Archdiocese of Westminster
Vestmonasterien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Westminster, United Kingdom
The Archdiocese of Westminster is the principal Latin rite see of England and Wales, established in 1850 and covering London north of the Thames. Its seat is Westminster Cathedral. Archbishop Richard Moth, formerly Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on 19 December 2025 and installed as the twelfth Archbishop of Westminster on 14 February 2026, succeeding Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1850
- Latin
- Vestmonasterien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000148
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 450,240
- Population
- 5,033,930
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 8.9%
- Priests
- 484
- Catholics per priest
- 930
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Richard Moth
- Born
- 8 November 1945
- Birthplace
- Crosby
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Westminster Cathedral stands in Westminster, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Westminster
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BrentwoodBrentwood
- Diocese of East AngliaEast Anglia
- Diocese of NorthamptonNorthampton
- Diocese of NottinghamNottingham
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.