 On Tuesday 11 July 2012, an official press release from the Vatican Information Service (VIS) of the Holy See Press Office stated that Pope Benedict XVI had named Philip Egan, the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury, as Bishop-Elect of Portsmouth.Egan was consecrated as the Eighth Bishop of Portsmouth, with Bishop Hollis serving as Principal Consecrator, on 24 September 2012, the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.Bishop Hollis retired from his position as Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Portsmouth.