Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury

Diocese of Shrewsbury

*Dioecesis Salopiensis*
Diocese of Shrewsbury; Dioecesis Salopiensis
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	England
Territory	Shropshire; Cheshire; With 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
Vicar General	Michael Gannon; Philip Moor;
Episcopal Vicars	Michael Gannon; Philip Moor; Jonathan Mitchell; David Roberts;
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]