Bishop establishes centre for the traditional Latin Mass in Devon

Bishop Mark O’Toole of Plymouth has established a permanent base for the traditional Latin Mass in Devon.

A Sunday morning Mass in the Extraordinary Form is now being celebrated at St Edward the Confessor, Peverell, Plymouth.

The weekly Mass will be a sung Mass, or Missa cantata. It is the first time a sung Mass in the old form has been celebrated at the church in 46 years, according to the Latin Mass Society.

Joseph Shaw, chairman of the Latin Mass Society, said: “We are very grateful to Bishop O'Toole for making this new provision for the traditional Mass possible, in a previously neglected corner of England.”