The Roman Catholic Bishops of Portsmouth Format:Paperback Some eighty years after his

Some eighty years after his death

their contribution to our culture

we are left in no doubt that the church

David Jasper is Emeritus Professor and was Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow

Mark Oakley

The Roman Catholic Bishops of Portsmouth Format:Paperback Some eighty years after hisIn 1882, Pope Leo XIII issued an Apostolic Brief dividing the Diocese of Southwark and forming the new Diocese of Portsmouth, to include Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, parts of south Oxfordshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. Dr John Vertue was appointed as the first bishop, and the new parish church in Portsmouth became the cathedral. Since the founding of the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth until 2012, seven bishops and one auxiliary have