Hello and Welcome to the Archdiocese of Birmingham website.

Your virtual visit is most welcome.

This website is our window to the world and an opportunity for us to share our Catholic faith in a digital setting. Now more than ever online communication is vital to keep in touch, to engage and to share. It also enables us to develop and deepen the unity which the Lord has given to his Church.  

I hope that you find what you are looking for here.  I also assure you of my prayers and kindest wishes.

Yours sincerely in the Lord,

Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham

Free Guided Tours at St Chad's Cathedral

Make a date for a walk-in visit to explore the Diocesan Mother Church. Three dates available in August.

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Author: Faye Fawcett

Location: St Chad's Cathedral,St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham

Parishes and Schools invited to join Adoremus this October

The Adoremus National Eucharistic Congress is the Bishops’ invitation to renew our devotion to the Eucharistic Lord

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Author: Faye Fawcett

Diocesan Novena for the Canonisation of Blessed Dominic Barberi

Join us in prayer this August. A moment to pause and to appreciate the work of this holy Passionist in our Archdiocese and to pray for his Canonisation.

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Author: Faye Fawcett

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Events

  • Commemorating the dropping of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    All welcome at two memorial events in Birmingham - Birmingham Cathedral, The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip (Sat 1 Aug) and St Chad's Cathedral (Wed 5 Aug) Read more

  • Pilgrimage for Life

    The pilgrimage for reparation and prayer for the sanctity of life, Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Saturday 1 August Read more

  • Antisemitism: Why Does it Persist in Catholic Preaching and Teaching 60 Years After Nostra Aetate #4?

    Educating against antisemitism with Prof. Amy-Jill Levine: Ancient Texts for Our Troubled Times. Second of three webinars. Read more

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