NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bishop of Salford

The diocese was erected on 29 September 1850 from the Vicariate Apostolic of the Lancashire District. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Terence John Brain, the 10th Bishop of Salford.

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

(Any dates appearing in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
27 June 1851 to 13 July 1872	William Turner	Priest; died in office
27 September 1872 to 8 April 1892	Herbert Vaughan	Priest; ordained 28 October 1872; appointed Archbishop of Westminster
15 July 1892 to 5 March 1903	John Bilsborrow	Priest; ordained 24 August 1892; died in office
28 August 1903 to 18 January 1925	Louis Charles Casartelli	Priest; 21 September 1903; died in office
14 December 1925 to 23 September 1938	Thomas Henshaw	Priest; ordained 21 December 1925; died in office
5 August 1939 to 14 April 1955	Henry Vincent Marshall	Priest; ordained 21 September 1939; died in office
28 November 1955 to 29 January 1964	George Andrew Beck, AA	Bishop of Brentwood; appointed Archbishop of Liverpool
28 August 1964 to 22 June 1983	Thomas Holland	Coadjutor Bishop of Portsmouth; retired
9 March 1984 to 21 May 1996	Patrick Altham Kelly	Priest; ordained 3 April 1984 appointed Archbishop of Liverpool
2 September 1997 to present	Terence John Brain	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham


Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Great Britain
England and Wales
Archdioceses	Dioceses
Liverpool	Hallam \| Hexham and Newcastle \| Lancaster \| Leeds \| Middlesbrough \| Salford
Westminster	Brentwood \| East Anglia \| Northampton \| Nottingham
Birmingham	Clifton \| Shrewsbury
Cardiff	Menevia \| Wrexham
Southwark	Arundel & Brighton \| Plymouth \| Portsmouth
Scotland
Glasgow	Motherwell \| Paisley
Saint Andrews & Edinburgh	Aberdeen \| Argyll & the Isles \| Dunkeld \| Galloway
edit this box (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Roman_Catholic_Bishops_%26_Archbishops_-_Great_Britain&action=edit)

Results from FactBites:

Salford (904 words)
	The Diocese of Salford comprises the Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn, in Lancashire, England, and was erected 29 Sept., 1850.
	Sharples died 16 Aug., 1850, and the first Bishop of Salford in the restored hierarchy was Rt.
	Bishop Casartelli is widely known as a writer on Oriental subjects, was a professor at Louvain, and has always been very active in the theologico-literary field.

Bishop of Salford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (400 words)
	The Bishop of Salford heads the Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool, known also on occasion as the Northern Province.
	With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the centuries from Queen Elizabeth I by instituting Catholic dioceses on the regular historical pattern.
	The see is in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, where the Bishop's cathedra or seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist, which was dedicated on 14 June 1890.

More results at FactBites »

COMMENTARY

Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms, 1022, m