Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Diocese of Salford Dioecesis Salfordensis | |
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![]() The coat of arms of the Diocese of Salford | |
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 (including non-members) | (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 | Michael Cooke, John Daly, Peter Hopkinson |
Episcopal Vicars | Paul Daly, Gerald Murphy |
Judicial Vicar | Christopher Dawson |
Bishops emeritus | Terence Brain |
Map | |
![]() The Diocese of Salford within the Province of Liverpool | |
Website | |
dioceseofsalford.org.uk |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford is 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 and a large part of North West England, between the River Mersey and the River Ribble, as well as some parishes north of the Ribble and Todmorden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. Stonyhurst College is also within the diocese. In 2005, the diocese included 207 churches and chapels.
History[]
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 the Rev. 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 the Most. Rev. William Turner (1790–1872). He was succeeded in 1872 by the Most. Rev. Herbert Vaughan (1832–1903). On his translation to Westminster in 1892, the Most. Rev. John Bilsborrow (1836–1903) was consecrated as the third bishop. The Most. Rev. Louis Charles Casartelli, DD, MA, Litt.D., 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]
Bishops of Salford[]
- Diocesan Bishops of Salford
- William Turner (appointed on 27 June 1851 – died on 13 July 1872)
- Herbert Vaughan (appointed on 27 September 1872 – translated to Westminster on 8 April 1892) (Cardinal in 1893)
- John Bilsborrow (appointed on 15 July 1892 – died on 5 March 1903)
- Louis Charles Casartelli (appointed on 28 August 1903 – died on 18 January 1925)
- Thomas Henshaw (appointed on 14 December 1925 – died on 23 September 1938)
- Henry Vincent Marshall (appointed on 5 August 1939 – died on 14 April 1955)
- George Andrew Beck (appointed on 28 November 1955 – translated to Liverpool on 29 January 1964)
- Thomas Holland (appointed on 28 August 1964 – retired on 22 June 1983)
- Patrick Altham Kelly (appointed on 9 March 1984 – translated to Liverpool on 21 May 1996)
- Terence Brain (appointed on 2 September 1997 – retired on 2 October 2014)
- John Arnold (appointed on 30 September 2014)
- Auxiliary Bishops of Salford
- John Stephen Vaughan (appointed on 13 July 1909 – died on 4 December 1925).[2]
- Geoffrey Burke (appointed on 26 May 1967 – retired on 12 September 1988).[3]
- Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- James Cunningham, appointed auxiliary bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 1957
- George Patrick Dwyer, appointed Bishop of Leeds in 1957
- John Francis McNulty, appointed Bishop of Nottingham in 1932
- Thomas Leo Parker, appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1940
Cathedral[]
Diocesan parishes[]
Diocesan educational establishments[]
School | Location | Type |
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St Cuthbert's Primary School | Withington, Manchester | Primary Schools |
St Chad's R.C Primary School | Cheetham Hill, Manchester | Primary Schools |
Mount St Joseph School | Farnworth, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
St Gabriel's RC High School | Bury, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
Our Lady & St John Catholic College | Blackburn, Lancashire | Secondary and High Schools |
Saint Peter's RC High School | Longsight, Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
Thornleigh Salesian College | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
St. Antony's Catholic College | Urmston, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
Blessed John Henry Newman RC College | Oldham, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
St Monica's High School | Prestwich, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
The Barlow RC High School | Didsbury, Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
Blessed Trinity RC College | Burnley, Lancashire | Secondary and High Schools |
St Thomas More RC College | Denton, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy | Stockport, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School | Swinton, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
All Saints Catholic Language College | Rawtenstall, Lancashire | Secondary and High Schools |
Holy Family RC & CE College | Heywood, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
Our Lady's RC High School | Blackley, Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
All Hallows RC High School | Salford, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
St Patrick's RC High School | Eccles, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
St Damian's RC Science College | Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School | Bamber Bridge, Lancashire | Secondary and High Schools |
Mount Carmel RC High School | Accrington, Lancashire | Secondary and High Schools |
St Cecilia's RC High School | Longridge, Lancashire | Secondary and High Schools |
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School | Colne, Lancashire | Secondary and High Schools |
St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School | Moston, Manchester | Secondary and High Schools |
Holy Cross College | Bury, Greater Manchester | Sixth Form College |
Loreto College | Moss Side, Manchester | Sixth Form College |
St. Mary's College | Blackburn, Lancashire | Sixth Form College |
Xaverian College | Rusholme, Manchester | Sixth Form College |
St Bede's College | Whalley Range, Manchester | independent school |
Stonyhurst College | Clitheroe, Lancashire | independent school |
Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall | Clitheroe, Lancashire | independent school |
Stella Maris School | Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester | independent school |
, (Halls of residence) | Fallowfield Campus, University of Manchester | University Establishment |
References[]
- ^ Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Salford
- ^ "Bishop John Francis Vaughan". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 22 November 2011. Note: The website has the incorrect middle name.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
- ^ "Bishop Geoffrey Burke". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Salford". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Further reading[]
- Almanac for the Diocese of Salford; for the year 1877 etc. Various publishers; OCLC 498232398 (annual: cover title: Salford Diocesan Almanac)
- Cooke, Fr. Michael; Fr. Francis Parkinson (2008). Salford Diocesan Almanac 2009. Salford. p. 232. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008.(includes a directory detailing the histories of all the churches and chapels which have either closed or changed their names)
External links[]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
- Religious organisations based in England
- Religious organizations established in 1850
- Organisations based in Salford
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
- 1850 establishments in England
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Liverpool