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- 55 High Street
- Ryde
- Isle of Wight
- PO33 2RE
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The Parish of Holy Spirit, Isle of Wight, comprising the territory of the whole geographical area of the Isle of Wight was created by decree of Bishop Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth, on 16 August 2026, the transferred Solemnity of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is an amalgamation of the previous parishes of St Thomas of Canterbury, Cowes, St David, East Cowes, St Thomas of Canterbury, Newport, The Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Ryde, Sacred Heart, St Patrick, and Our Lady & St Wilfrid, South Wight and St Saviour, Totland Bay. Holy Spirit, Isle of Wight is assigned to the St Wilfrid Pastoral Area, Isle of Wight and to the Deanery of St Boniface, Isle of Wight.
One of the consequences of the interesting history of Catholicism on the Isle of Wight is the variety in style of our churches. This includes, in Newport, the oldest purpose-built, post- Reformation, Catholic parish church in England or Wales; and in Ryde one of the foundation churches of the Diocese of Portsmouth and the first church in England to be dedicated in honour of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
There are churches in Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, East Cowes, Cowes, Bembridge, Ventnor and Totland Bay.
There two abbeys, several convents and a lay community.
There are primary schools in Newport, Ryde, East Cowes, Ventnor and Totland. Christ the King College, a joint Anglican and Catholic school in Carisbrooke, offers secondary education for the whole Island.
NEWSLETTER
16 August 2026 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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