Diocese of Salford
| Diocese of Salford | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Diocesan bishop | John Arnold |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Terence Brain |
| Vicar General | Anthony Kay |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 1,800 km² |
| Parishes | 145 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 2,623,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 270,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 10.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 211 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 89 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 900 |
| Friars | 100 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 189 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist |
| Website | www.salforddiocese.org.uk |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford ( lat. Dioecesis Salfordensis , Engl. Diocese of Salford ) is a in the UK situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Salford . The largest city in the diocese is Salford's neighbor Manchester , where most of the Catholics of the diocese of Salford live and the diocese's largest church, the Holy Name Church in Manchester.
history
St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Salford
The diocese of Salford was on September 29, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. with the Apostolic Constitution Universalis Ecclesiae - restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England - established from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Lancashire District . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Liverpool as a suffragan .
Bishops of Salford
- William Turner , 1851–1872
- Herbert Vaughan , 1872–1892, then Archbishop of Westminster
- John Bilsborrow , 1892-1903
- Louis Charles Casartelli , 1903-1925
- Thomas Henshaw , 1925-1938
- Henry Vincent Marshall , 1939–1955
- George Andrew Beck AA , 1955–1964, then Archbishop of Liverpool
- Thomas Holland , 1964–1983
- Patrick Kelly , 1984–1996, then Archbishop of Liverpool
- Terence John Brain , 1997-2014
- John Arnold , since 2014
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Salford (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Salford on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Footnotes
- ^ Mary Allen: Restoring our heritage . In: Jesuits & Friends , No. 99 (Spring 2018), p. 8.