Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford is centred on the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England.
The diocese was founded in 1850 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 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. He was succeeded in 1872 by the Most. Rev. Herbert Vaughan. On his translation to Westminster in 1892, the Most. Rev. John Bilsborrow 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.

Bishops of Salford

;Diocesan Bishops of Salford
; Auxiliary Bishops of Salford
; Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Diocesan educational establishments

SchoolLocationType
St Cuthbert's Primary SchoolWithington, ManchesterPrimary Schools
St Chad's R.C Primary SchoolCheetham Hill, ManchesterPrimary Schools
Mount St Joseph SchoolFarnworth, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
St Gabriel's RC High SchoolBury, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
Our Lady & St John Catholic CollegeBlackburn, LancashireSecondary and High Schools
Saint Peter's RC High SchoolLongsight, ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
Thornleigh Salesian CollegeBolton, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
St. Antony's Catholic CollegeUrmston, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
Blessed John Henry Newman RC CollegeOldham, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
St Monica's High SchoolPrestwich, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
The Barlow RC High SchoolDidsbury, ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
Blessed Trinity RC CollegeBurnley, LancashireSecondary and High Schools
St Thomas More RC CollegeDenton, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
St Anne's Roman Catholic High SchoolStockport, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
St Ambrose Barlow RC High SchoolSwinton, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
All Saints Catholic Language CollegeRawtenstall, LancashireSecondary and High Schools
Holy Family RC & CE CollegeHeywood, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
Our Lady's RC High SchoolBlackley, ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
All Hallows RC High SchoolSalford, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
St Patrick's RC High SchoolEccles, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
St Damian's RC Science CollegeAshton-under-Lyne, Greater ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High SchoolBamber Bridge, LancashireSecondary and High Schools
Mount Carmel RC High SchoolAccrington, LancashireSecondary and High Schools
St Cecilia's RC High SchoolLongridge, LancashireSecondary and High Schools
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High SchoolColne, LancashireSecondary and High Schools
St Matthew's Roman Catholic High SchoolMoston, ManchesterSecondary and High Schools
Holy Cross CollegeBury, Greater ManchesterSixth Form College
Loreto CollegeMoss Side, ManchesterSixth Form College
St. Mary's CollegeBlackburn, LancashireSixth Form College
Xaverian CollegeRusholme, ManchesterSixth Form College
St Bede's CollegeWhalley Range, Manchesterindependent school
Stonyhurst CollegeClitheroe, Lancashireindependent school
Stonyhurst Saint Mary's HallClitheroe, Lancashireindependent school
Stella Maris SchoolHeaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchesterindependent school
Allen Hall, Fallowfield Campus, University of ManchesterUniversity Establishment