| 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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