Diocese of Shrewsbury, England

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Shrewsbury / Salopien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Birmingham

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady, Help of Christians (May 24), Saint Winifride (November 3)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 21 (1890)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1850.09.29: Established as Diocese of Shrewsbury / Salopien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central District, Apostolic Vicariate of Lancashire District and Apostolic Vicariate of Wales District and became suffragan of Westminster)
1895.07.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Wales
1911.10.28: Became suffragan of Birmingham

Contact Info

Address: Curial Offices, 2 Park Road South, Prenton, Wirral CH43 4UX, England

Phone: (0151)6520-9855

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.10.01 – ...):

Bishop Mark Davies (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shrewsbury (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mark Davies (65)
(2010.10.01 – ...)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Nihil sine Christo

Born:	1959.05.12 (Longsight, England)
Ordained Priest:	1984.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.02.22

Priest of Salford (England) (1984.02.11 – 2009.12.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (2009.12.22 – 2010.10.01)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (2010.10.01 – ...)

Bishop Brian Michael Noble
(1995.06.23 – 2010.10.01)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1936.04.11 (Lancaster, England)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.08.30
Died:	2019.10.21 (Birkenhead, England † 83)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1995.06.23 – 2010.10.01)

Bishop Joseph Gray
(1980.08.19 – 1995.06.23)

Born:	1919.10.20 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.02.16
Died:	1999.05.07 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Mercia (1968.12.19 – 1980.08.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England) (1968.12.19 – 1980.08.19)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1980.08.19 – 1995.06.23)

Bishop William Eric Grasar
(1962.04.26 – 1980.03.20)

Born:	1913.05.18 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1937.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.27
Died:	1982.12.28 († 69)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1962.04.26 – 1980.03.20)

Bishop John Aloysius Murphy (later Archbishop)
(1949.06.03 – 1961.08.22)

Born:	1905.12.21 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1931.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.02.25
Died:	1995.11.18 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Appia (1948.02.07 – 1949.06.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1948.02.07 – 1949.06.03)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1949.06.03 – 1961.08.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) (1961.08.22 – 1983.03.25)

Bishop Ambrose James Moriarty
(1934.12.17 – 1949.06.03)

Born:	1870.08.09 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1894.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.01.28
Died:	1949.06.03 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Miletopolis (1931.12.18 – 1934.12.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1931.12.18 – 1934.12.17)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1934.12.17 – 1949.06.03)

Bishop Hugh Singleton
(1908.08.01 – 1934.12.17)

Born:	1851.07.30 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1880.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.09.21
Died:	1934.12.17 († 83)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1908.08.01 – 1934.12.17)

Bishop Samuel Webster Allen
(1897.04.19 – 1908.05.13)

Born:	1844.03.23 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1870.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.06.16
Died:	1908.05.13 († 64)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1897.04.19 – 1908.05.13)

Bishop John Carroll
(1895.05.11 – 1897.01.14)

Born:	1838.03.16 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1861.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.10.28
Died:	1897.01.14 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Acmonia (1893.08.22 – 1895.05.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1893.08.22 – 1895.05.11)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1895.05.11 – 1897.01.14)

Bishop Edmund Knight
(1882.04.25 – 1895.05.28)

Born:	1827.08.27 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1857.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.07.27
Died:	1905.06.09 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Corycus (1879.05.30 – 1882.04.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1879.05.30 – 1882.04.25)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1882.04.25 – 1895.05.28)

Titular Bishop of Flavias (1895.05.28 – 1905.06.09)

Bishop James Brown
(1851.06.27 – 1881.10.14)

Born:	1812.01.11 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1837.02.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.07.27
Died:	1881.10.14 († 69)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1851.06.27 – 1881.10.14)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Mark Davies (65) (2009.12.22 – 2010.10.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Aloysius Murphy (later Archbishop) (1948.02.07 – 1949.06.03)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ambrose James Moriarty (1931.12.18 – 1934.12.17)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Carroll (1893.08.22 – 1895.05.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Brewer (1971.05.31 – 1983.11.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edmund Knight (1879.05.30 – 1882.04.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter of Alcantara, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): St John the Baptist Church, Chester, Cheshire
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Churches by City (85)

Wrexham (↖), Liverpool (↑), Salford (↑), Leeds (↗), Hallam (↗), Birmingham (→), Cardiff–Menevia (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,136 km²

Population: 182,370 Catholics (9.5% of 1,923,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 89 parishes

Personnel: 138 priests (100 diocesan, 38 religious), 52 deacons, 139 religious (45 brothers, 94 sisters), 10 seminarians