Bishop of Lancaster
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The Bishop of Lancaster is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster in the Province of Liverpool.
The diocese covers an area of 2,900 km² of the County of Cumbria together with the Hundreds of Lonsdale and Amounderness in the north west of Lancashire. The see is in the City of Lancaster where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter.
The diocese was erected on 22 November 1924. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Patrick O’Donoghue, the 5th Bishop of Lancaster, who was installed on 4 July 2001.
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster, England
(Any dates appearing in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 18 December 1924 to 1 December 1938 | Thomas Wulstan Pearson, OSB | Priest of the Order of Saint Benedict; ordained 24 February 1925; died in office |
| 12 June 1939 to 3 November 1961 | Thomas Edward Flynn | Priest; ordained 24 July 1939; died in office |
| 26 April 1962 to 22 May 1985 | Brian Charles Foley | Priest of Brentwood; ordained 13 June 1962; retired |
| 22 May 1985 to 10 June 2000 | John (Jack) Brewer | Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster; died in office |
| 5 June 2001 to present | Patrick O’Donoghue | Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster; installed 4 July 2001 |
| Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Great Britain | ||
| Archbishops | Bishops | |
| England and Wales | ||
| Liverpool | Hallam | Hexham and Newcastle | Lancaster | Leeds | Middlesbrough | Salford | |
| Westminster | Brentwood | East Anglia | Northampton | Nottingham | |
| Birmingham | Clifton | Shrewsbury | |
| Cardiff | Menevia | Wrexham | |
| Southwark | Arundel & Brighton | Plymouth | Portsmouth | |
| Scotland | ||
| Glasgow | Motherwell | Paisley | |
| Saint Andrews & Edinburgh | Aberdeen | Argyll & the Isles | Dunkeld | Galloway | |
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