John Vertue (or Virtue) (1826–1900) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Portsmouth from 1882 to 1900.
Born in London on 28 April 1826, he was a student at St. Edmund's College, Ware between 1845 and 1848. He was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1851. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Portsmouth by the Holy See on 3 June 1882. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 25 July 1882, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Herbert Vaughan, Bishop of Salford (later Archbishop of Westminster) and William Weathers, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster.
Bishop Vertue died in office on 23 May 1900, aged 74.
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