Career
He served as the sixth Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth from 1976 to 1988. Born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in 1918, he was ordained a priest for Archdiocese of Birmingham on 30 May 1953. He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham and Titular Bishop of Tamallula on 6 December 1967.
His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 8 March 1968, the principal consecrator was Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer, with Bishops Rudderham and Cleary as co-consecrators.
Eight years later, he was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Portsmouth on 13 September 1976. Bishop Emery died in office on 5 April 1988, aged 69.