Diocese of Salford Dioecesis Salfordensis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | Most of Greater Manchester and neighbouring parts of Lancashire. |
Ecclesiastical province | Liverpool |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,600 km2 (620 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 2,800,000 294,000 (10.5%) |
Parishes | 145 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 29 September 1850 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist |
Secular priests | 251 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | John Arnold |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Malcolm McMahon |
Vicar General |
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Episcopal Vicars |
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Judicial Vicar | Christopher Dawson |
Bishops emeritus | Terence Brain |
Map | |
The Diocese of Salford within the Province of Liverpool | |
Website | |
dioceseofsalford.org.uk |
The Diocese of Salford (Latin : Dioecesis Salfordensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church centred on the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. The diocese was founded in 1852 as one of the first post-Reformation Catholic dioceses in Great Britain. Since 1911 it has formed part of the Province of Liverpool.
Its current boundaries encompass Manchester as well as a large part of North West England between the River Mersey and the River Ribble, some parishes north of the Ribble, and Todmorden in West Yorkshire. In 2005, the diocese included 207 churches and chapels.
The first post-Reformation Catholic chapel in Blackburn was opened in 1773, and that in Manchester in 1774 (in Rook Street, dedicated to St Chad). In 1843 James Sharples, rector of St. Alban's, Blackburn, was consecrated Titular Bishop of Samaria and appointed coadjutor to Bishop Brown, the first Vicar Apostolic of the Lancashire District. He built at Salford St. John's Church, which was opened in 1848 and which subsequently became the cathedral for the diocese.
Dr. Sharples died on 16 August 1850 and the first Bishop of Salford in the restored hierarchy was William Turner (1790–1872). He was succeeded in 1872 by Herbert Vaughan (1832–1903). On his translation to Westminster in 1892, John Bilsborrow (1836–1903) was consecrated as the third bishop. Louis Charles Casartelli, the fourth bishop, was born in 1852, and ordained priest in 1876. He was closely associated with Cardinal Vaughan in the foundation of St. Bede's College, Manchester, in 1876, and was rector of it when he was nominated bishop in 1903. Bishop Casartelli was also a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, and known as a writer on Oriental subjects. [1]
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, usually known as Salford Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Salford and mother church of the Diocese of Salford. The cathedral is a Grade II listed building on Chapel Street, Salford. The foundation stone was laid in 1844 and the church opened in 1848. It was elevated to cathedral status in 1852 after the 1850 creation of the Diocese of Salford. The cathedral was consecrated in 1890 by the second Bishop of Salford, Herbert Vaughan, following the final repayment of debts from its construction.
As of 2024, 165 voluntary aided state Roman Catholic primary schools (often denoted in their names by VA, RC or RCPS) are in the Diocese of Salford, located across the local authorities of Blackburn, Bolton, Bury, Calderdale, Lancashire, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan. [4]
There are 26 voluntary aided local authority maintained Roman Catholic high schools (RCHS) and sixth-form colleges: [4]
A further seven secondary schools are run as academies: [4]
St John Vianney Special School in Firswood, Manchester, teaches pupils aged 5 to 19.
The following private Catholic schools also exist in the Diocese of Salford as of 2024: [4]
Herbert Alfred Henry Joseph Thomas Vaughan was an English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1892 until his death in 1903, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1893. He was the founder in 1866 of St Joseph's Foreign Missionary Society, known best as the Mill Hill Missionaries. He also founded the Catholic Truth Society and St. Bede's College, Manchester. As Archbishop of Westminster, he led the capital campaign and construction of Westminster Cathedral.
The Bishop of Salford is the ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool, England.
The Diocese of Westminster is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese consists of most of London north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, the borough of Spelthorne, and the county of Hertfordshire, which lies immediately to London's north.
The Archdiocese of Liverpool is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church that covers the Isle of Man and part of North West England. The episcopal see is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The archdiocese is the centre of the Ecclesiastical Province of Liverpool which covers the north of England as well as the Isle of Man.
St Bede's College is an Independent Roman Catholic co-educational day school for pupils between 3 and 18 years located on Alexandra Road South in Whalley Range, Manchester, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, usually known as Salford Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral on Chapel Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Salford and mother church of the Diocese of Salford, and is a Grade II* listed building.
William Turner (1799–1872) was an English Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Salford from 1851 to 1872. After his ordination to the priesthood, he served in the poorer parishes of central Manchester, and was appointed Vicar General for the Lancashire District.
John Stephen Vaughan was an English Catholic bishop, brother of Bernard, Roger, and Herbert (Cardinal) Vaughan.
John Bilsborrow was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford from 1892 to 1903.
Louis Charles Casartelli was a Roman Catholic priest and was the fourth Bishop of Salford.
Thomas Henshaw (1873–1938) was the fifth Bishop of Salford, a Roman Catholic diocese in the north-west of England.
Mark Davies is a British Roman Catholic prelate. He is the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Shrewsbury in the Province of Birmingham, England.
Archbishop Dr Henry Hanlon MHM, was an English Roman Catholic bishop, belonging to the order of the Mill Hill Missionaries.
Bishop Geoffrey Ignatius Burke MA was an English Roman Catholic bishop.
James Cunningham was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1958 to 1974.
Thomas Whiteside was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fourth Bishop of Liverpool (1894–1911) before being elevated to Archbishop of Liverpool (1911–1921).
John Francis McNulty was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Nottingham from 1932 until his death in 1943.
John Carroll was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1895 to 1897.
St Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1848, built in 1926 and designed by the architectural firm of Hill, Sandy & Norris of Manchester, who were also behind the construction of St John the Baptist Church in Rochdale.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link)This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Salford". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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