archbishop of southwark

The Archbishop of Southwark is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark in the Region of Great Britain. The archdiocese covers an area of 3,000 km² of the London Boroughs south of the River Thames, the County of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority. The Metropolitan see is in the Borough of Southwark where the seat is located at the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint George. The diocese of Southwark was elevated to archdiocese status on 28 May 1965. The current archbishop is His Grace the Most Reverend Kevin John Patrick McDonald, BA, STL, STD, the 3rd Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark, who was installed on 8 December 2003.

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small>27 June 1851 to 31 May 1870	Thomas Grant, Bishop of Southwark	Ordained 6 July 1851; died in office
small>10 January 1871 to 14 June 1881	James Danell, Bishop of Southwark	Ordained 25 March 1871; died in office
small>25 May 1882 to 6 April 1885	Robert Aston Coffin, CSSR, Bishop of Southwark	Ordained 11 June 1882; installed 27 July 1882; died in office
small>26 June 1885 to 12 April 1897	John Baptist Butt, Bishop of Southwark	Resigned
small>9 April 1897 to 11 September 1903	Francis Alphonsus Bourne, Bishop of Southwark	Appointed Archbishop of Westminster
small>12 March 1904 to 18 December 1937	Peter Emmanuel Amigo, Bishop of Southwark	Ordained 25 March 1904; becoming Archbishop (personal style)
small>18 December 1937to 1 October 1949	Peter Emmanuel Amigo, Archbishop of Southwark	Hitherto Bishop; died in office
small>12 December 1949 to 28 May 1965	Cyril Conrad Cowderoy, Bishop of Southwark	Ordained 21 December 1949; Becoming Archbishop
small>28 May 1965 to 10 October 1976	Cyril Conrad Cowderoy, Archbishop of Southwark	Hitherto Bishop; died in office
small>28 March 1977 to 6 November 2003	Michael George Bowen, Archbishop of Southwark	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton; resigned
small>6 November 2003 to present	Kevin John Patrick McDonald, BA, STL, STD, Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark	Bishop of Northampton; installed 8 December 2003