Metropolitan see Liverpool, United Kingdom
Archdiocese of Liverpool
Liverpolitan(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1850
- Catholics
- 505,000
- Priests
- 215
- Territory
- 1,165 km²
Parishes and churches
124 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Our Lady of the Annunciation (St Maries)StandishView parish
- Our Lady of the AssumptionGateacreView parish
- Our Lady of VictoriesHightownView parish
- Our Lady of WalsinghamNethertonView parish
- Our Lady Star of the SeaSeaforthMass times recorded
- Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Maughold, RamseyIsle of ManMass times recorded
- Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs & St SwithinCroxtethView parish
- Sacred HeartAinsdaleView parish
- Sacred HeartChorleyView parish
- Sacred HeartHindley GreenMass times recorded
- Sacred HeartLeighView parish
- Sacred HeartLiverpoolView parish
- Sacred HeartWarringtonView parish
- Sacred HeartWiganMass times recorded
- SS Mary & JohnNewton-le-WillowsMass times recorded
- SS Peter and PaulCrosbyView parish
- SS Peter and PaulKirkbyMass times recorded
- SS Peter and PaulMawdesleyView parish
- St AgnesEcclestonMass times recorded
- St Agnes & St AidanHuytonView parish
- St AidanWinstanleyView parish
- St AlbanWarringtonView parish
- St Albert the GreatStockbridge VillageView parish
- St AloysiusRobyView parish
- St AmbroseSpekeView parish
- St Ambrose BarlowAstleyMass times recorded
- St AnneOrmskirkView parish
- St AnneToxtethView parish
- St Anne & Blessed DominicSt HelensView parish
- St Anthony of EgyptLiverpoolMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- John Sherrington
- Born
- 5 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Leicester
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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.
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.
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