Archbishop of Liverpool
| Archbishop of Liverpool | |
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| Incumbent: Malcolm McMahon |
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| Province | Province of Liverpool |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool |
| First incumbent |
George Hilary Brown as Bishop of Liverpool |
| Formation | Bishopric in 1850 Archbishopric in 1911 |
| 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, Carnatic Road, Liverpool.
The current Archbishop is the Most Reverend Malcolm McMahon who was appointed by Pope Francis on 21 March 2014 and installed in a special service at Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral on 1 May 2014.
After the Reformation, the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England, Scotland, and Wales was abandoned and became under the authority of prefects and vicars apostolics. In 1688, England and Wales were divided in four apostolic vicariates: the London, Midland, Northern, and Western districts. The Liverpool area came under the Northern District, and it remained until the creation of the Lancashire District in 1840. The Lancashire District consisted of the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, together with the Isle of Man.
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