Archbishop of Liverpool
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The Archbishop of Liverpool heads the Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in England. As such he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Liverpool, known also on occasion as the Northern Province.
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[edit] History
With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the centuries from Queen Elizabeth I by instituting Catholic dioceses on the regular historical pattern. Thus Pope Pius IX issued the Bull Universalis Ecclesiae of 29 September 1850 by which thirteen new dioceses which did not formally claim any continuity with the pre-Elizabethan English dioceses were created.
One of these was the diocese of Liverpool. At is creation it compromised the Hundreds of West Derby and Leyland in Lancashire and the Isle of Man.
In the early period from 1850 the diocese was a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Westminster, but a further development was the creation under Pope Pius X, on 28 October 1911, of a new Province of Liverpool.
[edit] Location
The archdiocese covers an area of 1,165 km² (450 sq. mi.) of the west of the County of Lancashire south of the Ribble, parts of Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester ( The historic Hundreds of West Derby and Leyland} and the Isle of Man. The see is in the City of Liverpool, where the Archbishop's cathedra or seat is located in the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Christ the King, which was dedicated on 14 May 1967.
The Archbishop's residence is Archbishop's House, Carnatic Road, Liverpool.
The current archbishop is His Grace the Most Reverend Patrick Altham Kelly, MKHS, STL, PhL, the 11th Bishop and 8th Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool.
The archbishop is currently supported by Auxiliary Bishop The Right Reverend Thomas Anthony Williams. The Right Reverend Vincent Malone retired in October 2006.
[edit] List of Ordinaries of Liverpool
(Any dates appearing in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 5 June 1840 to 29 September 1850 | Bishop George Hilary Brown, Vicar Apostolic of Lancashire District | Becoming Bishop of Liverpool |
| 29 September 1850 to 25 January 1856 | George Hilary Brown, Bishop of Liverpool | Hitherto Vicar Apostolic; died in office |
| 25 January 1856 to 3 October 1872 | Alexander Goss, Bishop of Liverpool | Coadjutor Bishop of Liverpool; died in office |
| 28 February 1873 to 9 April 1894 | Bernard O'Reilly, Bishop of Liverpool | Priest; ordained 19 March 1873; died in office |
| 12 July 1894 to 28 October 1911 | Thomas Whiteside, Bishop of Liverpool | Ordained 15 August 1894; becoming Archbishop |
| 28 October 1911 to 28 January 1921 | Thomas Whiteside, Archbishop of Liverpool | Hitherto Bishop; died in office |
| 13 June 1921 to 7 February 1928 | Frederick William Keating, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Northampton; died in office |
| 3 August 1928 to 16 June 1953 | Richard Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool | Priest; ordained 21 September 1928; died in office |
| 10 November 1953 to 3 December 1956 | William Godfrey, Archbishop of Liverpool | Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain; appointed Archbishop of Westminster |
| 2 May 1957 to 2 September 1963 | John Carmel Heenan, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Leeds; appointed Archbishop of Westminster |
| 29 January 1964 to 7 February 1976 | George Andrew Beck, AA, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Salford; resigned |
| 7 February 1976 to 6 February 1996 | Derek John Worlock, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Portsmouth; died in office |
| 21 May 1996 to present | Patrick Altham Kelly, MKHS, STL, PhL, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Salford |
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| Liverpool | Hallam | Hexham and Newcastle | Lancaster | Leeds | Middlesbrough | Salford | |
| Westminster | Brentwood | East Anglia | Northampton | Nottingham | |
| Birmingham | Clifton | Shrewsbury | |
| Southwark | Arundel & Brighton | Plymouth | Portsmouth | |
| Other dioceses | Bishopric of the Forces | Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians | |
| Wales | ||
| Cardiff | Menevia | Wrexham | |
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