bishop of lancaster

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 ODonoghue, the 5th Bishop of Lancaster, who was installed on 4 July 2001.

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small>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
small>12 June 1939 to 3 November 1961	Thomas Edward Flynn	Priest; ordained 24 July 1939; died in office
small>26 April 1962 to 22 May 1985	Brian Charles Foley	Priest of Brentwood; ordained 13 June 1962; retired
small>22 May 1985 to 10 June 2000	John Brewer	Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster; died in office
small>5 June 2001 to present	Patrick ODonoghue	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster; installed 4 July 2001