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Archdiocese of Liverpool

Archidioecesis Liverpolitana



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Bishop(s)

  • Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., Archbishop
  • Thomas Joseph Neylon, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Patrick Altham Kelly, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Thomas Anthony Williams, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 28 October 1911
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Square Kilometers: 1,165 (449 Square Miles)
  • Description: Hundreds of Leyland and West Derby in the County of Lancashire (S of River Ribble), with the Isle of Man
  • Official Web Site: https://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk
  • Mailing Address: Centre for Evangelisation, Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool L17 1AA, England, Great Britain
  • Telephone: (0151)522-1010
  • Fax: 522-1014

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District
3 July 1840ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Northern District Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Yorkshire District (erected)
29 September 1850Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District Diocese of Salford (erected) (Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn in the County of Lancashire)
29 September 1850Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Central District
Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District
Vicariate Apostolic of Wales District
Diocese of Shrewsbury (erected)
Diocese of Liverpool
29 September 1850ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District Diocese of Liverpool (Hundreds of Amounderness, Lonsdale and West Derby, in the County of Lancashire, with the Isle of Man)
27 June 1851Territory AddedDiocese of Salford Diocese of Liverpool (Hundred of Leyland)
Archdiocese of Liverpool
28 October 1911ElevatedDiocese of Liverpool Archdiocese of Liverpool
22 November 1924Territory LostDiocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Westmorland and Cumberland)
Archdiocese of Liverpool (Northern part)
Diocese of Lancaster (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Liverpool
1950423,3922,374,82417.8%5011886896142681,191178ap1951
1970534,0911,980,00027.0%4851796648042641,020229ap1971
1980530,0001,400,00037.9%46317964282552191,221226ap1981
1990507,6551,250,00040.6%3391484871,04255201939226ap1991
1999508,0001,100,00046.2%2841404241,19884196590223ap2000
2000495,0001,100,00045.0%2781043821,29586139616223ap2001
2001498,0001,100,00045.3%2821123941,26389147616227ap2002
2002508,0001,100,00046.2%2851013861,31691143357218ap2003
2003508,0001,100,00046.2%2681063741,35895148458206ap2004
2004506,3191,100,00046.0%2541063601,40697148458203ap2005
2012513,0001,135,00045.2%238903281,564106105438177ap2013
2013574,1501,900,00030.2%213893021,901103102378174ap2014
2016520,0001,800,00028.9%196702661,95410281270172ap2017
2019498,3601,819,30027.4%176722482,009100101315154ap2020
2021502,8001,836,00027.4%167672342,1489692340147ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 203
  • Diocese of Liverpool
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 203
  • Archdiocese of Liverpool
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 3, Page 553, to Page 555

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