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Diocese of Salford

Dioecesis Salfordensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 September 1850
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Liverpool
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Square Kilometers: 1,813 (700 Square Miles)
  • Description: Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn in the County of Lancashire.
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk
  • Mailing Address: 3 Ford Street, Salford M3 6DP, England, Great Britain
  • Telephone: (0161)817-2200
  • Fax: 373-9991

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 September 1850ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District Diocese of Salford (erected) (Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn in the County of Lancashire)
27 June 1851Territory LostDiocese of Salford Diocese of Liverpool (Hundred of Leyland)
28 October 1911Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Salford (from Westminster to Liverpool)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949315,0002,711,21511.6%42013055057282952160ap1951
1969382,3002,500,00015.3%415112527725112204ap1971*
1980341,0002,433,00014.0%367113480710186593206ap1981
1990320,7202,403,00013.3%31494408786125485208ap1991
1999353,5032,250,00015.7%268833511,007115360186ap2000
2000280,0142,250,00012.4%25883341821113364207ap2001
2001302,7502,216,00013.7%26087347872114310205ap2002
2002277,4942,208,00012.6%3226538771786304207ap2003
2003287,2142,206,00013.0%25062561,12127183207ap2004
2004287,7172,208,00013.0%25162571,11924261184ap2005
2010289,4702,250,00012.9%195692641,09683190169ap2011
2014270,0002,623,00010.3%21189300900100189145ap2015
2017294,0002,800,00010.5%195892841,03599181145ap2018
2020301,8502,874,78010.5%111881991,516120204119ap2021
2022305,0002,902,00010.5%132862181,3992118166110ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 204

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