Philip Egan
The Rt Revd Philip Egan BA STL PhD | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Portsmouth | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Portsmouth |
| See | Portsmouth, England |
| In office | 24 September 2012 to present |
| Predecessor | Crispian Hollis |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 August 1984 |
| Consecration | 24th September 2012 by Crispian Hollis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 November 1955 |
Philip Anthony Egan was born at Altrincham, Cheshire and is the current and Eighth Bishop of Portsmouth.
Biography
Bishop Egan was born on November 14, 1955, in Altrincham, a suburb of Manchester. After classical studies locally at St. Ambrose College and at Kings College London, he completed training for the priesthood at Allen Hall, Westminster, and at the Venerable English College in Rome. On 4 August 1984, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Shrewsbury. From 1984 to 1988, Egan served as parochial vicar at St. Anthony's, Woodehouse Park, Manchester. From 1988 to 1991, he served as an assistant chaplain at the University of Cambridge. From 1991 to 1994, he served as parish vicar and chaplain at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral. From 1994 to 1995, he completed theological studies at Boston College in the United States, going on to serve, until 2007, as a Professor of Fundamental Theology and Dean of Studies at Oscott College seminary in Birmingham. In 2007-2008, also in Boston he attended Lonergan Post Doctoral Fellowship Studies. In 2008, Egan became parish priest of Our Lady and St Christopher's in Stockport. In 2010, he was named to his previous post as Vicar General of the Diocese of Shrewsbury.
On Tuesday, 11 July 2012, Bishop Egan's appointment as the Eighth Bishop of Portsmouth was announced in an official press release from the Vatican Information Service (VIS), an arm of the Holy See Press Office. At the time of his appointment Bishop Egan was serving as the Vicar General of the Diocese of Shrewsbury. Bishop Egan's Episcopal Ordination took place at St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth on Monday 24 September 2012, the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.