This is a list of cardinals of the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

from

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

. It does not include cardinals of non-English national origin appointed to English ecclesiastical offices such as the cardinal protectors of England. Dates in parentheses are the dates of elevation and death (or, in the case of

Pope Adrian IV Pope Adrian (or Hadrian) IV (; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); 1 September 1159) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 until his death in 1159. Born in England, Adrian IV was the first Pope ...

, the date of his election as pope). Cardinals of

antipope An antipope () is a person who claims to be Bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church in opposition to the officially elected pope. Between the 3rd and mid-15th centuries, antipopes were supported by factions within the Church its ...

s are listed in ''italics''. Living cardinals are bolded. Prior to the

English Reformation The English Reformation began in 16th-century England when the Church of England broke away first from the authority of the pope and bishops Oath_of_Supremacy, over the King and then from some doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church ...

, most English cardinals were non-bishops or

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the Primus inter pares, ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop ...

. Four were

Archbishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the ...

. Since the re-establishment of the hierarchy of Roman Catholicism in England and Wales by ''

Universalis Ecclesiae was a papal bull of 29 September 1850 by which Pope Pius IX recreated the Roman Catholic diocesan hierarchy in England, which had been extinguished with the death of the last Marian bishop in the reign of Elizabeth I. New names were given to ...

'' (1850), most have also been the Archbishop of Westminster. Every archbishop of Westminster has been created cardinal. The current archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, was elevated to the cardinalate on 22 February 2014 by

Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...

in Rome.

12th century

Robert Pullen Robert Pullen (also rendered as Polenius, Pullan, Pullein, Pullenus, Pullus, Pully, and La Poule; – c. 1146) was an English theologian and Cardinal of the Catholic Church, often considered to be one of the founders of Oxford University. Biogr ...

(1144–1146) * Nicholas Breakspeare, elected Pope Adrian IV (1149–1154)

13th century

Stephen Langton Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 until his death in 1228. The dispute between list of English kings, King John of E ...

(1206–1228) * Robert of Courçon (1212–1219) * Robert Somercotes (1238–1241) * John of Toledo (1244–1275) * Robert Kilwardby (1278–1279) * Hugh of Evesham (1281–1287)

14th century

* William of Macclesfield (1303), probably died before his promotion * Walter of Winterburn (1304–1305) * Thomas of Jorz (1305–1310) * John of Thoresby (1361–1373) * Simon Langham (1368–1376) *'' William Courtenay'' (1378) elevated by Pope

Urban VI Pope Urban VI (; ; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death, in October 1389. He was the last pope elected from outside the College of Cardinals. His pontificate be ...

, but declined * Adam Easton (1381–1385 and again 1389–1397)

15th century

*'' Philip Repyngdon'', elevated by

Gregory XII Pope Gregory XII (; ; – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario," or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Reigning during the Western Schism, he was opposed by the Avignon claimant Benedi ...

in 1408 but declined the promotion *'' Robert Hallam'', elevated in 1411 by

Antipope John XXIII Baldassarre Cossa (died 22 December 1419) was Pisan antipope as John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church today regards him as an antipope in opposition to Pope Gregory XII, whom it recognizes as the rightful succ ...

but declined the promotion *'' Thomas Langley'', elevated in 1411 by Antipope John XXIII but declined the promotion * Henry Beaufort (1426–1447) *

John Kemp John Kemp ( 1380 – 22 March 1454) was a medieval English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England. Biography Kemp was the son of Thomas Kempe, a gentleman of Olantigh, in the parish of Wye near Ashford, Ke ...

(1439–1454) * Thomas Bourchier (1467/73-1486) * John Morton (1493–1500)

16th century

* Christopher Bainbridge (1511–1514) *

Thomas Wolsey Thomas Wolsey ( ; – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal (catholic), cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's Lord High Almoner, almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and ...

(1515–1530) * John Fisher (1535–1535) *

Reginald Pole Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal and the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558 during the Marian Restoration of Catholicism. Early life Pole was born at Stourt ...

(1536–1558) * William Petow (1557–1559) * William Allen (1587–1594)

17th century

* Philip Howard (1675–1694)

18th century

Henry Benedict Stuart Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York (6 March 1725 – 13 July 1807) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal, and was the third and final Jacobitism, Jacobite heir to pub ...

(1747–1807)

19th century

* Thomas Weld (1830–1837) * Charles Januarius Acton (1842–1847) *

Nicholas Wiseman Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman (3 August 1802 – 15 February 1865) was an English Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Westminster upon the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1 ...

(1850–1865) * Henry Edward Manning (1875–1892) *

Edward Henry Howard Edward Henry Howard (13 February 1829 – 16 September 1892) was an English Catholic priest and archbishop, who was made a Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal in 1877. He was a relative of the Duke of Norfolk, Dukes of Norfolk. Howard is in the epi ...

(1877–1892) *

John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was previously an Anglican priest and after his conversion became a cardinal. He was an ...

(1879–1890) * Herbert Vaughan (1893–1903)

20th century

* Francis Bourne (1911–1935) * Francis Aidan Gasquet (1914–1929) * Arthur Hinsley (1937–1943) * Bernard Griffin (1946–1956) * William Godfrey (1958–1963) * William Theodore Heard (1959–1973) * John Carmel Heenan (1965–1975) *

Basil Hume George Basil Hume (born George Haliburton Hume; 2 March 1923 – 17 June 1999) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1976 until his death in 1999. A member of the Benedictines, he was made a cardinal i ...

(1976–1999)

21st century

* Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (2001–2017) * Vincent Nichols (2014–present) * Michael Fitzgerald (2019–present) * Arthur Roche (2022–present) * Timothy Radcliffe (2024–present)

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