Suffragan diocese Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Diocese of Shrewsbury
Salopien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Shrewsbury is a Latin rite diocese covering Shropshire and Cheshire plus parts of Greater Manchester and Merseyside in England, erected on 29 September 1850 at the restoration of the hierarchy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Its seat is Shrewsbury Cathedral (Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter of Alcantara).
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- Established
- 1850
- Catholics
- 189,827
- Priests
- 141
- Territory
- 6,136 km²
Parishes and churches
106 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Hugh & St John, TimperleyTown not recordedView parish
- St James the Great, HattersleyTown not recordedView parish
- St John Evangelist, New FerryTown not recordedView parish
- St John the Evangelist, BridgnorthTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph, AlbrightonTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph, BirkenheadTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Joseph, SaleTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph, Stockport - Eucharistic ShrineTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph, UptonTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph, WinsfordTown not recordedView parish
- St Luke the Physician, BebingtonTown not recordedView parish
- St Luke, FrodshamTown not recordedView parish
- St Martin de Porres, RuncornTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary & St Paul, DukiinfieldTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary of the Angels, Children ThorntonTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary of the Immaculate Conception, CreweTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary, CongletonTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary, MiddlewichTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary, ShifnalTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary, TelfordTown not recordedView parish
- St Michael and All Angels, WoodchurchTown not recordedView parish
- St Michael, EllesmereTown not recordedView parish
- St Milburga and St Walburga, Church StrettonTown not recordedView parish
- St Monica, WarringtonTown not recordedView parish
- St Patrick, TelfordTown not recordedView parish
- St Paul, PoyntonTown not recordedView parish
- St Paul, TelfordTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Peter & St Raphael, StalybridgeTown not recordedView parish
- St Peter, BirkenheadTown not recordedView parish
- St Peter, Hazel GroveTown not recordedMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Mark Davies
- Born
- 12 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Manchester
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The cathedral
Shrewsbury Cathedral stands in Shrewsbury, 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
The historic English counties of Shropshire and Cheshire form the territory of the Diocese of Shrewsbury (Latin: Dioecesis Salopiensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Province of Birmingham. Alongside rural Shropshire, the diocese takes in parts of urban Greater Manchester south of the River Mersey, among them Birkenhead, Stockport and Altrincham. Mark Davies, the current bishop, succeeded to the see on 1 October 2010.
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