Southwark (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

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

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

Diocese of Southwark
- Latin Name: Southvarcensis
- Erected: 29 September 1850
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Westminster
- Country: England
- Region: Great Britain
- Description: Counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands.

Past and Present Ordinaries

Thomas Grant † (27 Jun 1851 Appointed - 31 May 1870 Died)
James Danell † (10 Jan 1871 Appointed - 14 Jun 1881 Died)
Robert Aston Coffin, C.Ss.R. † (23 May 1882 Appointed - 6 Apr 1885 Died)
John Baptist Butt † (26 Jun 1885 Appointed - 29 Mar 1897 Resigned)
Francis Alphonsus Bourne † (9 Apr 1897 Succeeded - 11 Sep 1903 Appointed, Archbishop of Westminster, England)
Peter Emmanuel Amigo † (12 Mar 1904 Appointed - 1 Oct 1949 Died)
Cyril Conrad Cowderoy † (12 Dec 1949 Appointed - 10 Oct 1976 Died)
Michael George Bowen † (28 Mar 1977 Appointed - 6 Nov 2003 Resigned)
Kevin John Patrick McDonald (6 Nov 2003 Appointed - 4 Dec 2009 Resigned)
Peter David Gregory Smith † (30 Apr 2010 Appointed - 10 Jun 2019 Retired)
John Wilson (10 Jun 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Southwark
29 September 1850	Erected	Vicariate Apostolic of London District	Diocese of Southwark (erected)
19 May 1882	Territory Lost	Diocese of Southwark	Diocese of Portsmouth (erected)
28 May 1965	Territory Lost	Diocese of Southwark (Surrey and Sussex)	Diocese of Arundel and Brighton (erected)
Archdiocese of Southwark
28 May 1965	Elevated	Diocese of Southwark	Archdiocese of Southwark

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Southwark

1950 200,000 5,000,000 4.0% 471 306 777 257 204 ap1951

Archdiocese of Southwark

1970 353,502 4,320,000 8.2% 360 196 556 635 268 1,566 170 ap1971

1980 395,158 4,241,000 9.3% 312 190 502 787 1 287 1,190 173 ap1981

1990 385,486 4,040,000 9.5% 316 186 502 767 37 272 989 186 ap1991

1999 380,979 4,048,900 9.4% 315 134 449 848 64 171 869 186 ap2000

2000 383,733 4,048,900 9.5% 319 123 442 868 66 146 816 185 ap2001

2001 387,695 4,048,890 9.6% 283 119 402 964 70 172 656 184 ap2002

2002 377,726 4,048,900 9.3% 278 123 401 941 71 182 740 183 ap2003

2003 376,401 4,048,900 9.3% 299 118 417 902 77 176 753 185 ap2004

2004 385,384 404,890 95.2% 273 120 393 980 78 160 705 185 ap2005

2010 383,265 444,065 86.3% 274 144 418 916 80 195 589 181 ap2011

2014 390,733 4,543,000 8.6% 274 140 414 943 78 193 417 179 ap2015

2017 367,530 4,610,910 8.0% 319 147 466 788 84 167 425 179 ap2018

2020 395,600 4,932,431 8.0% 300 150 450 879 88 170 364 175 ap2021

2022 399,000 4,999,000 8.0% 263 104 367 1,087 93 110 318 175 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Southwark
1950	200,000	5,000,000	4.0%	471	306	777	257				204	ap1951
Archdiocese of Southwark
1970	353,502	4,320,000	8.2%	360	196	556	635		268	1,566	170	ap1971
1980	395,158	4,241,000	9.3%	312	190	502	787	1	287	1,190	173	ap1981
1990	385,486	4,040,000	9.5%	316	186	502	767	37	272	989	186	ap1991
1999	380,979	4,048,900	9.4%	315	134	449	848	64	171	869	186	ap2000
2000	383,733	4,048,900	9.5%	319	123	442	868	66	146	816	185	ap2001
2001	387,695	4,048,890	9.6%	283	119	402	964	70	172	656	184	ap2002
2002	377,726	4,048,900	9.3%	278	123	401	941	71	182	740	183	ap2003
2003	376,401	4,048,900	9.3%	299	118	417	902	77	176	753	185	ap2004
2004	385,384	404,890	95.2%	273	120	393	980	78	160	705	185	ap2005
2010	383,265	444,065	86.3%	274	144	418	916	80	195	589	181	ap2011
2014	390,733	4,543,000	8.6%	274	140	414	943	78	193	417	179	ap2015
2017	367,530	4,610,910	8.0%	319	147	466	788	84	167	425	179	ap2018
2020	395,600	4,932,431	8.0%	300	150	450	879	88	170	364	175	ap2021
2022	399,000	4,999,000	8.0%	263	104	367	1,087	93	110	318	175	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Paul Joseph Hendricks (Priest: 29 Jul 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Dec 2005)
Nicholas Gilbert Erskine Hudson (Priest: 19 Jul 1986 to 31 Mar 2014)
Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC. (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Dec 2005 to 28 Nov 2020)
John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.
Paul James Mason (Priest: 25 Jul 1998; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Apr 2016 to 9 Jul 2018)
Kevin John Patrick McDonald (Archbishop: 6 Nov 2003 to 4 Dec 2009)
Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.
Thomas McMahon
Philip Robert Moger (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Nov 2022 to 13 Sep 2024)
Charles Phillip Richard Moth (Priest: 3 Jul 1982 to 25 Jul 2009)
Mark Anthony O’Toole
Marcus Nigel Ralph Stock
John Wilson (Archbishop: 10 Jun 2019 - )

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Peter Emmanuel Amigo † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1904; Archbishop (Personal Title): 18 Dec 1937 to 1 Oct 1949)
George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. †
Francis Alphonsus Bourne † (Deacon: 19 May 1883; Priest: 11 Jun 1884; Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Mar 1896; Bishop: 9 Apr 1897 to 11 Sep 1903)
Michael George Bowen † (Priest: 6 Jul 1958 to 28 May 1965; Archbishop: 28 Mar 1977 to 6 Nov 2003)
William Francis Brown † (Priest: 20 Mar 1886; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jan 1924 to 16 Dec 1951)
John Baptist Butt † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1884; Bishop: 26 Jun 1885 to 29 Mar 1897)
Joseph Butt † (Priest: 18 Jul 1897 to 16 Jan 1911)
John Baptist Cahill † (Priest: 16 Oct 1864 to 31 Mar 1900)
Alan Charles Clark † (Priest: 11 Feb 1945 to 31 Mar 1969)
Robert Aston Coffin, C.Ss.R. † (Bishop: 23 May 1882 to 6 Apr 1885)
Richard Collins †
Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville † (Deacon: 29 Jun 1956; Priest: 29 Jun 1957 to 28 May 1965)
Cyril Conrad Cowderoy † (Priest: 30 May 1931; Bishop: 12 Dec 1949; Archbishop: 28 May 1965 to 10 Oct 1976)
James Danell † (Priest: 6 Jun 1848; Bishop: 10 Jan 1871 to 14 Jun 1881)
Arthur Henry Doubleday † (Priest: 22 Dec 1888 to 7 May 1920)
Michael Charles Evans † (Priest: 22 Jun 1975 to 14 Feb 2003)
Thomas Edward Flynn †
Langton Douglas Fox † (Priest: 30 May 1942 to 18 Oct 1965)
Thomas Grant † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1851 to 31 May 1870)
Philip James Benedict Harvey †
William Theodore Heard † (Priest: 30 Mar 1918 to 15 Dec 1958)
Charles Joseph Henderson † (Priest: 6 Jun 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Oct 1972 to 26 Jan 2001)
John Franklin Meldon Hine † (Priest: 28 Oct 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jan 2001 to 7 May 2016)
Arthur Hinsley † (Priest: 1905 to 10 Aug 1926)
John Peter Ignatius Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1979 to 11 Dec 1998)
William Lewis Keatinge † (Priest: 27 May 1893 to 30 Oct 1917)
David Every Konstant †
John Edmund Luck, O.S.B. †
Peter David Gregory Smith † (Priest: 15 Jul 1972 to 21 Mar 1995; Archbishop: 30 Apr 2010 to 10 Jun 2019)
Howard George Tripp † (Priest: 31 May 1953; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1979 to 7 Jan 2004)
Bernard Patrick Wall † (Priest: 14 Jul 1918 to 30 Nov 1955)
Francis Joseph Walmsley † (Priest: 30 May 1953 to 8 Jan 1979)
Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Wiseman † (Apostolic Administrator: 29 Sep 1850 to 27 Jun 1851)

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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