The Diocese of Salford

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 14 May 1903, Page 24

The Diocese of Salford

In a Pastoral Letter to the clergy and laity of tho diocese of Salford Consignor (Jadd makes reference to the work of the late Bishop, and says He has passed to his reward after a long life of missionary labor, and after an episcopate of moro than ten .years full of indefatigable efforts for tho glory of God and the spiritual needs of clergy and laity We all mourn his loss It is a great loss Its reality and significance will come home to us as we rapidly review his life and works during the years of his episcopate. Ten years aco our Catholic population numbered 208,000 : it is now 283,0(!d. Hence we find that missions, schools, and churches have been multiplied, and the number of clergy increased to meet the ever-growing wants of the diocese. Twehe new missions ha>o been established ; 30 new schools and 47 churches and chapels have been erected ; and tho number of clergy, secular and regular, is to-day about 300.