[1] The see is in the suburb of Clifton in the city of Bristol where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of SS.
The bishop of Clifton has jurisdiction over the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire and the city of Bristol.
[1] The current bishop-elect is the Right Reverend Bosco MacDonald, who was appointed the 10th Bishop of Clifton on 14 March 2024.
The Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District was created on 30 January 1688 and consisted of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire, together with all of the principality of Wales.
[3] On the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX in 1850, the Western District was divided into the dioceses of Clifton and Plymouth.