| Bishopric: | Lancaster |
| Border: | catholic |
| Incumbent: | Paul Swarbrick |
| Province: | Liverpool |
| Established: | 22 November 1924 |
| Cathedral: | Saint Peter's Cathedral, Lancaster |
| First Incumbent: | Thomas Pearson OSB |
| Diocese: | Lancaster |
The Bishop of Lancaster is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster in the Province of Liverpool, England.[1]
The diocese covers an area of 2900-2NaN-2 and consists of the County of Cumbria together with the Hundreds of Lonsdale, Amounderness and Fylde in the north west of Lancashire. The see is in the city of Lancaster where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter.
The diocese was erected on 22 November 1924. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Paul Swarbrick, the 7th Bishop of Lancaster. He succeeded Michael Campbell, O.S.A. in 2018, who was installed on 1 May 2009 and had previously been coadjutor bishop.
Do not confuse the first bishop of this diocese with Thomas Bernard Pearson, auxiliary bishop in this diocese from 1949 to 1983.
| Roman Catholic Bishops of Lancaster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
| 1924 | 1938 | Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. | Previously the Prior of Ealing (1916–1925). Appointed bishop on 18 December 1924 and consecrated on 24 February 1925. Died in office on 1 December 1938. | |
| 1939 | 1961 | Thomas Edward Flynn | Appointed bishop on 12 June 1939 and consecrated on 24 July 1939. Died in office on 3 November 1961. | |
| 1962 | 1985 | Brian Charles Foley | Appointed bishop on 26 April 1962 and consecrated on 13 June 1962; retired on 22 May 1985; died on 23 December 1999. | |
| 1985 | 2000 | John (Jack) Brewer | Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Shrewsbury (1971–1983). Appointed coadjutor bishop of Lancaster on 17 November 1983 and succeeded diocesan bishop on 22 May 1985. Died in office on 10 June 2000. | |
| 2001 | 2009 | Patrick O'Donoghue | Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Westminster in 1993–2001. Appointed Bishop of Lancaster on 5 June 2001 and installed on 4 July 2001. Retired 1 May 2009. Died 24 January 2021. | |
| 2009 | 2018 | Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. | Appointed coadjutor bishop of Lancaster on 12 February 2008 and succeeded diocesan bishop on 1 May 2009.[2] | |
| 2018 | present | Paul Swarbrick | Appointed on 12 February 2018 and consecrated on 9 April 2018 | |