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The archdiocese covers an area of 3,634 km˛ of the London Boroughs north of the River Thames and the boroughs of Waltham Forest and Newham in the west, together with the districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames and the County of Hertfordshire. The Metropolitan see is in the City of Westminster where the seat is located at Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the Most Precious Holy Blood, Saint Mary, Saint Joseph and Saint Peter (not to be confused with Westminster Abbey).
The Vicariate Apostolic of the London District was elevated to archdiocese status on 29 September 1850Events January 4 The first American ice-skating club is formed ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). January 29 Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress February 28 University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah March 7 United. The current archbishop is His Eminence Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'ConnorHis Eminence Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor (born 24 August 1932) is the tenth and current Archbishop of Westminster and is the Roman Catholic Cardinal Primate of England. He was installed as Archbishop on 22 March 2000, having previously served as Bisho, the 10th Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster.
(Any dates appearing in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 15 March 1623Events August 6 Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman II (1618- 1622) to Murat IV ( 1623- 1640). The Safavids recapture Baghdad. England first colonizes Saint Kitts and Nevis. Wilhelm Schickard invent to 13 April 1624Events The Netherlands establish a trading colony at Kaohsiung on Taiwan. Thirty Walloon families settle in the New Netherland colony. Oslo is destroyed by fire. When rebuilt by Christian IV, it would be renamed Christiania. Claudio Monteverdi publishes T | 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 | Died in office |
| 30 April 1865 to 15 March 1875 | Henry Edward Manning, Archbishop of Westminster | Elevated to Cardinal |
| 15 March 1875 to 14 January 1892 | Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster | 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 | 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 | Archbishop of Liverpool; elevated to Cardinal |
| 22 February 1965 to 7 November 1975 | John Carmel Cardinal Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster | Died in office |
| 9 February 1976 to 24 May 1976 | George Basil Hume , OSB, Archbishop of Westminster | 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 | 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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| England and Wales | ||
| Archdioceses | Dioceses | |
| Liverpool | Hallam | Hexham and Newcastle | Lancaster | Leeds | Middlesbrough | Salford | |
| Westminster | Brentwood | East Anglia | Northampton | Nottingham | |
| Birmingham | Clifton | Shrewsbury | |
| Cardiff | Menevia | Wrexham | |
| Southwark | Arundel & Brighton | Plymouth | Portsmouth | |
| Scotland | ||
| Glasgow | Motherwell | Paisley | |
| Saint Andrews & Edinburgh | Aberdeen | Argyll & the Isles | Dunkeld | Galloway | |
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