Shropshire & Wrekin Catholic Region

Shropshire Pastoral Region - Diocese of Shrewsbury

Crest of the Diocese of Shrewsbury
Country:	Great Britain
Catholic Province:	Archdiocese of Birmingham
Parishes:	19
Population:	451,100
Catholics:	13,341^[1]
Percentage Catholics:	3%
Priests:	16 (2007)
Deacons:	3 (2007)

The Shropshire Pastoral Region is a deanery located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury.

Its current bishop is Brian Noble.^[2]

It is sub-divided into five pastoral areas, which in turn contain 19 parishes.

Shropshire Pastoral Region

Prior to October 2007, two deaneries - Shrewsbury & West Shropshire and Telford & East Shropshire - existed. In line with diocesan restructing by Bishop Brian Noble these were merged to form the Shropshire Pastoral Area.^[3]

The deanery comprises the whole of Shropshire.

Regional Dean: Cannon Stephan Coonan

Region	Pastoral Area	Parishes/Mass Centres	Primary Schools	Secondary Schools	Hospitals & Other Chaplaincies
A	LPA 1	Shrewsbury Cathedral <http://www.shrewsburycathedral.org/> Monkmoor, St Winefride Harlescott, Our Lady of Pit	St Mary's St Winefride's	BRJ	Royal Shrewsbury Shropshire Nuffield S & Mid W Hospice + Prison + Forces
A	LPA 2	Ellesmere, St Michael Farndon Malpas, St Joseph Oswestry, Our Lady Shawbury, St Andrew & St Peter Tattenhall, St Plegmund Wem, Our Lady Whitchurch, St George	Our Lady & St Oswald	BRJ	Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt H + Forces
A	LPA 3	Church Stretton, St Milburga Cleobury Mortimer, St Elizabeth Ludlow, St Peter <http://freespace.virgin.net/stpeters.ludlow/> Plowden, St Walburga	Moor Park	BRJ
A	LPA 4	Bridgnorth, St John Broseley Donnington, Our Lady Telford, The Good Shepherd (Madeley, Stirchley & Dawley) Wellington, St Patrick <http://www.stpatrickstelford.com/>	St John's St Luke's St Mary's, Madeley St Patrick's	BRJ	Princess Royal
A	LPA 5	Albrighton, St Joseph Market Drayton, Ss Thomas & Newport, Shropshire, Ss Peter & Paul Shifnal, St Mary	Ss Peter & Paul's St Mary's, Madeley St Winefride's	BRJ	(+Cosford) + Stoke Heath + TernHill

References

↑ Diocese of Shrewsbury Yearbook 2008
↑ "Pastoral, Spiritual & Practical Care to the Local Communities". The Diocese of Shrewsbury. 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
↑ The Diocese of Shrewsbury - Pastoral, Spiritual & Practical Care to the Local Communities Archived December 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

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Roman Catholic dioceses in England and Wales

Province of Birmingham	Archdiocese of Birmingham Diocese of Clifton Diocese of Shrewsbury

Province of Cardiff	Archdiocese of Cardiff Diocese of Menevia Diocese of Wrexham

Province of Liverpool	Archdiocese of Liverpool Diocese of Hallam Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Diocese of Lancaster Diocese of Leeds Diocese of Middlesbrough Diocese of Salford

Province of Southwark	Archdiocese of Southwark Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Diocese of Plymouth Diocese of Portsmouth

Province of Westminster	Archdiocese of Westminster Diocese of Brentwood Diocese of East Anglia Diocese of Northampton Diocese of Nottingham

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