1848: John Bosco, priest, writer and educator, founded the Salesians, a religious community based on the spirituality and philosophy of St. Francis de Sales, a Catholic bishop of Geneva 1850: The Archdiocese of Westminster and twelve other dioceses are set up, re-establishing a Catholic hierarchy for the Catholic public in the United Kingdom against intense political opposition. Westminster Cathedral is formally consecrated 53 years later, in 1903.