Cardinal John Henry Newman - London

Cardinal John Henry Newman DD, CO was born on the 21 February 1801 in The City district of London.

Also referred to as Cardinal Newman and Blessed John Henry Newman, he was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He converted from the Anglican faith to the Roman Catholic Church on 9 October 1845, and was a noted writer and creator of hymns.

Anglican period

The Arians of the Fourth Century (1833)

Tracts for the Times (1833–1841)

British Critic (1836–1842)

On the Prophetical Office of the Church (1837)

Lectures on Justification (1838)

Parochial and Plain Sermons (1834–1843)

Select Treatises of St. Athanasius (1842, 1844)

Lives of the English Saints (1843–44)

Essays on Miracles (1826, 1843)

Oxford University Sermons (1843)

Sermons on Subjects of the Day (1843)

Catholic period

Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845)

Retractation of Anti-Catholic Statements (1845)

Loss and Gain (novel – 1848)

Faith and Prejudice and Other Unpublished Sermons (1848–1873; collected 1956)

Discourses to Mixed Congregations (1849)

Difficulties of Anglicans (1850)

The Present Position of Catholics in England (1851)

The Idea of a University (1852 and 1858)

Cathedra Sempiterna (1852)

Callista (novel – 1855)

The Rambler (editor) (1859–1860)

Apologia Pro Vita Sua (religious autobiography – 1864; revised edition, 1865)

Letter to Dr. Pusey (1865)

The Dream of Gerontius (1865)

An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (1870)

Sermons Preached on Various Occasions (various/1874)

Letter to the Duke of Norfolk (1875)

Five Letters (1875)

Sermon Notes (1849–1878)

Select Treatises of St. Athanasius (1881)

On the Inspiration of Scripture (1884)

Development of Religious Error (1885)

Other miscellaneous works

Historical Tracts of St. Athanasius (1843)

Essays Critical and Historical (various/1871)

Tracts Theological and Ecclesiastical (various/1871)

Discussions and Arguments (various/1872)

Historical Sketches (various/1872)

Addresses to Cardinal Newman and His Replies, with Biglietto Speech (1879)

He died on 11 August 1890 of pneumonia after being instrumental in the renaissance of the Catholic faith in Britain.