There are a number of religious communities in the Middlesbrough Diocese.
These include
- the Benedictines of St. Lawrence’s Abbey, Ampleforth and of
Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley - the Carmelite Friars of York
- the Carmelite Nuns
- the Congregation of Jesus at York, Middlesbrough and Hull
- the Congregation of Our Lady (Canonesses of St. Augustine) at Hull
- the Corpus Christi Carmelite Sisters
- the Corpus Christi Carmelites at York
- the Daughters of Charity at Hull
- the Daughters of Mary and Joseph at Middlesbrough and Scarborough
- the Faithful Companions of Jesus at Middlesbrough
- the Poor Clare Colettines at York
- the Sisters of the Cross and Passion at Middlesbrough
- and the Sisters of Mercy at Bridlington, Filey, Hornsea, Howden, Hull, Middlesbrough, Whitby and York.
- the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) at Hull
