Archdiocese of Birmingham

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Birmingham
Birminghamiensis
England
Great Britain
Spiritual basics
Rite	Latin
Cathedral	Saint Chad's
Leadership
Diocesan Bishop	Vincent Nichols
Auxiliary bishops	Philip Pargeter
Geography
Established	28 October 1911
Website	Birmingham Diocese

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 3,373 square miles (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.

[edit] See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in England and Wales

[edit] References

• Archdioceses of Birmingham Website
• Giga-Catholic Information

Catholic Hierarchy in England and Wales

Province of Westminster Metropolitan See Archdiocese of Westminster Suffragan Sees Diocese of Brentwood · Diocese of East Anglia · Diocese of Northampton · Diocese of Nottingham  Province of Birmingham Metropolitan See Archdiocese of Birmingham Suffragan Sees Diocese of Clifton · Diocese of Shrewsbury  Province of Liverpool Metropolitan See Archdiocese of Liverpool Suffragan Sees Diocese of Hallam · Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle · Diocese of Middlesbrough · Diocese of Lancaster · Diocese of Leeds · Diocese of Salford  Province of Southwark Metropolitan See Archdiocese of Southwark Suffragan Sees Diocese of Arundel and Brighton · Diocese of Plymouth · Diocese of Portsmouth ·  Province of Cardiff Metropolitan See Archdiocese of Cardiff Suffragan Sees Diocese of Menevia · Diocese of Wrexham  Other Dioceses Bishopric of the Forces · Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians