda, Newmarket

Jul 2, Tues:  Bishop to say Mass at 09:30 at St Pancras Catholic Primary School, Stratford Road, Ipswich, and then to visit with staff and children

Jul 2, Tues:  Bishop to Confirmation Mass at St Edmund, Bury St Edmunds

Jul 4, Thurs: Council of Priests, 10:30 for 11:00 Start in Poringland.

Jul 7, Sun:     Bishop to Confirmation Mass at Sawston

July 7, Sun:   Bishop to Confirmation Mass at Cambourne

Jul 8, Mon:   Bishop to visit St Alban’s Primary School, Cambridge

Jul 8, Mon:   Bishop to Confirmation Mass, OLEM

Jul 9, Tues:   Bishop to visit St Laurence Catholic Primary School, Cambridge

Jul 9, Tues:   Bishop to St Laurence’s Confirmation Mass, Cambridge

Jul 10, Wed: Bishop to St Philip Howard, Cambridge Confirmation Mass

July 14-17: Papal Nuncio’s Visitation to the Diocese (more details to come)

Jul 14, Sun:  Bishop Peter’s to Celebrate Mass at the Cathedral for the 40th Anniversary of his Priestly Ordination

Jul 16, Tues: Bishop’s Council Meeting at 11:00, Poringland.

Jul 16, Tues: Bishop to Confirmation Mass at St Etheldreda, Ely

Jul 17, Wed: Bishop to Confirmation Mass at The Sacred Heart, St Ives

Jul 18, Thurs:  Bishop to visit St Albans High School, Digby Road, Ipswich

Jul 18, Thurs:  Confirmation Mass at St Mary’s, Thetford

Jul 20, Sat:  Bishop to Altar Servers Mass and BBQ at the Cathedral – 11:30 Mass

Jul 21 – 29, Sun – Sun:  Bishop to join Youth Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Jul 30 – Aug 22:  Bishop Peter on leave.


Aug 23 – 30, Fri – Fri:  Bishop on Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.


Sept 1, Sun: Bishop Peter will lead the Dowry of Mary Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady, Walsingham.

Sept 5, Thurs:  Bishop to Cathedral Trustees Meeting at 10:30 at the Cathedral.

Sept 7, Sat:  Bishop to March for Life UK in London

Sept 8, Sun: Bishop to attend The Ecumenical Guild of Our Lady of Grace of Ipswich annual pilgrimage walk, 15:00

Sept 11, Wed:  Bishop to attend Chapter of Canons Meeting at the Cathedral at 12:00.

Sept 12, Thurs:  Bishop to attend the Diocesan Schools’ Commission Meeting at 10:45 in Poringland.

Sept 13 – 15, Fri – Sun:  Parish Visitation – St Luke’s, Peterborough

Sept 13, Fri: Bishop to visit St John Henry Newman School

Sept 14, Sat:  Bishop to attend National Eucharistic Congress being held at Oscott.

Sept 15, Sun:  Bishop to say Mass at St Luke’s at 10:00.

Sept 16, Mon:  Bishop’s Council at 11:00 in Poringland.

Sept 18, Wed:  Bishop to attend a Meeting for the Department of Dialogue & Unity in London.

Sept 19, Thurs:  Annual Meeting of the Retired Priests with Mass at 11:30 followed by lunch.

Sept 19, Thurs:  Bishop to attend the Diocesan Youth Commission Meeting at 18:30 in Poringland. 

Sept 20, Fri: Bishop to the Walsingham Trustees Meeting.

Sept 21, Sat:  Bishop to Diocesan Commission for Evangelisation in Poringland at 11:00

Sept 24, Tues: Bishop Peter and Andy Stone to visit St Mary’s School, Cambridge

Sept 26, Thurs:  Bishop to Diocesan Board of Trustees Meeting at 10:30, Poringland.

Sept 27, Fri: Bishop to celebrate All Schools Mass at the Cathedral at 12:00.

Sept 28, Sat:  Bishop to Diocesan Commission for Dialogue & Unity at 11:00, Poringland

Sept 28-98:  Bishop to St Michael the Archangel, Huntingdon for the Vigil Mass at 18:00 and to Celebrate Masses on Sunday.