The Bishop of Portsmouth is the
Ordinary
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of the
Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth in the
Province of Southwark, England.
[''Diocese of Portsmouth'']
at GCatholic.org.com. Retrieved on 14 June 2011.
The bishop's official residence is Bishop's House, Bishop Crispian Way,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire.
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The current bishop is Philip Egan, who was ordained bishop at St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth, on 24 September 2012, the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.][ He reached retirement age (75) in November 2011, and retired as Bishop on 11 July 2012 upon his successor's appointment. Bishop Hollis acted as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Portsmouth from 11 July 2012 until Bishop Egan's ordination on 24 September 2012.
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History
In 1688 the Portsmouth area came under the authority of the Vicar Apostolic of the London District. On the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1850 Portsmouth became part of the Diocese of Southwark. On 19 May 1882 the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth was created, and consists of the counties of Hampshire and Dorset, together with Berkshire
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and Oxfordshire
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south of the River Thames, plus the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.[
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List of the Catholic bishops of Portsmouth
References
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