The Vicariate Apostolic of the London District was elevated to archdiocese status on 29 September 1850. The current archbishop is His Eminence Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, the 10th Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster.
Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
15 March 1623 to 13 April 1624 |
Bishop William Bishop , Vicar Apostolic of England |
Died in office |
29 November 1624 to 1632 |
Bishop Richard Smith, Vicar Apostolic of England |
Resigned |
24 August 1685 to 30 January 1688 |
Bishop John Leyburn , Vicar Apostolic of England |
Becoming Vicar Appostolic of London |
30 January 1688 to 20 June 1702 |
Bishop John Leyburn , Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
14 March 1703 to 12 March 1734 |
Bishop Bonaventure Giffard , Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
12 March 1734 to 22 December 1758 |
Bishop Benjamin Petre , OSB, Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
22 September 1758 to 12 January 1781 |
Bishop Richard Challoner, Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
12 January 1781 to 26 January 1790 |
Bishop James Robert Talbot , Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
10 September 1790 to 8 May 1812 |
Bishop John Douglass , Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
8 May 1812 to 26 November 1827 |
Bishop William Poynter , Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
26 November 1827 to 11 July 1836 |
Bishop James Yorke Bramston , Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
11 July 1836 to 12 August 1847 |
Bishop Thomas Griffiths , Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
17 July 1848 to 18 February 1849 |
Bishop Thomas Walsh, Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Died in office |
18 February 1849 to 29 September 1850 |
Bishop Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, Vicar Apostolic of the London District |
Nicolás Patricio Esteban; becoming Archbishop |
29 September 1850 to 30 September 1850 |
Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster |
Hitherto Vicar Apostolic; elevated to Cardinal |
30 September 1850 to 15 February 1865 |
Nicholas Patrick Stephen Cardinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster
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Died in office |
30 April 1865 to 15 March 1875 |
Henry Edward Manning, Archbishop of Westminster
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Elevated to Cardinal |
15 March 1875 to 14 January 1892 |
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster
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Priest of Westminster; Ordained 8 June 1875; died in office |
8 April 1892 to 16 January 1893 |
Herbert Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster |
Bishop of Salford; died in office |
16 January 1893 to 19 June 1903 |
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster
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Died in office |
11 September 1903 to 27 November 1911 |
Francis Alphonsus Bourne , Archbishop of Westminster |
Coadjutor Bishop of Southwark; elevated to Cardinal |
27 November 1911 to 31 December 1934 |
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne , Archbishop of Westminster |
Died in office |
1 April 1935 to 13 December 1937 |
Arthur Hinsley , Archbishop of Westminster |
Priest of Westminster; elevated to Cardinal |
13 December 1937 to 17 March 1943 |
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley , Archbishop of Westminster |
Died in office |
18 December 1943 to 18 February 1946 |
Bernard William Griffin , Archbishop of Westminster |
Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham; elevated to Cardinal |
18 February 1946 to 19 August 1956 |
Bernard William Cardinal Griffin , Archbishop of Westminster |
Died in office |
3 December 1956 to 15 December 1958 |
William Godfrey , Archbishop of Westminster |
Archbishop of Liverpool; elevated to Cardinal |
15 December 1958 to 22 January 1963 |
William Cardinal Godfrey , Archbishop of Westminster |
Died in office |
2 September 1963 to 22 February 1965 |
John Carmel Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster
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Archbishop of Liverpool; elevated to Cardinal |
22 February 1965 to 7 November 1975 |
John Carmel Cardinal Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster
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Died in office |
9 February 1976 to 24 May 1976 |
George Basil Hume, OSB, Archbishop of Westminster
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Priest of the Order of Saint Benedict; elevated to Cardinal |
24 May 1976 to 17 June 1999 |
George Basil Cardinal Hume, OSB, Archbishop of Westminster
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Died in office |
15 February 2000 to 21 February 2001 |
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster |
Bishop of Arundel and Brighton; elevated to Cardinal |
21 February 2001 to present |
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster
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