Archdiocese of Birmingham

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The Archdiocese of Birmingham is one of the principal Latin-rite Catholic administrative divisions of England and Wales in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.

The archdiocese covers an area of 8,735 km² of the Counties of Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The Metropolitan see is in the City of Birmingham where the seat is located at the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Chad.

The diocese of Birmingham was elevated to archdiocese status on 28 October 1911.

Archbishop: Most Reverend Vincent Nichols MA MEd STL Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham Born in Crosby (Liverpool): 8th November 1945 Ordained priest: 21st December 1969 Ordained bishop by Cardinal Hume: 24th January 1992 Auxiliary Bishop in North London: 1992 - 2000 Translated to Birmingham: February 2000 Installed as Ninth Bishop and Eighth Archbishop of Birmingham on 29th March 2000.

Auxiliary Bishops: Right Reverend Philip Pargeter, Bishop of Valentiniana Born in Wolverhampton:13 June 1933 Ordained Priest: 21 February 1959 Ordained Bishop: 21 February 1990
Right Reverend David McGough, Bishop of Cunavia Born in Tunstall: 20 November 1944 Ordained Priest: 14 March 1970 Ordained Bishop: 8 December 2005
Right Reverend William Kenney CP, Titular Bishop of Midica Born: 7 May 1946 Ordained Priest: 29 June 1969 Ordained Bishop: 24 August 1987 (Auxiliary Bishop of Stockholm) Transferred to Birmingham: 17 October 2006