bishop of salford

The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool. The diocese covers an area of 1,600 Km² of Greater Manchester and adjacent parts of the County of Lancashire. The see is in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist. 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.

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

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