Bishop Philip Egan VG BA, STL, PhD was ordained to the priesthood in 1984 and was ordained the 8th Bishop of the Portsmouth Diocese in September 2012. Bishop Philip is frequently asked to speak at theological symposia and at catechetical gatherings and he has regularly contributed to religious journals and magazines. He has written about the thought of Newman and Lonergan and recently published Philosophy and Catholic Theology: A Primer (Collegeville, 2009).