Suffragan diocese Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Diocese of Portsmouth
Portus magni
Latin Church
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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- 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.
- St MaryTown not recordedView parish
- St Michael and All AngelsTown not recordedView parish
- St Michael and St OswaldTown not recordedView parish
- St PatrickTown not recordedView parish
- St Peter & The Winchester MartyrsTown not recordedView parish
- St SaviourTown not recordedView parish
- St Swithun and St Thomas MoreTown not recordedView parish
- St Swithun WellsTown not recordedView parish
- St Theresa of the Child JesusTown not recordedView parish
- St Thomas MoreTown not recordedView parish
- St Thomas More, Our Lady of Peace, Chapel of Christ the RedeemerTown not recordedView parish
- St Thomas of CanterburyTown not recordedView parish
- St Vincent de PaulTown not recordedView parish
- The AnnunciationTown not recordedView parish
- The Annunciation and St Edmund CampionTown not recordedView parish
- The Immaculate ConceptionTown not recordedView parish
- The Sacred HeartTown not recordedView parish
- The Sacred Heart and St Peter the ApostleTown not recordedView parish
- The Sacred Heart and St Therese of LisieuxTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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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