Diocese of Shrewsbury
Salopien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
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).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1850
- Latin
- Salopien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Help of Christians and St Winefride
- Annuario code
- 001003049
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 189,827
- Population
- 1,923,400
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.9%
- Priests
- 141
- Catholics per priest
- 1,346
- Extent
- 6,136 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Mark Davies
- Born
- 12 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Manchester
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Birmingham
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Birmingham.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BirminghamBirmingham
- Diocese of CliftonClifton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.