Metropolitan Archdiocese of Southwark, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Southwark / Southvarcen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Arundel and Brighton, Plymouth, Portsmouth

Neighbouring Dioceses: Arundel and Brighton (↙), Westminster (↖), Brentwood (↗), Arras (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Blessed Lady, Conceived Without Sin (December 8), Saint Thomas Becket (December 29), Saint Augustine of Canterbury (May 27)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 7 (1958)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1850.09.29: Established as Diocese of Southwark / Southvarcen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of London District and became suffragan of Westminster)
1882.05.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Portsmouth
1965.05.28: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Southwark / Southvarcen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Arundel and Brighton, Plymouth and Portsmouth and lost territory to establish Diocese of Arundel and Brighton)

Contact Info

Address: Archbishop’s House, 150 St. George’s Road, Southwark, London SE1 6HX, England

Phone: (020)7928-5592

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1982.05)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.06.10 – ...):	Archbishop John Wilson (57)
Auxiliary Bishop (2005.12.28 – ...):	Bishop Paul Joseph Hendricks (70) Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie
Auxiliary Bishop (2025.12.22 – ...):	Bishop Gerard Bradley (65) Titular Bishop of Beverley

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Southwark (Roman Rite)

Archbishop John Wilson (57)
(2019.06.10 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England)

Born:	1968.07.04 (Sheffield, England)
Ordained Priest:	1995.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.01.25

Priest of Leeds (England) (1995.07.29 – 2015.11.24)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2011.05.19 – 2015.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne (2015.11.24 – 2019.06.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (2015.11.24 – 2019.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) (2019.06.10 – ...)

Archbishop Peter David Gregory Smith
(2010.04.30 – 2019.06.10)

Legis Plenitudo Caritas

Born:	1943.10.20 (Battersea, England)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.27
Died:	2020.03.06 (Chelsea, England † 76)

Bishop of East Anglia (England) (1995.03.21 – 2001.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) (2001.10.26 – 2010.04.30)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (2009.04.30 – 2019.05.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) (2010.04.30 – 2019.06.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Arundel and Brighton (England) (2010.10.04 – 2015.03.21)

Archbishop Kevin John Patrick McDonald (78)
(2003.11.06 – 2009.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Southwark (England)

Dabo vobis cor novum

Born:	1947.08.18 (Stoke-On-Trent, England)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.05.02

Priest of Birmingham (England) (1974.07.20 – 2001.03.29)

Bishop of Northampton (England) (2001.03.29 – 2003.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) (2003.11.06 – 2009.12.04)

Archbishop Michael George Bowen
(1977.03.28 – 2003.11.06)

Born:	1930.04.23 (Gibraltar)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.27
Died:	2019.10.17 (London, England † 89)

Titular Bishop of Lamsorti (1970.05.18 – 1971.03.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1970.05.18 – 1971.03.14)

Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1971.03.14 – 1977.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) (1977.03.28 – 2003.11.06)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1996 – 1999)

President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1999 – 2000.11)

Archbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy
(1965.05.28 – 1976.10.10)

In omnibus labora

Born:	1905.05.05 (Sidcup, England)
Ordained Priest:	1931.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.12.21
Died:	1976.10.10 (West Malling, England † 71)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1949.12.12 – 1965.05.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) (1965.05.28 – 1976.10.10)

Bishops of Southwark (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy (later Archbishop)
(1949.12.12 – 1965.05.28)

(see above)

Archbishop Peter Emmanuel Amigo
(1904.03.12 – 1949.10.01)

Age pro viribus

Born:	1864.05.26 (Gibraltar)
Ordained Priest:	1888.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.03.25
Died:	1949.10.01 (Southwark, England † 85)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1904.03.12 – 1949.10.01)

Archbishop ad personam (1937.12.18 – 1949.10.01)

Bishop Francis Alphonsus Bourne (later Cardinal)
(1897.04.09 – 1903.09.11)

Ne cede malis

Born:	1861.03.23 (Claphan, England)
Ordained Priest:	1884.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.05.01
Created Cardinal:	1911.11.27
Died:	1935.01.01 (London, England † 73)

Titular Bishop of Epiphania (1896.03.27 – 1897.04.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Southwark (England) (1896.03.27 – 1897.04.09)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1897.04.09 – 1903.09.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1903.09.11 – 1935.01.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1911.11.30 – 1935.01.01)

Bishop John Baptist Butt
(1885.06.26 – 1897.04.12)

Born:	1826.04.20 (Richmond-on-Thames, England)
Ordained Priest:	1849.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.01.29
Died:	1899.11.01 (Arundel, England † 73)

Titular Bishop of Milos (1884.12.18 – 1885.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England) (1884.12.18 – 1885.06.26)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1885.06.26 – 1897.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis (1897.04.12 – 1899.11.01)

Bishop Robert Aston Coffin, C.SS.R.
(1882.05.25 – 1885.04.06)

Born:	1819.07.19 (Brighton, England)
Ordained Priest:	1847.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.06.11
Died:	1885.04.06 (Teignmouth, England † 65)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1882.05.25 – 1885.04.06)

Bishop James Danell
(1871.01.10 – 1881.06.14)

Born:	1821.07.14 (London, England)
Ordained Priest:	1848.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.03.25
Died:	1881.06.14 (Southwark, England † 59)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1871.01.10 – 1881.06.14)

Bishop Thomas Grant
(1851.06.27 – 1870.05.31)

Born:	1816.11.25 (Ligny-lès-Aire, France)
Ordained Priest:	1841.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.07.06
Died:	1870.05.31 (Roma, Italy † 53)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1851.06.27 – 1870.05.31)

Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman
(Apostolic Administrator 1850.09.29 – 1851.06.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Francis Alphonsus Bourne (later Cardinal) (1896.03.27 – 1897.04.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Philip Moger (70) (2022.11.28 – 2024.09.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul James Mason (63) (2016.04.23 – 2018.07.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC. (78) (2005.12.28 – 2020.11.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Franklin Meldon Hine (2001.01.26 – 2016.05.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Howard George Tripp (1979.12.20 – 2004.01.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Peter Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. (1979.12.20 – 1998.12.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles Joseph Henderson (1972.10.12 – 2001.01.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Francis Brown (1924.01.29 – 1951.12.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Baptist Butt (1884.12.18 – 1885.06.26)