physics - 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

Archbishop of Westminster

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

See also