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# Bishop of Lichfield welcomes new Archbishop of Birmingham
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/bishop-of-lichfield-welcomes-new-archbishop-of-birmingham/
- Published: 2009-10-01T11:41:23.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-01T11:41:23.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:52, News

The Bishop of Lichfield has today welcomed the appointment of the new Archbishop of Birmingham.

Bishop Bernard Longley has been confirmed as the successor to the Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols with the Roman Catholic church in Birmingham.

![The Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jonathangledhill.jpg "jonathangledhill")

The Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill

The Anglican Diocese of Lichfield and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham both include Staffordshire and much of the Black Country in their respective areas

The Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill said:

> “On behalf of the Anglican Diocese of Lichfield I warmly welcome Bishop Bernard to be the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham . Vincent Nichols was a great friend to us while he was Archbishop of Birmingham, and we look forward to this friendship continuing with Bernard Longley. We will pray for him, support him and gladly work with him as he takes up his new post.”