The archdiocese was created by the Bull "Universalis Ecclesiae of Pope Pius IX from the ancient Apostolic Vicariate of London District, on September 29. Today Archdiocese’s territory consists of all the London boroughs north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, together with the towns southwest of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames, and the County of Hertfordshire, which lies immediately to London's north. The suffragan sees of The current archbishop is Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, who was installed as tenth Archbishop of Westminster on March 22, 2000. He was raised to the rank of Cardinal Priest of the Title of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva by Pope John Paul II on February 21, 2001.
Nicholas Wiseman, the last Vicar Apostolic of the London District, was appointed first archbishop upon the creation of the archdiocese and raised at the same time to the dignity of the college of Cardinals.
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
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