Archdiocese of Liverpool

Historical Details

• Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District
  • Erected: 3 July 1840
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Description: Counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, with the Isle of Man

• Diocese of Liverpool
  • Latin Name: Liverpolitana
  • Elevated: 29 September 1850
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Westminster
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Description: Hundreds of Amounderness, Leyland, Lonsdale and West Derby, in the County of Lancashire, with the Isle of Man

Past and Present Ordinaries

• George Hilary Brown † (5 Jun 1840 Appointed - 25 Jan 1856 Died)
• Alexander Goss † (25 Jan 1856 Succeeded - 3 Oct 1872 Died)
• Bernard O’Reilly † (28 Feb 1873 Appointed - 9 Apr 1894 Died)
• Thomas Whiteside † (12 Jul 1894 Appointed - 28 Jan 1921 Died)
• Frederick William Keating † (13 Jun 1921 Appointed - 7 Feb 1928 Died)
• Richard Joseph Downey † (3 Aug 1928 Appointed - 16 Jun 1953 Died)
• William Godfrey † (10 Nov 1953 Appointed - 3 Dec 1956 Appointed, Archbishop of Westminster, England)
• John Carmel Heenan † (2 May 1957 Appointed - 2 Sep 1963 Appointed, Archbishop of Westminster, England)
• George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. † (29 Jan 1964 Appointed - 7 Feb 1976 Resigned)
• Derek John Harford Worlock † (7 Feb 1976 Appointed - 8 Feb 1996 Died)
• Patrick Altham Kelly (21 May 1996 Appointed - 27 Feb 2013 Resigned)
• Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. (21 Mar 2014 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Liverpool
1950	423,392	2,374,824	17.8%	501	188	689	614		268	1,191	178	ap1951
1970	534,091	1,980,000	27.0%	485	179	664	804		264	1,020	229	ap1971
1980	530,000	1,400,000	37.9%	463	179	642	825	5	219	1,221	226	ap1981
1990	507,655	1,250,000	40.6%	339	148	487	1,042	55	201	939	226	ap1991
1999	508,000	1,100,000	46.2%	284	140	424	1,198	84	196	590	223	ap2000
2000	495,000	1,100,000	45.0%	278	104	382	1,295	86	139	616	223	ap2001
2001	498,000	1,100,000	45.3%	282	112	394	1,263	89	147	616	227	ap2002
2002	508,000	1,100,000	46.2%	285	101	386	1,316	91	143	357	218	ap2003
2003	508,000	1,100,000	46.2%	268	106	374	1,358	95	148	458	206	ap2004
2004	506,319	1,100,000	46.0%	254	106	360	1,406	97	148	458	203	ap2005
2012	513,000	1,135,000	45.2%	238	90	328	1,564	106	105	438	177	ap2013
2013	574,150	1,900,000	30.2%	213	89	302	1,901	103	102	378	174	ap2014
2016	520,000	1,800,000	28.9%	196	70	266	1,954	102	81	270	172	ap2017
2019	498,360	1,819,300	27.4%	176	72	248	2,009	100	101	315	154	ap2020
2021	502,800	1,836,000	27.4%	167	67	234	2,148	96	92	340	147	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Paul Richard Gallagher (Priest: 31 Jul 1977 to 22 Jan 2004)
• Patrick Altham Kelly (Archbishop: 21 May 1996 to 27 Feb 2013)
• Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. (Archbishop: 21 Mar 2014 - )
• Keith Newton
• Thomas Joseph Neylon (Priest: 31 May 1982; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jul 2021)
• Vincent Gerard Nichols (Deacon: 1968; Priest: 21 Dec 1969 to 5 Nov 1991)
• John Anthony Rawsthorne (Priest: 16 Jun 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Nov 1981 to 4 Jun 1997)
• Andrew Small, O.M.I.
• Thomas Anthony Williams (Priest: 27 May 1972; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 2003 to 25 Mar 2023; Apostolic Administrator: 27 Feb 2013 to 1 May 2014)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Marius (Joseph Michael) Banks, O.F.M. †
• John Patrick Barrett † (Priest: 19 Jun 1906 to 23 Dec 1926)
• George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1964 to 7 Feb 1976)
• John Bilsborrow † (Priest: 26 Feb 1865 to 15 Jul 1892)
• George Hilary Brown † (Vicar Apostolic: 5 Jun 1840; Bishop: 29 Sep 1850 to 25 Jan 1856)
• Joseph Bernard Cotter †
• Charles Cox, O.M.I. †
• Robert Dobson † (Priest: 23 May 1891; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Aug 1922 to 6 Jan 1942)
• Richard Joseph Downey † (Priest: 25 May 1907; Archbishop: 3 Aug 1928 to 16 Jun 1953)
• Thomas Edward Flynn † (Priest: 13 Jun 1908 to 12 Jun 1939)
• William Godfrey † (Priest: 28 Oct 1916 to 21 Nov 1938; Archbishop: 10 Nov 1953 to 3 Dec 1956)
• Alexander Goss † (Deacon: 27 Jun 1841; Priest: 4 Jul 1841; Coadjutor Bishop: 29 Jul 1853; Bishop: 25 Jan 1856 to 3 Oct 1872)
• Joseph Malacky Gray † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1968 to 19 Aug 1980)
• Joseph Formby Halsall † (Priest: 19 Apr 1930; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Aug 1945 to 13 Mar 1958)
• Augustine Harris † (Priest: 30 May 1942; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Dec 1965 to 10 Nov 1978)
• John Hart, M.H.M. †
• John Carmel Heenan † (Archbishop: 2 May 1957 to 2 Sep 1963)
• Anthony Hitchen † (Priest: 17 Jul 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1979 to 10 Apr 1988)
• Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †
• Thomas Holland † (Priest: 18 Jun 1933 to 31 Oct 1960)
• James Ireland, M.H.M. †
• Thomas Jackson, M.H.M. †
• Frederick William Keating † (Archbishop: 13 Jun 1921 to 7 Feb 1928)
• Vincent Malone † (Priest: 18 Sep 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 May 1989 to 26 Oct 2006)
• Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †
• Kevin O’Connor † (Priest: 12 Jun 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1979 to 5 May 1993)
• Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B. †
• Bernard O’Reilly † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1873 to 9 Apr 1894)
• Thomas Bernard Pearson †
• Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. †
• William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †
• Richard Preston † (Priest: 7 Jun 1884 to 31 Mar 1900)
• James Sharples † (Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: 11 Aug 1843 to 11 Aug 1850)
• Michael Verdon †
• Thomas Whiteside † (Priest: 30 May 1885; Bishop: 12 Jul 1894; Archbishop: 28 Oct 1911 to 28 Jan 1921)
• Derek John Harford Worlock † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1976 to 8 Feb 1996)

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