Diocese of Salford, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Salford / Salforden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Liverpool

Neighbouring Dioceses: Liverpool (←), Lancaster (↖), Leeds (↗), Shrewsbury (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Mount Carmel (July 16), Saint Joseph (March 19), St. John the Apostle (December 27), Saint Augustine of Canterbury (May 28)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 14 (1890)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1850.09.29: Established as Diocese of Salford / Salforden(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lancashire District and became suffragan of Westminster)
1851.06.27: Lost territory to Diocese of Liverpool
1911.10.28: Became suffragan of Liverpool

Contact Info

Address: The Cathedral Centre, 3 Ford Street, Salford M3 6DP, England

Phone: (0161) 817-2200

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.09.30 – ...):

Bishop John Stanley Kenneth Arnold (73)

Monsignors (26)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Salford (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Stanley Kenneth Arnold (73)
(2014.09.30 – ...)

Bishop of Salford (England)

Quo fas vocat

Born:	1953.06.12 (Sheffield, England)
Ordained Priest:	1983.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.02

Priest of Westminster (England) (1983.07.16 – 2005.12.06)

Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne (2005.12.06 – 2014.09.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (2005.12.06 – 2014.09.30)

Bishop of Salford (England) (2014.09.30 – ...)

Bishop Terence John Brain (87)
(1997.09.02 – 2014.09.30)

Bishop emeritus of Salford (England)

Porthair arglwydd y brain

Born:	1938.12.19 (Coventry, England)
Ordained Priest:	1964.02.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.04.25

Priest of Birmingham (England) (1964.02.22 – 1991.02.05)

Titular Bishop of Amudarsa (1991.02.05 – 1997.09.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England) (1991.02.05 – 1997.09.02)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1997.09.02 – 2014.09.30)

Bishop Patrick Altham Kelly (87) (later Archbishop)
(1984.03.09 – 1996.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Liverpool (England)

Christ is risen

Born:	1938.11.23 (Morecambe, England)
Ordained Priest:	1962.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.04.03

Priest of Lancaster (England) (1962.02.16 – 1984.03.09)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1984.03.09 – 1996.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) (1996.05.21 – 2013.02.27)

Bishop Thomas Holland
(1964.08.28 – 1983.06.22)

Adjutor gaudii vestri

Born:	1908.06.11 (Southport, England)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.12.21
Died:	1999.09.30 (Manchester, England † 91)

Priest of Liverpool (England) (1933.06.18 – 1960.10.31)

Titular Bishop of Etenna (1960.10.31 – 1964.08.28)

Coadjutor Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1960.10.31 – 1964.08.28)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1964.08.28 – 1983.06.22)

Bishop George Andrew Beck, A.A. (later Archbishop)
(1955.11.28 – 1964.01.29)

Born:	1904.05.28 (London, England)
Ordained Priest:	1927.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.09.21
Died:	1978.09.13 (Liverpool, England † 74)

Titular Bishop of Tigias (1948.08.07 – 1951.01.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1948.08.07 – 1951.01.23)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1951.01.23 – 1955.11.28)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1955.11.28 – 1964.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) (1964.01.29 – 1976.02.07)

Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall
(1939.08.05 – 1955.04.14)

Miles Christi sum

Born:	1884.07.19 (Listowel, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1908.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.09.21
Died:	1955.04.14 (Manchester, England † 70)

Priest of Salford (England) (1908.06.24 – 1939.08.05)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1939.08.05 – 1955.04.14)

Bishop Thomas Henshaw
(1925.12.14 – 1938.09.23)

Incrementum det Deus

Born:	1873.02.02 (Manchester, England)
Ordained Priest:	1899.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.12.21
Died:	1938.09.23 (Manchester, England † 65)

Priest of Salford (England) (1899.10.18 – 1925.12.14)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1925.12.14 – 1938.09.23)

Bishop Louis Charles Casartelli
(1903.08.28 – 1925.01.18)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1852.11.14 (Manchester, England)
Ordained Priest:	1876.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.09.21
Died:	1925.01.18 (Manchester, England † 72)

Priest of Salford (England) (1876.09.10 – 1903.08.28)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1903.08.28 – 1925.01.18)

Bishop John Bilsborrow
(1892.07.15 – 1903.03.05)

Born:	1836.03.20 (Preston, England)
Ordained Priest:	1865.02.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.08.24
Died:	1903.03.05 (Babbacombe, England † 66)

Priest of Liverpool (England) (1865.02.26 – 1892.07.15)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1892.07.15 – 1903.03.05)

Bishop Herbert Alfred Vaughan (later Cardinal)
(1872.09.27 – 1892.04.08)

Amare et servire

Born:	1832.04.15 (Gloucester, England)
Ordained Priest:	1854.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.10.28
Created Cardinal:	1893.01.16
Died:	1903.06.19 (Mill Hill, Middlesex, England † 71)