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'{{Multiple issues| {{Original research|date=December 2015}} {{Tone|date=December 2015}} }} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Archdiocese | name = Southwark | latin = Archidioecesis Southvarcensis | local = <!-- Name in the native language --> | image = Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Archdiocese_of_Southwark.jpg | image_size = frameless | image_alt = | caption = Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Southwark | coat = | coat_size = | coat_alt = | coat_caption = <!---- Locations ----> | country = [[England]] | territory = The London boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority | province = [[Province of Southwark|Southwark]] | deaneries = 20 | headquarters = | coordinates = <!-- Use {{coord}} --> <!---- Statistics ----> | area_km2 = 3,000 <!-- Area in square kilometers, automatically converted --> | area_sqmi = <!-- Area in square miles, automatically converted --> | area_footnotes = | population = 4,610,910 | population_as_of = 2017 | catholics = 367,530 | catholics_percent = 8 | parishes = 179 <!-- Number of parishes in the diocese --> | churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --> | congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --> | schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --> | members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --> <!---- Information ----> | denomination = [[Roman Catholic]] | sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]] | rite = [[Roman Rite]] | established = 29 September 1850 | cathedral = [[St George's Cathedral, Southwark]] | cocathedral = | patron = <!-- Patron saint(s) of the diocese (or archdiocese) --> | patron_title = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" --> | priests = 274 <!---- Current leadership ----> | pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --> | bishop = [[John Wilson (bishop)|John Wilson]] | bishop_title = Archbishop | coadjutor = | suffragans = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one--> | auxiliary_bishops = {{unbulleted list|[[Paul Hendricks]]}} | apostolic_admin = | vicar_general = | episcopal_vicar = | judicial_vicar = | archdeacons = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one--> | emeritus_bishops = {{unbulleted list|[[Kevin John Patrick McDonald]]|Howard George Tripp|[[John Franklin Meldon Hine|John Hine]]|[[Patrick Kevin Lynch]]}} <!---- Map ----> | map = Province of Southwark.png | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = Dioceses of the [[Province of Southwark]]. The Archdiocese of Southwark is the easternmost <!---- Website ----> | website = {{Official website|http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/|rcsouthwark.co.uk}} | footnotes = }} [[Image:St georges roman catholic cathedral southwark.jpg|thumb|278px|St George's, Southwark]] The '''Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark''' (''Br'' [ˈsʌðɨk])<ref>"Southwark", in ''The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World'' (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.</ref> is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[archdiocese]] of the Latin Rite in England. The archepiscopal see is headed by the [[Archbishop of Southwark]]. The archdiocese is part of the [[Ecclesiastical province|Metropolitan Province]] of [[Province of Southwark|Southwark]], which covers the [[South of England]]. The cathedral church is [[St George's Cathedral, Southwark]]. ==Boundaries== The archdiocese covers the [[London borough]]s south of the [[Thames]], the county of [[Kent]] and the [[Medway|Medway Unitary Authority]].<ref name=welcome/> The diocese is divided into three pastoral areas, each headed by an area bishop, and 20 deaneries, each of which contain a number of parishes: '''Kent Pastoral Area''' (Area Bishop: ''presently vacant''): 50 parishes *[[Canterbury]] (7): Ashford; Ashford South; [[St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury|Canterbury]]; Faversham; Herne Bay; Hersden; Whitstable. *[[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]] (9): [[St Michael the Archangel Church, Chatham|Chatham]]; [[Our Lady of Gillingham Church|Gillingham]]; Parkwood and Wigmore; Rainham; Rochester; Sheppey; Sittingbourne; Strood; Walderslade. *[[Dover]] (8): Buckland; Deal; [[St Paul's Church, Dover|Dover]] (including Aylesham); Folkestone; Folkestone West; Hythe; Mongeham and Sandwich. *[[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]] (7): Dartford; Dartford–St Vincent's; Gravesend; Hartley; Meopham; Northfleet; Swanley. *[[Maidstone]] (7): Bearsted and Harrietsham; Cranbrook; Goudhurst; Maidstone; Maidstone South; Tenterden; West Malling. *[[Thanet District|Thanet]] (4): Birchington and Westgate; Margate and Cliftonville; Broadstairs; [[St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate|Ramsgate and Minster]]. *[[Tunbridge Wells]] (8): Edenbridge; Paddock Wood; Pembury; Sevenoaks; Southborough; Tonbridge; Tunbridge Wells; Westerham. '''South East Pastoral Area''' (Area Bishop: The Right Reverend Patrick Lynch): 66 parishes *[[Bexley]] (9): Bexley; Bexleyheath; Blackfen; Bostall Park; Crayford; Erith; Sidcup; Thamesmead South; Welling. *[[Bromley]] (13): Anerley; Beckenham; Biggin Hill; Bromley; Bromley Common; Chislehurst; Chislehurst West; Farnborough; Hayes; Orpington; Petts Wood; St Mary and St Paul's Cray; West Wickham. *[[Camberwell]] (6): Camberwell; Dulwich; Dulwich Wood Park; Nunhead; Peckham; Peckham Rye. *[[Greenwich]] (15): Abbey Wood–St Benet's; Abbey Wood–St David's; Blackheath; Charlton; Eltham; Eltham Well Hall; Greenwich; Greenwich East; Kidbrooke; Mottingham; Plumstead; Plumstead Common; Shooters Hill; Thamesmead Central; Woolwich. *[[Lambeth]] (13): [[Corpus Christi Church, Brixton|Brixton]]; Brixton Hill; Clapham; Clapham Park; Italian Mission; Norbury; Norwood West; Herne Hill; Stockwell; Streatham; Streatham Hill; Vauxhall; Waterloo. *[[Lewisham]] (10): Beckenham Hill; Brockley; Catford; Deptford; Downham; Forest Hill; Lee; Lewisham; Sydenham; Sydenham Kirkdale. '''South West Pastoral Area''' (Area Bishop: The Right Reverend Paul Hendricks): 64 parishes *[[Balham]] (9): Balham; Battersea Park; Battersea West; Clapham Common; Earlsfield; Tooting; Tooting Bec; Wandsworth; Wandsworth East Hill. *Cathedral (9): Cathedral; Bermondsey–Dockhead; Bermondsey–Melior Street; Bermondsey South; Borough; Kennington Park; Rotherhithe; Surrey Docks; Walworth. *[[Croydon]] (13): Addiscombe; Coulsdon; Croydon South; Croydon West; New Addington; Norwood South; Norwood Upper; Old Coulsdon; Purley; Sanderstead; Selsdon; Thornton Heath; Waddon. *[[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]] (7): Chessington; Kingston; Kingston Hill; New Malden; Norbiton; Surbiton; Tolworth. *[[London Borough of Merton|Merton]] (9): Colliers Wood; Merton; Mitcham; Morden; Pollards Hill; Tooting (Links Road); [[Sacred Heart Church (Wimbledon)|Wimbledon]]; [[Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park|Wimbledon Park]]; Wimbledon South. *[[Mortlake]] (9): [[Catholic Church of St Osmund, Barnes|Barnes]]; East Sheen; [[St Thomas Aquinas Church, Ham|Ham]]; [[Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's, Kew|Kew Gardens]]; [[St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake|Mortlake]]; Putney; [[St Elizabeth of Portugal Church|Richmond]]; [[St Joseph Church, Roehampton|Roehampton]]; Wimbledon Common. *[[London Borough of Sutton|Sutton]] (8): Carshalton; Carshalton Beeches; Cheam; North Cheam; Sutton; Sutton Green; Wallington; Worcester Park. ==History== Southwark was one of the dioceses established at the restoration of Catholic hierarchical structures in 1850 by [[Pope Pius IX]].<ref>[https://www.stgeorgescathedral.org.uk/about/history/ "History", St. George's Cathedral]</ref> When first erected, the diocese included Berkshire, Hampshire, and the Channel Islands in addition to Surrey, Kent and Sussex. Previous to this these five counties formed part of the [[Apostolic vicariate|London District]], which district was governed by a vicar Apostolic, to whom also was committed episcopal jurisdiction over North America and the Bahama Islands. In 1850 London, even at that time a comparatively small city, which, owing to the exigencies of the times, had previously been under the jurisdiction of a single bishop, was now divided between the two new Dioceses of Westminster (north of the Thames) and Southwark (south of the Thames).<ref name=Cunningham>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14162b.htm Cunningham, William. "Southwark." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 31 January 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref> The first bishop of the new diocese of Southwark was the [[Thomas Grant (bishop)|Right Rev. Thomas Grant, D.D.]], vice-rector of the [[English College, Rome]]. He was consecrated On 6 July, 1851. Grant was instrumental in obtaining some Sisters of Mercy from [[Bermondsey]] to serve as nurses in the military hospitals during the Crimean War.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5375655/#C2 Paradis, Mary Raphael et al. "The Sisters of Mercy in the Crimean War: Lessons for Catholic health care." ''The Linacre Quarterly'' vol. 84,1 (2017): 29–43] {{doi|10.1080/00243639.2016.1277877}}</ref> Grant was succeeded by his vicar-general, [[James Danell]]. [[Robert Coffin (bishop)|Robert Coffin]], an associate off [[ John Henry Newman]] and [[Provincial Superior]] of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer|Redemptorists]] in England and Ireland was appointed bishop in 1882. Former military chaplain [[John Butt (bishop)|John Butt]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oEWYDTHXSbYC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=Bishop+John+Vertue&source=bl&ots=z-6pshTTrD&sig=ACfU3U0lSTyaOwu_usifqttHUiJOiOYRgQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHv4-B_7DnAhU1hHIEHWmTAYo4ChDoATADegQICxAB#v=onepage&q=Bishop%20John%20Vertue&f=false Snape, Michael Francis. ''The Royal Army Chaplains' Department, 1796–1953: Clergy Under Fire'', Boydell Press, 2008, p. 159]{{ISBN|9781843833468}}</ref> who served as bishop from 1885 to 1897, founded [[St John's Seminary, Wonersh]]. [[Francis Bourne]] was appointed Bishop of Southwark in 1897 and named Archbishop of Westminster in 1903.<ref name=Cunningham/> The area that formed the diocese when originally created (29th September 1950) changed on 19 May 1882 when Southwark lost territory with the formation of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth|Diocese of Portsmouth]]. The Diocese of Southwark lost further territory when the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton|Diocese of Arundel and Brighton]] separated on 28th May 1965; at the same time the Ecclesiastical Province of Southwark was erected by [[Pope Paul VI]], raising the Diocese to archdiocesan status.<ref>https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsout.html</ref> ==Bishops/Archbishops== * [[Thomas Grant (bishop)|Thomas Grant]] (1851–1870) * [[James Danell|James Danell]] (1871–1881) * [[Robert Coffin (bishop)|Robert Coffin C.Ss.R.]] (1882–1885) * [[John Butt (bishop)|John Butt]] (1885–1897) * [[Francis Bourne|Francis Bourne]] (1897–1903), appointed Archbishop of Westminster (Cardinal in 1911) * [[Peter Amigo|Peter Amigo]] (1904–1949); Archbishop (personal title) in 1937 * [[Cyril Cowderoy|Cyril Cowderoy]] (1949–1976); see raised to Archdiocese in 1965 * [[Michael Bowen (bishop)|Michael Bowen]] (1977–2003) * [[Kevin McDonald (bishop)|Kevin McDonald]] (2003–2009) * [[Peter Smith (bishop)|Peter Smith]] (2010–2019) * [[John Wilson (bishop)|John Wilson]] (2019–present) ===Coadjutor Bishop=== *[[Francis Bourne|Francis Bourne]] (1896–1897); future Cardinal ===Auxiliary Bishops=== *[[William Francis Brown|William Brown]] (1924–1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F49481 |title=Brown, William Francis (1862-1951) |website=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbrow.html |title=Bishop William Francis Brown |website=catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> *[[John Butt (bishop)|John Butt]] (1884–1885), appointed Bishop here *[[Charles Henderson (bishop)|Charles Henderson]] (1972–2001) *[[Paul Hendricks|Paul Hendricks]] (2005–) *[[John Hine]] (2001–2016) *[[John Jukes]], O.F.M. Conv. (1979–1998) *[[Patrick Lynch (Roman Catholic bishop)|Patrick Lynch]], SS.CC. (2005–2020) *[[Paul Mason (bishop)|Paul Mason]] (2016–2018), appointed Bishop of Great Britain, Military *[[Howard Tripp]] (1979–2004) ===Other priests of this diocese who became bishops=== *[[Michael Bowen (bishop)|Michael Bowen]] (priest here, 1958–1965), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton in 1970; later returned as Archbishop *[[Joseph Butt]], appointed auxiliary bishop of Westminster in 1911 *[[John Cahill (bishop)|John Cahill]], appointed auxiliary bishop of Portsmouth in 1900 *[[Alan Clark (bishop)|Alan Clark]], appointed auxiliary bishop of Northampton in 1969 *[[Maurice Couve de Murville (bishop)|Maurice Couve de Murville]] (priest here, 1957–1965), appointed Archbishop of Birmingham in 1982 *[[Arthur Doubleday|Arthur Doubleday]], appointed Bishop of Brentwood in 1920 *[[Michael Evans (bishop)|Michael Evans]], appointed Bishop of East Anglia in 2003 *[[Langton Fox]], appointed auxiliary bishop of Menevia, Wales in 1965 *[[William Heard (cardinal)|William Heard]], appointed Dean of the Roman Rota in 1958 (Cardinal in 1958, titular bishop in 1962) *[[Arthur Hinsley]], appointed titular bishop in 1926; future Cardinal *[[William Keatinge]], appointed Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military in 1917 *[[Richard Moth]], appointed Bishop of Great Britain, Military in 2009 *[[Peter Smith (bishop)|Peter Smith]], appointed Bishop of East Anglia in 1995; later returned as Archbishop *[[Bernard Wall]], appointed Bishop of Brentwood in 1955 *[[Francis Walmsley]], appointed Bishop of Great Britain, Military in 1979 ==Original cathedral== {{Refimprove section|date=November 2016}} {{Main|St George's Cathedral, Southwark}} [[File:St. George&#039;s Cathedral Southwark (19th century).jpg|thumb|left|St. George&#039;s Cathedral Southwark (19th century)]] The [[Papists Act 1778|Papists Act of 1778]] brought a certain limited freedom to those of the faith. Priests no longer moved in fear of imprisonment. Roman Catholics could run their own schools and could once more acquire property. In protest against the act, [[Lord George Gordon]], on 2 June 1780, gathered a large crowd in [[St George's Fields]] to march on [[Westminster]]. Refused a hearing, they became violent and so began a [[Gordon Riots|week of burning, plundering]] and killing in which many Roman Catholic chapels and houses were destroyed. There is a legend that the high altar of the cathedral stands on the spot where the march began. In 1786 there was only one Roman Catholic chapel in the whole of south London, located at [[Bermondsey]]. It was then that the Reverend Thomas Walsh, a [[Douai]] priest, for £20 a year hired a room in Bandyleg Walk<ref name=bho>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol25/pp72-75 "St George's Cathedral." Survey of London: Volume 25, St George's Fields (The Parishes of St. George the Martyr Southwark and St. Mary Newington). Ed. Ida Darlington. London: London County Council, 1955. 72–75. British History Online]</ref> (near where the Southwark fire station now stands). Within two years, the numbers attending the little chapel had increased so rapidly that a new building became necessary. In 1793 a large chapel dedicated to [[St George]] was opened in the London Road at a cost of £2,000. It was designed by James Taylor of [[Weybridge]], [[Surrey]]. According to tradition it was here that the first [[Solemn Mass|High Mass]] was celebrated in London, outside the chapels of ambassadors, since the time of [[King James II of England]]. The occasion was the Solemn Requiem sung for the repose of the soul of [[Louis XVI of France]], who was executed on 21 January 1793. It was to St George's that the Reverend [[Thomas Doyle (priest)|Thomas Doyle]] came in 1820, when the congregation stood at around 7,000. He became the first chaplain in 1829, when the [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829]] removed nearly all the legal disabilities which Catholics had suffered for 250 years. The arrival of Irish immigrants in the area necessitated the construction of a larger house of worship.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boast |first=Mary |date=1985 |title=The Story of Bankside |publisher=London Borough of Southwark |page=28 |isbn=0905849078 }}</ref> By 1839 enough money had been collected to make a start and the present site in St George's Fields (then an open space) was purchased for £3,200. [[Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin|Augustus Pugin]], the noted architect of the [[Gothic Revival]], was commissioned to design the church. The foundation stone was laid on 26th May, 1841 in a private ceremony held in the early morning so as not to arouse public unrest.<ref name=bho/> Due to cost constraints, the left tower was never built. The stained glass was by [[William Wailes]] of Newcastle.<ref>Bumpus, T. F., ''London Churches, Ancient and Modern'', 2nd Series, 1907, p. 174.{{PD-notice}}</ref> The church was solemnly opened by Bishop [[Nicholas Wiseman]] (later Cardinal Wiseman) on 4 July 1848.<ref>[https://www.stgeorgescathedral.org.uk/about/history/ "History", St. George's Cathedral]</ref> To mark the occasion, [[Pope Pius IX]] sent a golden chalice and paten as a gift. Pugin was the first person to be married in the church on 10 August 1848 to his third wife Jane. When Pope Pius restored the English Roman Catholic hierarchy, St George's was chosen as the cathedral church of the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark, which was to cover the whole of southern England. For the next half-century, until the opening of [[Westminster Cathedral]], St George's was the centre of Roman Catholic life in London. In response to the hostile reaction of many of the British peple to what was popularly characterized as "papal aggression", Bishop [[Nicholas Wiseman]] wrote "Appeal to the Reason and Good Feeling of the English people on the subject of the Catholic Hierarchy", a pamphlet of some thirty pages, addressed to the people themselves rather than to the educated minority who in the writer's view had so grossly and inexcusably misled them. Wiseman followed this with a series of lectures given at St. George's.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15670a.htm Hunter-Blair, Oswald. "Nicholas Patrick Wiseman." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 2 March 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref> In [[Thomas Grant (bishop)|Thomas Grant]] was made the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark; Doyle became the [[Provost (religion)|provost]] and administrator and remained so until his death on 6 June 1879. He is buried in the crypt. The new cathedral was consecrated by [[John Butt (bishop)|Bishop Butt]] on 7 November 1894<ref name=bho/> and on that day every year the feast of the dedication of the cathedral is celebrated throughout the diocese. ==Structure== As of 10 June 2010, there were three auxiliary bishops: [[Patrick Lynch (Roman Catholic Bishop)|Patrick Lynch]] [[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary|SS.CC.]], [[titular bishop of Castrum]]; and [[Paul Hendricks]], titular Bishop of [[Diocese of Ross (Scotland)|Ross and Cromarty]]; [[Paul Mason (bishop)|Paul Mason]], titular Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Skálholt|Skálaholt]]. These bishops have particular pastoral responsibility in South East London, South West London and Kent respectively.<ref name=welcome>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/|title=Welcome to Southwark|website=www.rcsouthwark.co.uk|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> ==Mimistries== The Archdiocese of Southwark Spirituality Commission identifies resources in the archdiocese and works to increase awareness and accessibility of them.<ref>[http://www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/ Archdiocese of Southwark Spirituality Commission]</ref> "The Archdiocese of Southwark Universities Chaplaincy Team works in collaboration with universities and their multi-faith chaplaincies in South London, Surrey and Kent. There are Catholic Chaplains at Kings College – Guy's Campus, Goldsmiths, London South Bank, Roehampton and Kingston Universities and at the University of Kent at Canterbury." Most of the university chaplaincies work independently providing events for their Catholic community. Throughout the year however, there are times when the Catholic Chaplaincy Team work together to either arrange or take part in events that are open to students and staff from across the different chaplaincies.<ref>[https://www.rcaosuniversities.org.uk/ Archdiocese of Southwark Universities Chaplaincy]</ref> ==Pilgrimage== The Southwark archdiocese makes up part of the [[Catholic Association Pilgrimage]]. ==Education== {{Expand section|date=July 2009}} The archdiocese is the foundation responsible for over 170 voluntary-aided and voluntary-controlled schools in the diocese and is the sponsor of two schools under the English [[Academy (English school)|academy]] programme. ==See also== *[[Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{catholic|title=Southwark}} ==External links== *[http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark] *[http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/parlink.html Parishes of the diocese] *[http://www.southwark-rc-cathedral.org.uk/ St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Southwark] *[http://www.southwarkvocations.com/ Diocesan Vocations website] {{Roman Catholic dioceses in England and Wales}} {{coord|51.4979|-0.1080|type:adm2nd_region:GB|display=title}} [[Category:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark| ]] [[Category:1850 establishments in England]] [[Category:Christianity in Kent]] [[Category:Pope Pius IX]] [[Category:Religious organizations established in 1850]] [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century|Southwark]] [[Category:Roman Catholic provinces in the United Kingdom|Southwark]]'