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Bishop of Portsmouth (Catholic)

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The '''Bishop of Portsmouth''' is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Catholic diocese of Portsmouth Diocese of Portsmouth in the Province of Southwark. The diocese covers an area of 6,339 km² of the counties of Hampshire and Dorset, the areas of the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire south of the River Thames, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. The Episcopal see see is in the Portsmouth City of Portsmouth where the seat is located at the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist. The diocese was erected on 19 May 1882 from the Diocese of Southwark (Catholic) Diocese of Southwark. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Roger Francis Crispan Hollis '''Roger''' Francis Crispan '''Hollis''' (who is known as Crispan), the 7th Bishop of Portsmouth.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth, England
{{Template:Christian Hierarchy Notes}} {| class="wikitable" |- align=left ! width="25%"|Tenure ! width="40%"|Incumbent ! width="20%"|Notes |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |3 June 1882 to 23 May 1900.html">John Vertue''' |Priest; ordained 25 July 1882; died in office |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |30 August 1900 to 2 August 1910.html">John Baptist Cahill '''John''' Baptist '''Cahill'''||Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth; died in office |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |24 November 1910 to 24 October 1940.html">William Timothy Cotter '''William''' Timothy '''Cotter'''||Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth; died in office |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |4 June 1941 to ''6 June 1954''.html">John Henry King '''John''' Henry '''King'''||Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth; becoming Archbishop (personal title) |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |''6 June 1954'' to 23 March 1965.html">John Henry King '''John''' Henry '''King''', Archbishop of Portsmouth||Hitherto Bishop; died in office |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |18 October 1965 to 7 February 1976.html">Derek Worlock '''Derek''' John '''Worlock'''||Priest; ordained 21 December 1965; appointed Archbishop of Liverpool |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |13 September 1976 to 5 April 1988.html">Anthony Joseph Emery '''Anthony''' Joseph '''Emery'''||Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham; died in office |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |6 December 1988 to present.html">Roger Francis Crispan Hollis '''Roger''' Francis Crispan '''Hollis'''||Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham |} {{Template:Roman Catholic Bishops & Archbishops - Great Britain}}

See also
*List of Bishops and Archbishops Category:Roman Catholic bishops by diocese Portsmouth

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