• New Pastoral Areas announced
    04/04/2023

    Following a period of consultation and review, the list below outlines the definitive future parish structure. It is envisaged that parishes will move towards this structure in waves over the [...]

  • New Charity name and number for the Diocese
    31/12/2022

    We are pleased to announce that from 1 January 2023 our new charity name will be the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth and number 1199568. The Portsmouth Diocesan Trust was constituted [...]

  • Bishop’s Pastoral Letter – The Year of the Holy Spirit
    19/12/2022

    The Pastoral Letter From the Bishop was read in all churches and chapels of the Diocese of Portsmouth on 18th December 2022, the Fourth Sunday of Advent. The theme of [...]

  • A Message to Jersey
    14/12/2022

    A message to Jersey In light of the tragedies over the last week, written to Canon Dominic Golding and the people of Jersey. Dear Canon Dominic, I was shocked and [...]

  • Ad Multos Annos Bishop Philip
    29/09/2022

    Today Canon David Hopgood and the Chapter of Canons celebrated the tenth anniversary of Bishop Philip Egan’s episcopal ordination. As the eighth Bishop of Portsmouth. In his time as Bishop, [...]

  • Bishop Philip leads Pro Life pilgrimage to Walsingham
    10/08/2022

    On Saturday 6th August, a glorious sunny day, Bishop Philip led the Pro Life Pilgrimage to pray in reparation for the respect of the sanctity of Life from conception to [...]

  • Bishop Philip celebrates New Dawn in Walsingham
    08/08/2022

    On Friday 5th August, this year, for the first time in the history of the Conference, the main programme took place within the Shrine and Basilica grounds whilst the healing, [...]