Suffragan diocese Salford, United Kingdom
Diocese of Salford
Salforden(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Salford is a Latin rite diocese covering most of Greater Manchester and neighbouring parts of Lancashire in England, erected on 29 September 1850 from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Lancashire District at the restoration of the hierarchy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Its seat is Salford Cathedral (St John the Evangelist).
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- Established
- 1850
- Catholics
- 294,000
- Priests
- 251
- Territory
- 1,600 km²
Parishes and churches
153 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St JosephDarwenView parish
- St JosephManchesterView parish
- St JosephMossleyView parish
- St JosephRamsbottomMass times recorded
- St JosephShawView parish
- St JosephStockportMass times recorded
- St JosephStonyhurstMass times recorded
- St JosephTodmordenView parish
- St Joseph the WorkerIrlamView parish
- St KentigernManchesterView parish
- St MalachyManchesterView parish
- St Margaret MaryManchesterView parish
- St MarieBuryView parish
- St MarkSwinton and PendleburyMass times recorded
- St MaryWhalley, Langho and OsbaldestonView parish
- St MaryBamber BridgeMass times recorded
- St MaryChippingMass times recorded
- St MaryClayton-le-MoorsView parish
- St MaryEcclesMass times recorded
- St MaryHorwichView parish
- St MaryManchesterView parish
- St MaryOswaldtwistleMass times recorded
- St MaryRadcliffeView parish
- St MaryStockportView parish
- St MaryWhitworth and BacupView parish
- St Mary (Our Lady Assumed into Heaven)Whalley, Langho and OsbaldestonView parish
- St Mary (Our Lady of Sorrows)DentonView parish
- St Mary (Queen of Peace)Clitheroe, Sabden and Dunsop BridgeMass times recorded
- St Mary (The Hidden Gem)ManchesterView parish
- St Mary and St John SouthworthSamlesburyMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Arnold
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The cathedral
Salford Cathedral stands in Salford, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Centred on the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, the Diocese of Salford (Latin: Dioecesis Salfordensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. Founded in 1852 among the first post-Reformation Catholic dioceses in Great Britain, it has belonged to the Province of Liverpool since 1911. Its present boundaries take in Manchester along with a large part of North West England between the River Mersey and the River Ribble, some parishes north of the Ribble, and Todmorden in West Yorkshire. As of 2005 the diocese counted 207 churches and chapels.
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- Diocese of Salford holds Remembrance Mass
- Diocese of Salford hosts conference on poverty and injustice
- Neurodiversity: Awareness & Inclusion in Sacramental Programmes
- Diocese of Salford hosts Praise, Worship and Fellowship Night
- Diocese of Salford invites to talk on St Winefride’s Well
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