Vicar Apostolic of The London District
On 20 January 1688, the number of bishops in England was increased by the Pope to four vicars apostolic, as a result of which at the same time the territory of the former single vicariate apostolic was reduced, being centred still on London, with the title of Vicariate Apostolic of the London District. The first such Vicar Apostolic, from 30 January 1688, was Bishop John Leyburn, who had previously since 24 August 1685 served as Vicar Apostolic of All England and Wales.
Although the vicariates as a whole were later more finely divided over the years, and notwithstanding intermittent persecution, a Vicariate Apostolic of the London District continued in existence until on 29 September 1850 Pope Pius IX issued the bull Universalis Ecclesiae, by which thirteen new dioceses were created, among them the Archdiocese of Westminster, a new jurisdiction which formally replaced the previous vicariate.
The last Vicar Apostolic of the London District was Bishop Nicholas Wiseman (d. 1865), who on 29 September 1850 was assigned the title of Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster. The following day he was created a cardinal.
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