Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth

Diocese of Portsmouth Dioecesis Portus Magni
St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth
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
Deaneries	24 (Pastoral Areas)
Coordinates	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 2024) 3.8 Million 235,000
Parishes	87
Churches	135
Schools	70
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	19 May 1882
Cathedral	Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth
Patron saint	St. Edmund of Abingdon The Immaculate Conception Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Secular priests	115
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Philip Egan
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Wilson
Vicar General	James McAuley David Hopgood
Episcopal Vicars	Mark Hogan Paul James (PJ) Smith Benjamin Theobald Gaston Afah
Bishops emeritus	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 (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Magni)is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church 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 St John's Cathedral in Portsmouth 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.