The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford is centred on the

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in Greater Manchester, England. The diocese was founded in 1852 as one of the first post-

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Catholic dioceses in Great Britain. Since 1911 it has formed part of the Province of Liverpool. Its current boundaries encompass

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

and a large part of

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, between the

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and the

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, as well as some parishes north of the Ribble and Todmorden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.

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is also within the diocese. In 2005, the diocese included 207 churches and chapels.

History

The first post-Reformation Catholic chapel in

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was opened in 1773, and that in Manchester in 1774 (in Rook Street, dedicated to St Chad). In 1843 the Rev.

James Sharples James Sharples (1751 or 1752, in Lancashire – 26 February 1811, in New York City) was an English portrait painter and pastelist, who moved to the United States in 1794. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779. Life James was firs ...

, rector of St. Alban's, Blackburn, was consecrated Titular Bishop of Samaria and appointed coadjutor to George Hilary Brown, 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 Salford Cathedral, 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 (bishop of Salford), 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, Doctor of Divinity, DD, Master of Arts, MA, Doctor of Letters, 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 (1834–1968), Catholic University of Leuven, and known as a writer on Oriental subjects.

Bishops of Salford

;Diocesan Bishops of Salford * William Turner (bishop of Salford), William Turner (appointed on 27 June 1851 – died on 13 July 1872) * Herbert Vaughan (appointed on 27 September 1872 – Translation (ecclesiastical), translated to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, 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 (bishop), 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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool, Liverpool on 29 January 1964) * Thomas Holland (bishop), 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 (bishop), John Arnold (appointed on 30 September 2014) ; Auxiliary Bishops of Salford * John Stephen Vaughan (appointed on 13 July 1909 – died on 4 December 1925). * Geoffrey Burke (appointed on 26 May 1967 – retired on 12 September 1988). ; Other priests of this diocese who became bishops *James Cunningham (bishop), 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

*Salford Cathedral, St John's Cathedral, Salford

Diocesan parishes

Diocesan educational establishments

References

External links

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Diocese of Salford, Catholic Hierarchy websiteThe Latin Mass SocietyStatistics for all parishes in the diocese
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