John Sherrington

John Francis Sherrington (born 5 January 1958) is an English Catholic prelate who has served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool since May 2025. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Westminster from 2011 to 2025. He had previously taught at two seminaries and served as part of the clergy of the Diocese of Nottingham. to Frank and Catherine Sherrington. He attended St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School and Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, both in Leicester.

Ordained ministry Sherrington attended seminary at All Hallows College, Dublin.

Episcopal ministry On 30 June 2011, Sherrington was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Westminster and titular bishop of Hilta by Pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 14 September from Archbishop Vincent Nichols, with Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and Bishop Malcolm McMahon acting as co-consecrators. From 2011 to 2016, he had oversight of the deaneries of Hertfordshire, and then had oversight of the deaneries of North London.

On 5 April 2025, Pope Francis appointed him as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool. He was installed as the 10th Archbishop of Liverpool on 27 May 2025.