Chronology
CHRONOLOGY OF JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
1801
Born in London, February 21
1808
Enters school at Ealing
1816
First religious conversion
1817
Begins studies at Trinity College, Oxford
1822
Elected Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
1824
Ordained a deacon. Becomes curate of St. Clement’s. Death of Mr. John Newman
1825
Holy Orders in the Anglican Church
1828–1843
Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin
1831
Resigns Tuition at Oxford
1832–1833
Trip to the Mediterranean
1833
Start of the Oxford Movement
1836
Death of friend R. Hurrell Froude and Mrs. Newman
1841
Publishes Tract 90
1842
Moves from Oxford to Littlemore
1845
Received into the Roman Catholic Church
1847
Ordained a Catholic priest in Rome
1848
Founded English Oratory of St. Philip Neri
1854–1858
Founder and rector of Catholic University of Ireland
1859
Opened Oratory School in Birmingham
1864
Published Apologia Pro Vita Sua
1877
Elected first honorary Fellow at Trinity College
1879
Created cardinal by Pope Leo XIII
1889
Last Mass, on Christmas Day
1890
Newman dies on August 11 in Birmingham
2010
Pope Benedict XVI beatifies Newman on September 19