“ On the re-establishment of the hierarchy in England Ullathorne became the first Roman Catholic bishop of Birmingham. During his thirty-eight years tenure of the see 67 new churches, 32 convents and nearly 200 mission schools were built. In 1888 he retired and received from Leo XIII. the honorary title of archbishop of Cabasa. He died at Oscott College on the 21st of March 1889.
Of his theological and philosophical works the best known are: The Endowments of Man (1882) ; The Groundwork of the Christian Virtues (1883) ; Christian Patience (1886) . ”