Archdiocese of Birmingham

ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM (Archidioecesis Birminghamiensis)

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1688 as Apostolic Vicariate of Midland District
Renamed 1840 Apostolic Vicariate of Central District
Elevated in 1850 to Diocese of Birmingham
elevated to Archdiocese 1911

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Arms of Archbishops

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  Edward Ilsley (1911-1921)

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  John MacIntyre (1921-1928)

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  Thomas Leighton Williams (1929-1946)

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  Joseph Masterson (1947-1953)

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  Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw (1954-1965)

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  George Patrick Dwyer (1965-1981)

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  Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville (1982-1999)

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  Vincent Gerard Nichols (2000-2009)

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  Bernard Longley (2009 - present)

Arms of auxiliary bishops

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  Michael Francis Glancey (1924-1925)

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  Joseph Francis Cleary (1964-1987)

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  Patrick Leo McCartie (1977-1990)

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  Crispian Hollis (1987-1988)

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  Terence John Brain (1991-1997)

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  Robert John Byrne (2014-2019)

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