Diocese of Shrewsbury Dioecesis Salopiensis | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  England |
| Territory |  Shropshire CheshireWith parts of:  Greater Manchester Merseyside |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°42′29″N 2°45′14″W / 52.708°N 2.754°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,136 km2 (2,369 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,923,400 189,827 (9.9%) |
| Parishes | 92 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 29 September 1850 |
| Cathedral | Shrewsbury Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 141 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mark Davies |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Bernard Longley |
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| Map | |
 Diocese of Shrewsbury within the Province of Birmingham | |
| Website | |
| dioceseofshrewsbury.org | |
The Diocese of Shrewsbury (Latin: Dioecesis Salopiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Province of Birmingham which encompasses the pre-1974 counties of Shropshire and Cheshire in the North West and West Midlands of England.
The diocese includes rural areas of Shropshire as well as Manchester south of the River Mersey and other urban areas such as Birkenhead, Stockport and Ellesmere Port. The current bishop, Mark Davies, succeeded on 1 October 2010.[1]
- ^ Bishop Mark Davies. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 12 March 2010.