Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth

Diocese of Portsmouth Dioecesis Portus Magni
Current Bishop of Portsmouth – Coat of Arms
Location
Country	England, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey
Territory	Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire
Ecclesiastical province	Southwark
Metropolitan	Southwark
Deaneries	24 (Pastoral Areas)
Coordinates	50°47′56″N 1°05′28″W / 50.799°N 1.091°W / 50.799; -1.091Coordinates: 50°47′56″N 1°05′28″W / 50.799°N 1.091°W / 50.799; -1.091
Statistics
Area	6,339 km2 (2,448 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 2,563,000 195,000 (7.6%)
Parishes	96
Schools	77
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	19 May 1882
Cathedral	Portsmouth Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Edmund of Abingdon and The Immaculate Conception
Secular priests	128
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Philip Egan
Metropolitan Archbishop	Peter Smith
Emeritus Bishops	Crispian Hollis
Map
The diocese within the Province of Southwark. The Channel Islands are not shown.
Website
portsmouthdiocese.org.uk

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is a Latin Church Roman Catholic diocese that covers the Channel Islands as well as parts of England (Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire). The episcopal see is the Portsmouth Cathedral and is headed by the Bishop of Portsmouth. The diocese is part of the metropolitan Province of Southwark, which covers all of the far South of England as well as the Channel Islands.

The Diocese of Portsmouth, situated centrally within the Metropolitan Province of Southwark, extending as far as Abingdon in the North; and down to and including the Channel Islands in the South, and roughly from Liphook in the East to Andover in the West. The Diocese adjoins the dioceses of Birmingham and Northampton to the North, the diocese of Arundel & Brighton to the East and the dioceses of Plymouth and Clifton to the West. It officially comprises the counties of Hampshire, Berkshire (south of the Thames), Oxfordshire (south of the Thames), Dorset (the Bournemouth area), the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.