John Wilson (bishop)

John Wilson (born 4 July 1968) is an English prelate of the Catholic Church, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark.

During the vacancy of the See, he was elected Administrator of the Diocese of Leeds by the College of Consultors from September 2012 to November 2014.

He was ordained to the episcopate by Cardinal Vincent Nichols on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, 25 January 2016.

He was also Chair of the Education Commission and had oversight of ecumenical work and inter-religious dialogue at diocesan level.

On 8 May 2021, he was appointed KC*HS (Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, with Star) and installed as the Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy of England and Wales of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.