John Henry Newman CO (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019.
Originally an
evangelical academic at the
University of Oxford and
priest in the
Church of England, Newman was drawn to the
high-church tradition of
Anglicanism. He became one of the more notable leaders of the
Oxford Movement, an influential and controversial grouping of Anglicans who wished to restore to the Church of England many
Catholic beliefs and liturgical rituals from before the
English Reformation. In this, the movement had some success. After publishing his controversial
Tract 90 in 1841, Newman later wrote: "I was on my death-bed, as regards my membership with the Anglican Church." In 1845, Newman resigned his teaching post at Oxford University, and, joined by some but not all of his followers, officially left the Church of England and was received into the
Catholic Church. He was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an influential religious leader, based in Birmingham. In 1879, he was created a cardinal by
Pope Leo XIII in recognition of his services to the cause of the
Catholic Church in England. He was instrumental in the founding of the
Catholic University of Ireland in 1854, which later became
University College Dublin. (
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Attributes: Cardinal's attire
Patronage:
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
See also:
Denis;
Martyrs of Turon;
Inocencio of Mary Immaculate;
John Leonardi
John Henry Newman CO (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019.
Originally an
evangelical academic at the
University of Oxford and
priest in the
Church of England, Newman was drawn to the
high-church tradition of
Anglicanism. He became one of the more notable leaders of the
Oxford Movement, an influential and controversial grouping of Anglicans who wished to restore to the Church of England many
Catholic beliefs and liturgical rituals from before the
English Reformation. In this, the movement had some success. After publishing his controversial
Tract 90 in 1841, Newman later wrote: "I was on my death-bed, as regards my membership with the Anglican Church." In 1845, Newman resigned his teaching post at Oxford University, and, joined by some but not all of his followers, officially left the Church of England and was received into the
Catholic Church. He was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an influential religious leader, based in Birmingham. In 1879, he was created a cardinal by
Pope Leo XIII in recognition of his services to the cause of the
Catholic Church in England. He was instrumental in the founding of the
Catholic University of Ireland in 1854, which later became
University College Dublin. (
Full article...)
Attributes: Cardinal's attire
Patronage:
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
See also:
Denis;
Martyrs of Turon;
Inocencio of Mary Immaculate;
John Leonardi