<sod>Originally an [[evangelical]] [[Oxford University]] academic and priest in the [[Church of England]], Newman then became drawn to the [[high-church]] tradition of [[Anglicanism]]. He became known as a leader of, and an able polemicist for, the [[Oxford Movement]], an influential and controversial grouping of Anglicans who wished to return to the Church of England many [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] beliefs and liturgical rituals from before the [[English Reformation]]. In this the movement had some success. However, in 1845 Newman, joined by some but not all of his followers, left the Church of England and his teaching post at Oxford University and was received into the Catholic Church. He was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an influential religious leader, based in Birmingham. In 1879, he was created a  [[Cardinal (Catholicism)#Cardinal deacon|cardinal]] by [[Pope Leo XIII]] in recognition of his services to the cause of the Catholic Church in England. He was instrumental in the founding of the [[Catholic University of Ireland]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Martin|first=Brian|title=John Henry Newman: his life and work|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year=2001|pages=96–112|isbn=978-0-8264-4993-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZKW51HSqOUC&pg=PA102&dq=%22john+henry+newman%22+%22catholic+university+of+ireland%22&hl=en&ei=mR7BTfysNNSbhQf23sS9BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref> which evolved into [[University College, Dublin]], today the largest university in Ireland.<eod>
<sod>Originally an [[evangelical]] [[Oxford University]] academic and priest in the [[Church of England]], Newman then became drawn to the [[high-church]] tradition of [[Anglicanism]]. He became known as a leader of, and an able polemicist for, the [[Oxford Movement]], an influential and controversial grouping of Anglicans who wished to return to the Church of England many [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] beliefs and liturgical rituals from before the [[English Reformation]]. In this the movement had some success. However, in 1845 Newman, joined by some but not all of his followers, left the Church of England and his teaching post at Oxford University and was received into the Catholic Church. He was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an influential religious leader, based in Birmingham. In 1879, he was created a  [[Cardinal (Catholicism)#Cardinal deacon|cardinal]] by [[Pope Leo XIII]] in recognition of his services to the cause of the Catholic Church in England. He was instrumental in the founding of the [[Catholic University of Ireland]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Martin|first=Brian|title=John Henry Newman: his life and work|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year=2001|pages=96–112|isbn=978-0-8264-4993-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZKW51HSqOUC&pg=PA102&dq=%22john+henry+newman%22+%22catholic+university+of+ireland%22&hl=en&ei=mR7BTfysNNSbhQf23sS9BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref> which evolved into [[University College Dublin]], today the largest university in Ireland.<eod>