Welcome to the Diocese of Shrewsbury which continues the mission of the Catholic Church across Cheshire and Shropshire and parts of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Derbyshire.

More than a hundred parishes and schools together with more than thirty Religious communities and ecclesial movements continue this mission today.
I hope this developing website will reflect something of the life of the Diocese with its great diversity of towns, cities and rural communities sharing together the Catholic faith. We welcome you to join us here on the internet.

Monday May 21, 2012

Sunday Mass readings of the week

The Ascension of the Lord

Meditation of the week

We hope to follow the Lord

Saint of the week

Our Lady Help of Christians, 24th May

Latest News...

Bishop reaffirms value of priestly celibacy

The witness of priestly celibacy is needed more than ever before, the Rt Rev. Mark Davies, the Bishop of Shrewsbury, has said. Bishop Davies told the seminarians and staff of St Mary’s College, Oscott, Birmingham, that celibacy was rightly understood [...]

On Saturday 19 May at 2.30pm a Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated in the Church of St Anne and Blessed Dominic, Sutton, St Helens, in thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Shrewsbury-born Elizabeth Prout, the foundress of the [...]

‘Meaning and Hope – Christianity’s place in Modern Britain’ A lecture by His Eminence, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor Leicester Cathedral “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the [...]