Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Conference of Bishops

Address: General Secretariat, 39 Eccleston Square, London, SW1V 1BX, England

Phone: (020) 7630-8220

Websites:

President (2026.02.14 – ...):	Archbishop Charles Phillip Richard Moth (67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)
Vice-President (2025.05.13 – ...):	Archbishop Bernard Longley (71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)
General Secretary (2025.09.16 – ...):	Canon William Agley (57) Priest of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

President: Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols (80) (2009.04.30 – 2025.12.19)
President: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor (2000.11 – 2009.04.30)
President: Archbishop Michael George Bowen (1999 – 2000.11)
President: Cardinal George Basil Hume, E.B.C. (1979 – 1999.06.17)
President: Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer (1976 – 1979)
President: Cardinal John Carmel Heenan (1963 – 1975)
President: Cardinal William Godfrey (1958 – 1963.01.22)
Vice-President: Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. (76) (2019.05.13 – 2025.04.05)
Vice-President: Archbishop Peter David Gregory Smith (2009.04.30 – 2019.05.13)
Vice-President: Archbishop Michael George Bowen (1996 – 1999)
General Secretary: Mr. Gregory Pope (2024.11 – 2025.09.16)
General Secretary: Canon Christopher Paul Thomas (2014.05.09 – 2024.11)
General Secretary: Msgr. Marcus Nigel Stock (64) (later Bishop) (2009 – 2014.09.15)
General Secretary: Msgr. Andrew Summersgil (2001 – 2009)
General Secretary: Msgr. Arthur Roche (76) (later Cardinal) (1994.04 – 2001.04.12)
General Secretary: Bishop Vincent Gerard Nichols (80) (later Cardinal) (1984.01 – 1994.04)

Last updated on 2026.04.11