Catholic archdiocese in England
The Archdiocese of Birmingham is one of the principal
Latin Church diocese of the
Catholic Church in
England and Wales . The archdiocese covers an area of 3,373 square miles (8,740 km2 ), encompassing
Staffordshire , the
West Midlands ,
Warwickshire ,
Worcestershire and much of
Oxfordshire as well as
Caversham in
Berkshire . The metropolitan see is in the
City of Birmingham at the
Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Chad . The
metropolitan province includes the
suffragan dioceses of
Clifton and
Shrewsbury .
The archbishop is
Bernard Longley , who was named the ninth
Archbishop of Birmingham on 1 October 2009. He succeeds the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal
Vincent Nichols (2000–09). Longley was installed as Archbishop of Birmingham at the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of Saint Chad on 8 December 2009, the Solemnity of the
Immaculate Conception and one of the patronal feasts of the archdiocese, St Chad being the other.
History
Erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Midlands District in 1688, the vicariate grew very slowly until the advent of the industrial revolution. In response to large growth the name was changed in 1840 to the Vicariate Apostolic of Central District and a new vicariate created out of the eastern district.
Finally, in September 1850, the vicariate was elevated to a full diocese, as the Diocese of Birmingham, along with the
Diocese of Nottingham and the
Diocese of Shrewsbury . The diocese was then suffragan to the
Archdiocese of Westminster .
The Diocese of Birmingham was elevated to archdiocesan status on 28 October 1911.
Diocesan boundaries
The Archbishop of Birmingham, Bernard Longley, has overall episcopal oversight of the diocese that is divided into three pastoral areas, each of which is headed by an auxiliary bishop and contains a number of deaneries:
Central and Western Pastoral Area (Area Bishop: David Evans): Birmingham Cathedral & South; Birmingham East & North; Kidderminster & Worcester.
Northern Pastoral Area (Episcopal Vicar: Paul McNally): Dudley & Wolverhampton; Lichfield & Walsall; North Staffordshire; Stafford.
Southern Pastoral Area (Episcopal Vicar: Paul Fitzpatrick): Banbury & Warwick; Coventry & Nuneaton; Oxford North; Oxford South.
Bishops
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of the Midland District
Vicars Apostolic of the Central District
Bishops of Birmingham
William Bernard Ullathorne (1850-1888); see above
Edward Ilsley (1888-1911); see below
Archbishops of Birmingham
Coadjutor Vicars Apostolic
Auxiliary bishops
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
Francis Kerril Amherst , appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1858
James Brown , appointed Bishop of Shrewsbury in 1851
David John Cashman , appointed auxiliary bishop of Westminster in 1958
Kieran Thomas Conry , appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton in 2001
James Dey , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military in 1935
Edward Dicconson , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Northern District in 1740
Kevin John Dunn , appointed Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 2004
Joseph Gray , appointed auxiliary bishop of Liverpool in 1968
Frederick William Keating , appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1908
Edmund James Knight , appointed auxiliary bishop of Shrewsbury in 1879
Kevin John Patrick McDonald , appointed Bishop of Northampton in 2001
Patrick Joseph McKinney , appointed Bishop of Nottingham in 2015
Francis George Mostyn , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Northern District in 1840
David James Oakley , appointed Bishop of Northampton in 2020
Richard Butler Roskell , appointed Bishop of Nottingham in 1853
Marcus Nigel Stock , appointed Bishop of Leeds in 2014
Francis Gerard Thomas , appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1982
William Wareing , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District in 1840
Henry Weedall , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Northern District in 1840; did not take effect
Education
See also
References
External links
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Churches
St Chad's Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of St Chad
St John the Evangelist Church, Banbury
St Francis of Assisi Church, Bedworth
Birmingham Oratory
Erdington Abbey, Birmingham
Our Lady Help of Christians, Tile Cross, Birmingham
Our Lady and St Brigid, Northfield, Birmingham
Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle, Birmingham
St Anne's Church, Birmingham
St Catherine of Siena Church, Birmingham
St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham
St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth, Birmingham
St Mary's Church, Harborne, Birmingham
St Michael's Church, Birmingham
St Mary and St Modwen Church, Burton-on-Trent
St Giles' Church, Cheadle
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
St Osburg's Church, Coventry
St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Church, Coughton
Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich Spa
St Peter's Church, Leamington Spa
Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Our Lady of the Angels Church, Nuneaton
St Anne's Church, Nuneaton
Oxford Oratory
St Edmund and St Frideswide Church, Oxford
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Redditch
St Marie's Church, Rugby
St Austin's Church, Stafford
Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent
St Mary's Church, Uttoxeter
St Mary's Church, Walsall
Church of Our Lady and St Hubert, Warley
St Mary Immaculate Church, Warwick
St Mary and St John Church, Wolverhampton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wolverhampton
St George's Church, Worcester
Schools
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Bishop Milner Catholic College
Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham
Greyfriars Catholic School
Hagley Roman Catholic High School
Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham
John Henry Newman Catholic College
The Oratory Preparatory School
The Oratory School
Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy
Painsley Catholic College
Princethorpe College
Rye St Antony School
St Augustine's High School, Redditch
St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester
St Dominic's Grammar School
St Dominic's Priory School, Stone
St Edmund Campion Catholic School
St Edmund's Catholic Academy
St Francis of Assisi Catholic College
St John Fisher Catholic College
St John Wall Catholic School
St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School
St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham
St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham
St Thomas More Catholic Academy
St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton
St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School
Trinity Catholic School
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