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Suffragan diocese Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Diocese of Portsmouth

Portus magni

The Diocese of Portsmouth is a Latin rite diocese covering Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire in England, erected on 19 May 1882 from the western portion of the Diocese of Southwark. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Southwark. Its seat is the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist in Portsmouth.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, in Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

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Established
1882
Catholics
235,000
Priests
115
Territory
6,339 km²

Parishes and churches

79 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Philip Egan
Born
14 November 1955
Birthplace
Altrincham

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth stands in Portsmouth, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The historic counties of Hampshire and Berkshire in England, together with the Channel Islands, make up the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Magni), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. St John's Cathedral in Portsmouth is the episcopal see, headed by the Bishop of Portsmouth. The diocese belongs to the metropolitan Province of Southwark, whose reach covers all of the far South of England as well as the Channel Islands.

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