The North East Catholic History Society was founded in July 1974 to promote research into the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the north eastern counties of England – a geographical term which is taken to cover the eastern half of the country between the rivers Tweed and Humber. The Society is independent but it enjoys the patronage of the Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle and Middlesbrough. The interests of the Society extend from the mediaeval period to the recent past and cover all aspects of the Church’s life – biographical, cultural, institutional, architectural and sociological.
Other Catholic Organisations
The following organisations offer information of help when researching Catholic ancestors.
English Catholic History Association
The English Catholic History Association encourages interest in the Catholic history of England and Wales. We organise visits to places associated with the Catholic faith and arrange lectures on subjects relating to our Catholic history. The Association also supports research into subjects of Catholic interest and the preservation of Catholic archives.
Catholic Archives Society
The Catholic Archives Society is a voluntary organisation founded in 1979 with the aim to promote the care of Roman Catholic archives through its work and publications. The Society acts as a forum for all individuals, professional and voluntary, who are custodians of Catholic archival material in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
https://catholicarchivesociety.org
Catholic Record Society
The Catholic Record Society was founded in 1904, and through its work and publications makes available to scholars and a more general readership a wide range of sources relating to individuals and ecclesiastical institutions in the British Isles in the period after the Reformation.
Catholic Record Society Publications
British Catholic History list of contents from past issues:
https://royalhistsoc.org/publications/national-history-and-record-societies/catholicrecordsociety
East Anglican Catholic History Society
The East Anglian Catholic History Society is dedicated to promoting knowledge and study of the history of the Catholic faith in the region covered by the Diocese of East Anglia and to that end it aims to assist and advise local parish history groups, whether established or just setting themselves up.
https://catholiceastanglia2016.wordpress.com
English Benedictine Congregation History
The English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) was first formed in 1216, but lapsed (or just faded away) at the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1535-40. It was revived and restored by Rome (1607-33) when numbers of Englishmen had become monks in Italian or Spanish monasteries and were coming to England as Missioners. It has been active ever since, and its General Chapter has met every four years (almost exactly so) up to the present.
Essex Recusant Society
www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/event/essex-recusant-society-meeting
Midland Catholic History Society
The Midland Catholic History Society was formed in 1996 by the merger of the Staffordshire Catholic History Society and the Worcestershire Catholic History Society. Staffordshire was founded in 1960 and Worcestershire in 1962 (amalgamated with the Federated Western Marches in 1981).
North East Catholic History Society
North West Catholic History Society
The North West Catholic History Society promotes the study of the history of the Catholic Church in the region west of the Pennines, the old counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland. It organises meetings and conferences & publishes an annual journal of research. Membership is open to anyone interested in the subject.