Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham - Ordinaries

Ordinaries

(see also: Archbishop of Birmingham)

Vicars Apostolic of the Midland District.

• Bonaventure Giffard (appointed on 25 November 1687 – translated to the London District on 14 March 1703)
• George Witham (appointed on 12 August 1702 – translated to the Northern District on 6 April 1716)
• John Talbot Stonor (appointed on 18 September 1715 – died in office on 29 March 1756)
• John Joseph Hornyold (succeeded on 29 March 1756 – died in office on 26 December 1778)
• Thomas Joseph Talbot (succeeded on 26 December 1778 – died in office on 24 April 1795)
• Charles Berington (succeeded on 24 April 1795 – died in office on 8 June 1798)
• Gregory Stapleton (appointed on 7 November 1800 – died in office on 23 May 1802)
• John Milner (appointed on 6 March 1803 – died in office on 19 April 1826)
• Thomas Walsh (succeeded on 19 April 1826 – afterwards became vicar apostolic of the Central District on 3 July 1840)
• (Nicholas Wiseman, appointed coadjutor vicar apostolic of the Midland District on 22 May 1840 – afterwards became coadjutor vicar apostolic of the Central District on 3 July 1840)

Vicars Apostolic of the Central District.

• Thomas Walsh (appointed on 3 July 1840 – translated to the London District on 17 July 1848)
• (Nicholas Wiseman, appointed coadjutor vicar apostolic of the Central District on 3 July 1840 – became coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the London District on 29 August 1847)
• William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. (appointed on 28 July 1848 – afterwards became the bishop of Birmingham on 29 September 1850)

Bishops of Birmingham.

• William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. (appointed on 29 September 1850 – retired on 27 April 1888)
• Edward Ilsley (appointed on 17 February 1888 – afterwards became the archbishop of Birmingham on 28 October 1911)

Archbishops of Birmingham.

• Edward Ilsley (appointed on 28 October 1911 – retired on 13 June 1921)
• John McIntyre (appointed on 16 June 1921 – resigned on 17 November 1928)
• Thomas Leighton Williams (appointed on 23 Jun 1929 – died in office on 1 Apr 1946)
• Joseph Masterson (appointed on 8 Feb 1947 – died in office on 30 November 1953)
• Francis Joseph Grimshaw (appointed on 11 May 1954 – died in office on 22 March 1965)
• George Patrick Dwyer (appointed on 5 October 1965 – retired on 1 September 1981)
• Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville (appointed on 22 January 1982 – resigned on 12 June 1999)
• Vincent Gerard Nichols (appointed on 15 February 2000 – translated to the archdiocese of Westminster on 21 May 2009)
• Bernard Longley (appointed on 1 October 2009 and installed on 8 December 2009)