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Bishop(s)

JohnWilson, Archbishop
Paul JosephHendricks, Auxiliary Bishop
Kevin John PatrickMcDonald, Archbishop Emeritus
Patrick KieranLynch, SS.CC., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated:28 May 1965
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery forBishops
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

Past and Present Ordinaries

ThomasGrant † (27 Jun1851 Appointed - 31 May1870 Died)
JamesDanell † (10 Jan1871 Appointed - 14 Jun1881 Died)
Robert AstonCoffin, C.Ss.R. † (23 May1882 Appointed - 6 Apr1885 Died)
John BaptistButt † (26 Jun1885 Appointed - 29 Mar1897 Resigned)
Francis AlphonsusBourne † (9 Apr1897 Succeeded - 11 Sep1903 Appointed, Archbishop ofWestminster, England)
Peter EmmanuelAmigo † (12 Mar1904 Appointed - 1 Oct1949 Died)
Cyril ConradCowderoy † (12 Dec1949 Appointed - 10 Oct1976 Died)
Michael GeorgeBowen † (28 Mar1977 Appointed - 6 Nov2003 Resigned)
Kevin John PatrickMcDonald (6 Nov 2003 Appointed -4 Dec 2009 Resigned)
Peter David GregorySmith † (30 Apr2010 Appointed - 10 Jun2019 Retired)
JohnWilson (10 Jun 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Southwark
29 September 1850	Erected	Vicariate Apostolic ofLondon District	Diocese of Southwark (erected)
19 May 1882	Territory Lost	Diocese of Southwark (Hampshire, South Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and the Channel Islands)	Diocese ofPortsmouth (erected)
28 May 1965	Territory Lost	Diocese of Southwark (East and West Sussex and Surrey (outside of the London boroughs))	Diocese ofArundel and Brighton (erected)
Archdiocese of Southwark
28 May 1965	Elevated	Diocese of Southwark	Archdiocese of Southwark

Statistics

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, Deceased

Peter EmmanuelAmigo † (Bishop: 12 Mar1904;Archbishop (Personal Title): 18 Dec1937 to 1 Oct1949)
George Andrew (George Augustine)Beck, A.A. †
Francis AlphonsusBourne † (Deacon: 19 May1883;Priest: 11 Jun1884;Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Mar1896;Bishop: 9 Apr1897 to 11 Sep1903)
Michael GeorgeBowen † (Priest: 6 Jul1958 to 28 May1965;Archbishop: 28 Mar1977 to 6 Nov2003)
William FrancisBrown † (Priest: 20 Mar1886;Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jan1924 to 16 Dec1951)
John BaptistButt † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec1884;Bishop: 26 Jun1885 to 29 Mar1897)
JosephButt † (Priest: 18 Jul1897 to 16 Jan1911)
John BaptistCahill † (Priest: 16 Oct1864 to 31 Mar1900)
Alan CharlesClark † (Priest: 11 Feb1945 to 31 Mar1969)
Robert AstonCoffin, C.Ss.R. † (Bishop: 23 May1882 to 6 Apr1885)
RichardCollins †
Maurice Noël LéonCouve de Murville † (Deacon: 29 Jun1956;Priest: 29 Jun1957 to 28 May1965)
Cyril ConradCowderoy † (Priest: 30 May1931;Bishop: 12 Dec1949;Archbishop: 28 May1965 to 10 Oct1976)
JamesDanell † (Priest: 6 Jun1848;Bishop: 10 Jan1871 to 14 Jun1881)
Arthur HenryDoubleday † (Priest: 22 Dec1888 to 7 May1920)
Michael CharlesEvans † (Priest: 22 Jun1975 to 14 Feb2003)
Thomas EdwardFlynn †
Langton DouglasFox † (Priest: 30 May1942 to 18 Oct1965)
ThomasGrant † (Bishop: 27 Jun1851 to 31 May1870)
Philip James BenedictHarvey †
William TheodoreHeard † (Priest: 30 Mar1918 to 15 Dec1958)
Charles JosephHenderson † (Priest: 6 Jun1948;Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Oct1972 to 26 Jan2001)
John Franklin MeldonHine † (Priest: 28 Oct1962;Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jan2001 to 7 May2016)
ArthurHinsley † (Priest:1905 to 10 Aug1926)
John Peter IgnatiusJukes, O.F.M. Conv. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec1979 to 11 Dec1998)
William LewisKeatinge † (Priest: 27 May1893 to 30 Oct1917)
David EveryKonstant †
John EdmundLuck, O.S.B. †
Peter David GregorySmith † (Priest: 15 Jul1972 to 21 Mar1995;Archbishop: 30 Apr2010 to 10 Jun2019)
Howard GeorgeTripp † (Priest: 31 May1953;Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec1979 to 7 Jan2004)
Bernard PatrickWall † (Priest: 14 Jul1918 to 30 Nov1955)
Francis JosephWalmsley † (Priest: 30 May1953 to 8 Jan1979)
Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban)Wiseman † (Apostolic Administrator: 29 Sep1850 to 27 Jun1851)

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