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Archdiocese of Southwark

Archidioecesis Southvarcensis



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Bishop(s)

  • John Wilson, Archbishop
  • Paul Joseph Hendricks, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Kevin John Patrick McDonald, Archbishop Emeritus
  • John Franklin Meldon Hine, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 28 May 1965
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Square Kilometers: 4,596 (1,775 Square Miles)
  • Description: Greater London Boroughs (S of River Thames), the County of Kent, with Medway.
  • Official Web Site: https://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk
  • Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, 150 St. George's Road, Southwark, London SE1 6HX, England, Great Britain
  • Telephone: (020)7928-5592
  • Fax: 7401-7833

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Southwark
29 September 1850ErectedVicariate Apostolic of London District Diocese of Southwark (erected)
19 May 1882Territory LostDiocese of Southwark Diocese of Portsmouth (erected)
28 May 1965Territory LostDiocese of Southwark (Surrey and Sussex) Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (erected)
Archdiocese of Southwark
28 May 1965ElevatedDiocese of Southwark Archdiocese of Southwark

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Southwark
1950200,0005,000,0004.0%471306777257204ap1951
Archdiocese of Southwark
1970353,5024,320,0008.2%3601965566352681,566170ap1971
1980395,1584,241,0009.3%31219050278712871,190173ap1981
1990385,4864,040,0009.5%31618650276737272989186ap1991
1999380,9794,048,9009.4%31513444984864171869186ap2000
2000383,7334,048,9009.5%31912344286866146816185ap2001
2001387,6954,048,8909.6%28311940296470172656184ap2002
2002377,7264,048,9009.3%27812340194171182740183ap2003
2003376,4014,048,9009.3%29911841790277176753185ap2004
2004385,384404,89095.2%27312039398078160705185ap2005
2010383,265444,06586.3%27414441891680195589181ap2011
2014390,7334,543,0008.6%27414041494378193417179ap2015
2017367,5304,610,9108.0%31914746678884167425179ap2018
2020395,6004,932,4318.0%30015045087988170364175ap2021
2022399,0004,999,0008.0%2631043671,08793110318175ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Southwark
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 204
  • Archdiocese of Southwark
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 260, to Page 262

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