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unusual facts about Archbishop of Westminster


Archbishop of Westminster

The see is in the City of Westminster, the Archbishop's cathedra or seat is located at the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the "Most Precious Holy Blood, Saint Mary, Saint Joseph and Saint Peter", usually referred to as Westminster Cathedral, which is set back from Victoria Street.


Austen Ivereigh

In October 2004, Ivereigh was appointed press secretary to the Archbishop of Westminster, working alongside his public affairs adviser, Sir Stephen Wall.

St George's Interdenominational Chapel, Heathrow Airport

The three apses were originally intended for each of the contributing denominations, but in 1972 the main altar was rededicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and the Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council for shared ecumenical use.

The Oratory Preparatory School

The school accepts children of all faiths but maintains close ties with the Catholic church; Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and Cardinal Baum both sit on the Board of Governors.


see also

Bishop Vaughan

Herbert Vaughan (1832–1903) - Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster

Catholic laity

The recipient of Talbot’s utterances was the then Archbishop of Westminster Henry Edward Manning.

Disappearance of Henry Borynski

Heenan later became Archbishop of Westminster and was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

George Hume

George Basil Hume (1923–1999), Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster

Henry Manning

Henry Edward Manning (1808–1892), English Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster

Nicholas Wiseman

George Errington, who was then Bishop of Plymouth, and his friend since boyhood, was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster