Archdiocese of Liverpool Archidioecesis Liverpolitana | |
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Location | |
Country | England Isle of Man |
Territory | Isle of Man Lancashire (south of the Ribble) With parts of: Merseyside Cheshire Greater Manchester |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Liverpool |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,165 km2 (450 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,819,300[1] 498,360 (27.4%) |
Parishes | 154 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | Diocese on 29 September 1850 Archdiocese on 28 October 1911 |
Cathedral | Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Mary of the Isle |
Secular priests | 190 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Malcolm McMahon |
Auxiliary Bishops | Thomas Neylon |
Vicar General | Canon Aidan Prescott |
Bishops emeritus | Thomas Williams |
Map | |
The Archdiocese of Liverpool shown within the Province of Liverpool, also known as the Northern Province | |
Website | |
liverpoolcatholic.org.uk |
The Archdiocese of Liverpool (Latin: Archidioecesis Liverpolitana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church that covers the Isle of Man and part of North West England. The episcopal see is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The archdiocese is the centre of the Ecclesiastical Province of Liverpool which covers the north of England as well as the Isle of Man.