Archbishop of Southwark

For the Church of England bishop, see Anglican Bishop of Southwark.
Archbishop of Southwark
Archbishopric
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Incumbent:
John Wilson
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceSouthwark
Information
EstablishedBishopric in 1850
Archbishopric in 1965
ArchdioceseSouthwark
CathedralSt George's Cathedral, Southwark

The Archbishop of Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])[1] is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark in England. As such he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Southwark.[2]

The archdiocese has an area of 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) and covers the London Boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority.[2] The Metropolitan See is in Southwark where the archbishop's seat is located at the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint George.

The eleventh and current archbishop of Southwark is John Wilson, who was appointed by the Holy See on 10 June 2019 and was installed at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, on 25 July 2019.

  1. ^ "Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.
  2. ^ a b "Archdiocese of Southwark". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 November 2011.