The Re-establishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in England, 1850
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Description: An essay on the effects of the re-establishment, which to Catholics marked a definitive end to the "Penal Years". From the Victorian Web.
The Re-establishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in England, 1850 The Re-establishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in England, 1850 , Professor of History, Vassar College lthough Catholics had long enjoyed toleration in England, their church was governed by vicars apostolic rather than bishops and there was no diocesan or parish organization. But in 1850, partly to better administer to the large number of Catholic Irish flocking into England after the Irish Famine, the Catholic Church re-established its full hierarchy. For the first time since the reign of Mary Tudor (1555-1558), Catholics now had a a full hierarchy consistent with that of Catholic countries. Thirteen sees and the archdiocese of Westminster were established.
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