Ordinaries Vicars Apostolic of the Midland District •
Bonaventure Giffard (1687–1703), appointed
Vicar Apostolic of the London District •
George Witham (1702–1716), appointed
Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District •
John Talbot Stonor (1716–1756) •
John Joseph Hornyold (1756–1778) •
Thomas Joseph Talbot (1778–1795) •
Charles Berington (1795–1798) •
Gregory Stapleton (1800–1802) •
John Milner (1803–1826) •
Thomas Walsh (1826–1840), became
Vicar Apostolic of the Central District (see below)
Vicars Apostolic of the Central District • Thomas Walsh (1840–1848), see above; appointed
Vicar Apostolic of the London District •
William Bernard Ullathorne (1848–1850); see below
Bishops of Birmingham • William Bernard Ullathorne (1850–1888); see above •
Edward Ilsley (1888–1911); see below
Archbishops of Birmingham • Edward Ilsley (1911–1921); see above •
John McIntyre (1921–1928) •
Thomas Leighton Williams (1929–1946) •
Joseph Masterson (1947–1953) •
Francis Joseph Grimshaw (1954–1965) •
George Patrick Dwyer (1965–1981) •
Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville (1982–1999) •
Vincent Gerard Nichols (2000–2009), appointed
Archbishop of Westminster (
Cardinal in 2014) •
Bernard Longley (2009–present)
Coadjutor Vicars Apostolic •
John Joseph Hornyold (1751–1756) •
Thomas Joseph Talbot (1766–1778) •
Charles Berington (1786–1795) •
Thomas Walsh (1825–1826) •
Nicholas Wiseman (1840–1847), appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the London District, later
Vicar Apostolic of the London District and
Archbishop of Westminster (elevated to
Cardinal in 1850)
Auxiliary bishops •
John Patrick Barrett (1926–1929), appointed Bishop of Plymouth •
Terence John Brain (1991–1997), appointed Bishop of Salford •
Humphrey Penderell Bright (1944–1964) •
Robert John Byrne CO (2014–2019), appointed Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle •
Joseph Francis Cleary (1964–1987) •
Anthony Joseph Emery (1967–1976), appointed Bishop of Portsmouth •
David Ernest Charles Evans (2020–) •
Michael Francis Glancey (1924–1925) •
Bernard William Griffin (1938–1943), appointed Archbishop of Westminster (Cardinal in 1946) •
Roger Francis Crispian Hollis (1987–1988), appointed Bishop of Portsmouth •
Edward Ilsley (1879–1888), appointed Bishop here •
Leonard William Kenney CP (2006–2021) •
Patrick Leo McCartie (1977–1990), appointed Bishop of Northampton •
David Christopher McGough (2005–2020) •
John McIntyre (1912–1917), appointed official of the Roman Curia and titular archbishop; later returned as Archbishop • Timothy Menezes (2024-) •
Philip Pargeter (1989–2009) •
Stephen James Lawrence Wright (2020–2023) appointed Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle • Richard Walker (2024-)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops •
Francis Kerril Amherst, appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1858 •
James Brown, appointed Bishop of Shrewsbury in 1851 •
David John Cashman, appointed auxiliary bishop of Westminster in 1958 •
Kieran Thomas Conry, appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton in 2001 •
James Dey, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military in 1935 •
Edward Dicconson, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Northern District in 1740 •
Kevin John Dunn, appointed Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 2004 •
Joseph Gray, appointed auxiliary bishop of Liverpool in 1968 •
Frederick William Keating, appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1908 •
Edmund James Knight, appointed auxiliary bishop of Shrewsbury in 1879 •
Kevin John Patrick McDonald, appointed Bishop of Northampton in 2001 •
Patrick Joseph McKinney, appointed Bishop of Nottingham in 2015 •
Francis George Mostyn, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Northern District in 1840 •
David James Oakley, appointed Bishop of Northampton in 2020 •
Richard Butler Roskell, appointed Bishop of Nottingham in 1853 •
Marcus Nigel Stock, appointed Bishop of Leeds in 2014 •
Francis Gerard Thomas, appointed Bishop of Northampton in 1982 •
William Wareing, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District in 1840 •
Henry Weedall, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Northern District in 1840; did not take effect == Education ==