Proposal for a "new" Doctor of the Church: John Henry Newman (a Roman Cath. convert)

 John Henry Cardinal Newman

1801 - 1890

canonized in steps, 2011 (beatification)

2019 (canonization) by two popes,

Benedict XVI & Francis

see details ncronline.org/

"Pope to bestow one Catholic

church's highest honors on 

Birmingham England theologian

doctrinal historian as

a Doctor of the Church"

article posted 31 July 2025