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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
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| Senior posting | |
| See | Portsmouth, England |
| Title | Bishop of Portsmouth |
| Period in office | 5 May 1987 — present |
| Predecessor | Rt Revd Anthony Joseph Emery |
| Successor | incumbent |
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| Date of birth | 17 November 1936 |
| Place of birth | Bristol, England |
Roger Francis Crispian Hollis (born 17 November 1936, in Bristol) is the Bishop of Portsmouth. History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London His parents were Christopher Hollis (1902-1977), the author and parliamentarian, and Madeleine Hollis (née King). Both parents were converts to the Catholic faith.
Crispian Hollis was at school at Stonyhurst College and did his national service in the Somerset Light Infantry, serving in the United Kingdom and in Malaya. Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1956 he went up to the University of Oxford to read Modern History as a member of Balliol College, taking his degree in 1959. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. In that year he went to Rome to start training for the priesthood, reading Philosophy and Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University as a member of the Venerable English College, and obtaining the Licence in Sacred Theology in 1966. The Venerable English College is a Roman Catholic Seminary in Rome for the training of priests for England. He was ordained a priest on 11 July 1965. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.
After one year as a curate at Christ the King, Amesbury, Wiltshire, Crispian Hollis went to the Old Palace, The Catholic Chaplaincy in University of Oxford, where he worked from 1967-1977, first as Assistant to Father Michael Hollings, then as Chaplain. Amesbury is a Town and Civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, eight miles north of Salisbury. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the In 1977 he was appointed Catholic Assistant to the Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC.
In 1981 he was appointed as Administrator of Clifton Cathedral in Bristol and Vicar General of the diocese of Clifton, with special responsibility for ecumenical affairs. The Cathedral Church of SS Peter and Paul is the Roman Catholic Cathedral in the English city of Bristol. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic Diocese centred around the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul in While still in this post, he was appointed a member of the IBA's panel of Religious Advisers and in 1986 became a member of CRAC (the Central Religious Advisory Committee) for BBC and IBA.
In February 1987 he was appointed as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham with special responsibility for the Oxfordshire area, before he was installed as Bishop of Portsmouth on 27 January 1989. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
He has been Chairman of the Catholic Media Trust and also Chairman of the Bishops' Committee for Europe. He is member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in the Vatican. He is Chairman of the Bishops' Conference Department of Mission and Unity, Representative for the Bishops' Conference of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and a Member of IARCCUM (International Anglican Roman Catholic Committee for Unity and Mission). He enjoys cricket and golf and takes an interest in current affairs. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries
Bishop Crispian actively encourages people to travel to Lourdes and indeed he has a great attachment to Lourdes, first going there in 1967 as Chaplain with the Oxford University Pilgrimage and then going annually with them until 1981. Lourdes ( Occitan: Lorda) is a town and commune situated in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, lying in the first Pyrenean The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the On returning to the Diocese of Clifton he travelled with the Clifton Pilgrimage each year up until 1986 and with the Portsmouth Diocese since 1987.
Portsmouth Diocese together with the Dioceses of Clifton, East Anglia, Northampton and Southwark, plus Stonyhurst College travel each year with the Catholic Association Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition The Catholic Association of the UK abbreviated to the CA has been around in one form or another since 1881 and ran its first Bishop Hollis is the Patron of the Catholic Association Hospitalité.
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