Archdiocese of Liverpool
Liverpolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Liverpool, United Kingdom
The Archdiocese of Liverpool is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering Merseyside, parts of Lancashire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester, and the Isle of Man. Erected as a diocese in 1850 at the restoration of the hierarchy, it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1911 and heads the northern Province of Liverpool. Its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, with St Mary of the Isle (Isle of Man) as co-cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1850
- Latin
- Liverpolitan(us)
- Patron
- St Joseph and Our Lady Immaculate
- Annuario code
- 001002025
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 505,000
- Population
- 1,841,000
- Catholic share
- 27.4%
- Priests
- 215
- Catholics per priest
- 2,349
- Extent
- 1,165 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 433
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- John Sherrington
- Born
- 5 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Leicester
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King stands in Liverpool, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St Mary of the Isle, Douglas, Isle of Man.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Liverpool
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HallamHallam
- Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleHexham and Newcastle
- Diocese of LancasterLancaster
- Diocese of LeedsLeeds
- Diocese of MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough
- Diocese of SalfordSalford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Isle of Man and part of North West England fall within the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Liverpolitana), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, and it stands at the centre of the Ecclesiastical Province of Liverpool, which covers the north of England together with the Isle of Man.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].