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 Philip, StockportTown not recordedView parish
- St Pius X, Alderley EdgeTown not recordedView parish
- St Saviour, Ellesmere PortTown not recordedView parish
- St Theresa, ChesterTown not recordedView parish
- St Thomas Becket, TarporleyTown not recordedView parish
- St Vincent de Paul, AltrinchamTown not recordedView parish
- St Vincent de Paul, BramhallTown not recordedView parish
- St Vincent de Paul, KnutsfordTown not recordedView parish
- St Werburgh and St Laurence, BirkenheadTown not recordedView parish
- St Werburgh, ChesterTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Wilfrid’s, NorthwichTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Winefride, LymeTown not recordedView parish
- St Winefride, MonkmoorTown not recordedView parish
- St Winefride, NestonTown not recordedView parish
- St Winefride, SandbachTown not recordedView parish
- The Holy Spirit, MarpleTown not recordedView parish
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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