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The diocese was created, during the Reformation, on 14 August 1541 [3] from the Chester archdeaconry of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, covering Cheshire and Lancashire, and the Richmond Archdeaconry of the Diocese of York. [4]
The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.. The diocese extends across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was formerly the Benedictine Abbey of Saint ...
The Anglican churches in the county are either part of the diocese of Chester or the diocese of Liverpool.Since the mid nineteenth century, Chester diocese has been divided into two archdeaconries, the Chester Archdeaconry and the Macclesfield Archdeaconry.
The most recent diocese to be established was the Diocese of Leeds, which came into being on 20 April 2014. [7] Prior to that, no new dioceses had been created since 1927. Leeds was created by combining three previous dioceses: the Diocese of Bradford, the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, and the Diocese of Wakefield. [7]
Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester.It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England.The cathedral, formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Werburgh, is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Archdeacon of Chester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the diocese of Chester.The area in which she, or he, has statutory duties is the Archdeaconry of Chester – those duties include some pastoral care and disciplinary supervision of the clergy in that area.
Church of England schools in the Diocese of Chester (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Diocese of Chester" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 219 total.
The Archdeacon of Macclesfield is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Chester. [1] As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [2] within its six rural deaneries: Bowdon, Congleton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Mottram, Nantwich, Chadkirk, Cheadle and Stockport.