| width="20%"|Tenure | width="40%"|Incumbent | width="20%"|Notes |
| small>5 June 1840 to 29 September 1850 | Bishop George Hilary Brown, Vicar Apostolic of Lancashire District | Becoming Bishop of Liverpool |
| small>29 September 1850 to 25 January 1856 | George Hilary Brown, Bishop of Liverpool | Hitherto Vicar Apostolic; died in office |
| small>25 January 1856 to 3 October 1872 | Alexander Goss, Bishop of Liverpool | Coadjutor Bishop of Liverpool; died in office |
| small>28 February 1873 to 9 April 1894 | Bernard O'Reilly, Bishop of Liverpool | Priest; ordained 19 March 1873; died in office |
| small>12 July 1894 to 28 October 1911 | Thomas Whiteside, Bishop of Liverpool | Ordained 15 August 1894; becoming Archbishop |
| small>28 October 1911 to 28 January 1921 | Thomas Whiteside, Archbishop of Liverpool | Hitherto Bishop; died in office |
| small>13 June 1921 to 7 February 1928 | Frederick William Keating, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Northampton; died in office |
| small>3 August 1928 to 16 June 1953 | Richard Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool | Priest; ordained 21 September 1928; died in office |
| small>10 November 1953 to 3 December 1956 | William Godfrey, Archbishop of Liverpool | Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain; appointed Archbishop of Westminster |
| small>2 May 1957 to 2 September 1963 | John Carmel Heenan, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Leeds; appointed Archbishop of Westminster |
| small>29 January 1964 to 7 February 1976 | George Andrew Beck, AA, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Salford; resigned |
| small>7 February 1976 to 6 February 1996 | Derek John Worlock, Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Portsmouth; died in office |
| small>21 May 1996 to present | Patrick Altham Kelly, MKHS, STL, PhL, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool | Bishop of Salford |