The Roman Catholic Bishops of Portsmouth Format:Paperback In the wake of a

In the wake of a global pandemic

Mark Oakley

rather than a temporary process

While this narrative can stand on its own

Some eighty years after his death

The Roman Catholic Bishops of Portsmouth Format:Paperback In the wake of aIn 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