bishop of portsmouth (catholic)

The Bishop of Portsmouth is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic 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 see is in the City of Portsmouth where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist. The diocese was erected on 19 May 1882 from the Diocese of Southwark. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Roger Francis Crispan Hollis, the 7th Bishop of Portsmouth.

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small>3 June 1882 to 23 May 1900	John Vertue	Priest; ordained 25 July 1882; died in office
small>30 August 1900 to 2 August 1910	John Baptist Cahill	Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth; died in office
small>24 November 1910 to 24 October 1940	William Timothy Cotter	Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth; died in office
small>4 June 1941 to 6 June 1954	John Henry King	Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth; becoming Archbishop (personal title)
small>6 June 1954 to 23 March 1965	John Henry King, Archbishop of Portsmouth	Hitherto Bishop; died in office
small>18 October 1965 to 7 February 1976	Derek John Worlock	Priest; ordained 21 December 1965; appointed Archbishop of Liverpool
small>13 September 1976 to 5 April 1988	Anthony Joseph Emery	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham; died in office
small>6 December 1988 to present	Roger Francis Crispan Hollis	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham