The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in England. The archdiocese consists of all the London boroughs north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, together with the towns southwest of Staines-upon-Thames and Sunbury-on-Thames and the County of Hertfordshire, which lies immediately to London's north.
The archdiocese is led by the Archbishop of Westminster, who serves as pastor of the mother church, Westminster Cathedral, and Metropolitan of the Metropolitan Province of Westminster. It has become customary for each successive Archbishop of Westminster to be raised to the rank of cardinal by the Pope in consistory, but the offices are not formally linked. It is also customary for the Archbishop of Westminster to be elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, but this is the only formal role of leadership he has over the other English bishops.
The suffragan sees of Westminster are the dioceses of Brentwood, East Anglia, Northampton and Nottingham.
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