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Archbishop of Westminster

The Archbishop of Westminster is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster in the Region of Great Britain. The incumbent is a Metropolitan and normally the president of the Roman Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales.

The archdiocese covers an area of 3,634 km² of the London Boroughs north of the River Thames and the boroughs of Waltham Forest and Newham in the west, together with the districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames and the County of Hertfordshire. The Metropolitan see is in the City of Westminster where the seat is located at Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the Most Precious Holy Blood, Saint Mary, Saint Joseph and Saint Peter (not to be confused with Westminster Abbey).

The Vicariate Apostolic of the London District was elevated to archdiocese status on 29 September 1850. The current archbishop is His Eminence Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, the 10th Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster.


List of the Archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, England and its precursor offices



Tenure Incumbent Notes
15 March 1623 to 13 April 1624 Bishop William Bishop , Vicar Apostolic of England Died in office
29 November 1624 to 1632 Bishop Richard Smith, Vicar Apostolic of England Resigned
24 August 1685 to 30 January 1688 Bishop John Leyburn , Vicar Apostolic of England Becoming Vicar Appostolic of London
30 January 1688 to 20 June 1702 Bishop John Leyburn , Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
14 March 1703 to 12 March 1734 Bishop Bonaventure Giffard , Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
12 March 1734 to 22 December 1758 Bishop Benjamin Petre , OSB, Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
22 September 1758 to 12 January 1781 Bishop Richard Challoner, Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
12 January 1781 to 26 January 1790 Bishop James Robert Talbot , Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
10 September 1790 to 8 May 1812 Bishop John Douglass , Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
8 May 1812 to 26 November 1827 Bishop William Poynter , Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
26 November 1827 to 11 July 1836 Bishop James Yorke Bramston , Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
11 July 1836 to 12 August 1847 Bishop Thomas Griffiths , Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
17 July 1848 to 18 February 1849 Bishop Thomas Walsh, Vicar Apostolic of the London District Died in office
18 February 1849 to 29 September 1850 Bishop Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, Vicar Apostolic of the London District Nicolás Patricio Esteban; becoming Archbishop
29 September 1850 to 30 September 1850 Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster Hitherto Vicar Apostolic; elevated to Cardinal
30 September 1850 to 15 February 1865 Nicholas Patrick Stephen Cardinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
30 April 1865 to 15 March 1875 Henry Edward Manning, Archbishop of Westminster Elevated to Cardinal
15 March 1875 to 14 January 1892 Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster Priest of Westminster; Ordained 8 June 1875; died in office
8 April 1892 to 16 January 1893 Herbert Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster Bishop of Salford; died in office
16 January 1893 to 19 June 1903 Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
11 September 1903 to 27 November 1911 Francis Alphonsus Bourne , Archbishop of Westminster Coadjutor Bishop of Southwark; elevated to Cardinal
27 November 1911 to 31 December 1934 Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne , Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
1 April 1935 to 13 December 1937 Arthur Hinsley , Archbishop of Westminster Priest of Westminster; elevated to Cardinal
13 December 1937 to 17 March 1943 Arthur Cardinal Hinsley , Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
18 December 1943 to 18 February 1946 Bernard William Griffin , Archbishop of Westminster Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham; elevated to Cardinal
18 February 1946 to 19 August 1956 Bernard William Cardinal Griffin , Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
3 December 1956 to 15 December 1958 William Godfrey , Archbishop of Westminster Archbishop of Liverpool; elevated to Cardinal
15 December 1958 to 22 January 1963 William Cardinal Godfrey , Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
2 September 1963 to 22 February 1965 John Carmel Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster Archbishop of Liverpool; elevated to Cardinal
22 February 1965 to 7 November 1975 John Carmel Cardinal Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
9 February 1976 to 24 May 1976 George Basil Hume, OSB, Archbishop of Westminster Priest of the Order of Saint Benedict; elevated to Cardinal
24 May 1976 to 17 June 1999 George Basil Cardinal Hume, OSB, Archbishop of Westminster Died in office
15 February 2000 to 21 February 2001 Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster Bishop of Arundel and Brighton; elevated to Cardinal
21 February 2001 to present Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster  


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