Shrewsbury 'My Desolate Diocese'

The history of the formation of the Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury.Although the diocese of Shrewsbury was created only in 1850 with therestoration of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in England and Wales, thediocese is shaped by, and has its roots deep in, its historical past. For thisreason, this study of the diocese of Shrewsbury traces the Catholiccommunity from the late Tudor period as it survived the confusion of theReformation and continued through the trials of the seventeenth andeighteenth centuries before emerging in strength once more in the nineteenth century.