Archbishop of Liverpool | |
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| Archbishopric | |
| catholic | |
| Incumbent: Malcolm McMahon | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Liverpool |
| Information | |
| Established | Bishopric in 1850 Archbishopric in 1911 |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool |
| Website | |
| Archbishop of Liverpool | |
The Archbishop of Liverpool is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool and metropolitan of the Province of Liverpool (also known as the Northern Province) in England.
The archdiocese covers an area of 1,165 km2 (450 sq mi) of the west of the County of Lancashire south of the Ribble, parts of Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and the Isle of Man. The see is in the City of Liverpool, where the archbishop's cathedra or seat is located in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, which was dedicated on 14 May 1967.
The Archbishop's residence is Archbishop's House, Salisbury Road, Liverpool.[1]
The current archbishop is Malcolm McMahon, who was appointed by Pope Francis on 21 March 2014[2] and enthroned at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral on 1 May 2014, the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, before a congregation of three thousand.