Shropshire & Wrekin Catholic Region

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Shropshire Pastoral Region - Diocese of Shrewsbury
Crest of the Diocese of Shrewsbury
Country:Great Britain
Catholic Province: Archdiocese of Birmingham
Parishes:19
Population:451,100
Catholics:13,341 [1]
Percentage Catholics:3%
Priests:16 (2007)
Deacons:3 (2007)

Shropshire and Wrekin Catholic Region/Shropshire Pastoral Region is a deanery located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury (Bishop Mark Davies).

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It is sub-divided into five pastoral areas, which in turn contain 19 parishes.

Shropshire Pastoral Region

Prior to October 2007, two deaneries - Shrewsbury & West Shropshire and Telford & East Shropshire - existed. In line with diocesan restructuring by Bishop Brian Noble, these were merged to form the Shropshire Pastoral Area. [2]

The deanery comprises the whole of Shropshire.

Regional Dean: Canon Stephan Coonan

RegionPastoral AreaParishes/Mass CentresPrimary schoolsSecondary schoolsHospitals and other chaplaincies
ALPA 1 Shrewsbury Cathedral [3]

Monkmoor, St Winefride
Harlescott, Our Lady of Pit

St Mary's

St Winefride's

BRJRoyal Shrewsbury

Shropshire Nuffield
S & Mid W Hospice
+ Prison
+ Forces

ALPA 2 Ellesmere, St Michael

Farndon
Malpas, St Joseph
Oswestry, Our Lady
Shawbury, St Andrew & St Peter
Tattenhall, St Plegmund
Wem, Our Lady
Whitchurch, St George

Our Lady & St OswaldBRJRobert Jones & Agnes Hunt H

+ Forces

ALPA 3 Church Stretton, St Milburga

Cleobury Mortimer, St Elizabeth
Ludlow, St Peter
<https://web.archive.org/web/20080203122900/http://freespace.virgin.net/stpeters.ludlow/> Plowden, St Walburga

Moor ParkBRJ
ALPA 4 Bridgnorth, St John

Broseley
Donnington, Our Lady
Telford, The Good Shepherd
(Madeley, Stirchley & Dawley)
Wellington, St Patrick <http://www.stpatrickstelford.com/>

St John's

St Luke's
St Mary's, Madeley
St Patrick's

BRJPrincess Royal
ALPA 5 Albrighton, St Joseph

Market Drayton, Ss Thomas &
Newport, Shropshire, Ss Peter & Paul
Shifnal, St Mary

Ss Peter & Paul's

St Mary's, Madeley
St Winefride's

BRJ(+Cosford)

+ Stoke Heath
+ TernHill

References

  1. ↑ Diocese of Shrewsbury Yearbook 2008
  2. ↑ The Diocese of Shrewsbury - Pastoral, Spiritual & Practical Care to the Local Communities Archived December 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Shrewsbury Cathedral" . Retrieved March 12, 2024.>
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