Shrewsbury 'My Desolate Diocese'

Shrewsbury 'My Desolate Diocese' tells the history of the Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury in England.

Although the diocese was formally created only in 1850, with the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales, its roots run deep into the past. Peter Phillips traces the Catholic community of the region from the late Tudor period through the centuries of persecution and recusancy, to the revival of the nineteenth century and the shaping of the modern diocese.

A valuable study for readers of English Catholic history.