The celebrant was Fr. Richard Duffield, the provost of the Birmingham Oratory, and as you shall see, a number of the bishops of the United Kingdom were present.
The Vespers were celebrated in accordance with the 1962 Breviarium Romanum.

Bishops in attendance

The Chanting of the Psalms and Antiphons

Fathers of the Oratory

Incensation of the Altar at the Magnificat

Fr. Richard Duffield, Provost. Note the cope which bears the prelatial arms of Cardinal Newman.




Veneration of a Relic of Blessed John Henry Newman

Veneration of a Relic of Blessed John Henry Newman

Veneration of a Relic of Blessed John Henry Newman

Recessional

The new altar and shrine to Bl. John Henry Newman in the Birmingham Oratory
All photographs by James Bradley