Bishop of Shrewsbury

Bishop of Shrewsbury

:"See also the Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury, a suffragan in the Diocese of Lichfield."The Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury (which is within the Province of Birmingham).

The diocese covers an area of 6,136 km² of the counties and unitary authorities of Cheshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin with parts of Derbyshire, Halton, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Warrington. The see is in the town of Shrewsbury where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and Saint Peter of Alcantara.

The diocese was erected on 29 September 1850 from parts of the Vicariates Apostolic of the Central, Lancashire and Wales Districts. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Brian Noble, the 10th Bishop of Shrewsbury.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury, England

See also

*Lists of office-holders


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