The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese in England. The diocese encompasses parts of the North West of England and parts of the West Midlands. The diocese comprises the pre-1974 counties of Shropshire and Cheshire, varying from the rural areas of Shropshire to parts of Manchester south of the River Mersey and other large urban areas including Birkenhead, Stockport and Ellesmere Port. It is unusual amongst dioceses in England & Wales in that the population does not have one central concentration, but is fragmented across the area. Its current bishop is Mark Davies who succeeded on 1 October 2010. It is divided into 6 regions, which in turn contain 26 pastoral areas and within these, the 110 parishes.
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