John Henry Newman

Blessed John Henry Newman Cong. Orat.
Cardinal Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
Portrait of Newman by John Everett Millais, 1881
Appointed	12 May 1879
Term ended	11 August 1890
Predecessor	Tommaso Martinelli
Successor	Francis Aidan Gasquet
Other post(s)	Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford; Provost of the Birmingham Oratory
Orders
Ordination	13 June 1824 (deacon; Church of England) 29 May 1825 (priest; Church of England) 30 May 1847 (priest; Catholic Church)
Created cardinal	12 May 1879 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal deacon
Personal details
Born	(1801-02-21)21 February 1801 London, England, United Kingdom
Died	11 August 1890(1890-08-11) (aged 89) Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Buried	Oratory House, Rednal, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican (1801–1845) Roman Catholic (1845–1890)
Parents	John Newman and Jemina Fourdrinier
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford
Motto	Cor ad Cor Loquitur (Heart speaks unto Heart)
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	9 October (Roman Catholic Church), 11 August (Church of England)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Church of England
Beatified	19 September 2010 Cofton Park, Birmingham, England by Pope Benedict XVI
Attributes	Cardinal's attire
Patronage	Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
Shrines	Birmingham Oratory, Edgbaston, England

John Henry Newman, Cong. Orat. (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an important person in Victorian Christianity in England. He was part of the Oxford Movement in Anglicanism which pushed for a more Catholic faith. He finally converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1845. He was made a cardinal. He was beatified in 2010. He wrote many books, including an autobiography, and The Dream of Gerontius.

Early life and education

Newman was born on 21 February 1801 in the City of London,

Evangelical

At the age of 15, during his last year at school, Newman was converted, an incident of which he wrote in his Apologia that it was "more certain than that I have hands or feet".

Other websites

• Quotations related to John Henry Newman at Wikiquote
• Works written by or about John Henry Newman at Wikisource
• Media related to John Henry Newman at Wikimedia Commons
• Newman reader

Writings

• Works by John Henry Newman at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about John Henry Newman at Internet Archive
• Works by John Henry Newman at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)