Diocese of Portsmouth, England

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Portsmouth / Portus magni (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Southwark

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Blessed Lady, Conceived Without Sin (December 8), Saint Edmund of Abingdon (November 16)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 19 (1887)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1882.05.19: Established as Diocese of Portsmouth / Portus magni (Latin) (from Diocese of Southwark and became suffragan of Westminster)
1965.05.28: Became suffragan of Southwark

Contact Info

Address: St. Edmund House, Bishop Crispian Way, Portsmouth PO1 3QA, England

Phone: (023)9282-5430

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.07.11 – ...):

Bishop Philip Anthony Egan (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Portsmouth (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philip Anthony Egan (69)
(2012.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

In corde Jesu

Born:	1955.11.14 (Altrincham, England)
Ordained Priest:	1984.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.24

Priest of Shrewsbury (England) (1984.08.04 – 2012.07.11)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (2012.07.11 – ...)

Bishop Roger Francis Crispian Hollis (88)
(1988.12.06 – 2012.07.11)

Bishop emeritus of Portsmouth (England)

Per ducatum evangelii

Born:	1936.11.17 (Bristol, England)
Ordained Priest:	1965.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.05.05

Priest of Clifton (England) (1965.07.11 – 1987.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Cincari (1987.02.13 – 1988.12.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England) (1987.02.13 – 1988.12.06)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1988.12.06 – 2012.07.11)

Bishop Anthony Joseph Emery
(1976.09.13 – 1988.04.05)

Sinite parvulos venire

Born:	1918.05.17 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1953.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.03.08
Died:	1988.04.05 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Tamallula (1967.12.06 – 1976.09.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England) (1967.12.06 – 1976.09.13)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1976.09.13 – 1988.04.05)

Bishop Derek John Worlock (later Archbishop)
(1965.10.18 – 1976.02.07)

Caritas Christi eluceat

Born:	1920.02.04 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.12.21
Died:	1996.02.06 († 76)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1965.10.18 – 1976.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) (1976.02.07 – 1996.02.06)

Archbishop John Henry King
(1941.06.04 – 1965.03.23)

Born:	1880.09.16 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1904.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.07.15
Died:	1965.03.23 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Opus (1938.05.28 – 1941.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1938.05.28 – 1941.06.04)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1941.06.04 – 1965.03.23)

Archbishop ad personam (1954.06.06 – 1965.03.23)

Bishop William Timothy Cotter
(1910.11.24 – 1940.10.24)

Non recuso laborem

Born:	1866.12.21 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1892.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.03.19
Died:	1940.10.24 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ (1905.02.14 – 1910.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1905.02.14 – 1910.11.24)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1910.11.24 – 1940.10.24)

Bishop John Baptist Cahill
(1900.08.30 – 1910.08.02)

In Domino confido

Born:	1841.09.02 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1864.10.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.05.01
Died:	1910.08.02 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Thagura (1900.03.21 – 1900.08.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1900.03.21 – 1900.08.30)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1900.08.30 – 1910.08.02)

Bishop John Vertue
(1882.06.03 – 1900.05.23)

Born:	1826.04.28 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1851.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.07.25
Died:	1900.05.23 († 74)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1882.06.03 – 1900.05.23)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Thomas Holland (1960.10.31 – 1964.08.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Henry King (later Archbishop) (1938.05.28 – 1941.06.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Timothy Cotter (1905.02.14 – 1910.11.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Baptist Cahill (1900.03.21 – 1900.08.30)