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: Canon 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
<https://web.archive.org/web/20080203122900/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

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