Archdiocese of Liverpool
| Archdiocese of Liverpool | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Ecclesiastical province | Liverpool |
| Diocesan bishop | Malcolm Patrick McMahon OP |
| Auxiliary bishop | Thomas Anthony Williams |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Patrick Kelly |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 1,165 km² |
| Parishes | 172 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,800,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 520,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 28.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 196 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 70 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,955 |
| Permanent deacons | 102 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 270 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral |
| Website | The Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Hallam Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Diocese of Lancaster Diocese of Leeds Diocese of Middlesbrough Diocese of Salford |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool ( lat. Archidioecesis Liverpolitana , Engl. Archdiocese of Liverpool ) is in England located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Liverpool and also includes Isle of Man .
history
The archdiocese has its origin in the Vicariate Apostolic Lancashire District, founded in 1840 from the Vicariate Apostolic Northern District .
In the course of the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England , this vicariate was raised to the diocese of Liverpool on September 29, 1850. In addition, parts of the area were ceded to the dioceses of Salford and Shrewsbury . After the elevation to the archbishopric on October 28, 1911 with the bull Si qua est by Pope Pius X , it again gave up parts of its territory on November 22, 1924 to establish the diocese of Lancaster .
Bishops
The first Bishop of Liverpool was George Hilary Brown from 1850 to 1856 , followed by Alexander Goss from 1856 to 1872, Bernard O'Reilly from 1873 to 1894, and Thomas Whiteside from 1894 to 1920 .
In 1911, Bishop Thomas Whiteside was promoted to Archbishop. In this dignity followed in turn:
- 1921–1928: Frederick William Keating
- 1928-1953: Richard Downey
- 1953–1956: William Godfrey , later Archbishop of Westminster and Cardinal
- 1957–1963: John Carmel Heenan , later Archbishop of Westminster
- 1964-1976: George Andrew Beck
- 1976-1996: Derek Worlock
- 1996-2013: Patrick Altham Kelly
- since 2014: Malcolm Patrick McMahon OP
