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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 ...
All the Cheshire churches in the diocese of Liverpool are in Warrington Archdeaconry. [2] When the diocese was originally created in 1541, it was much larger with twenty deaneries and no archdeaconries. [3] (See History of the Diocese of Chester.)
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 .
Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; seat at Lichfield, 1539–1837; split to form Hereford diocese, 676–present; split to form Lindsey diocese, 678–c. 1010 suppressed and given to the Dorchester (Mercian) diocese, c. 1010 (see below) split to form Worcester diocese, 680–present split to form Gloucester diocese, 1541–1552 & 1554–present ...
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]
Notice is hereby given that Her Majesty in Council was pleased on the 28th November 1967, to make an Order in Council approving a Scheme framed by the Church Commissioners for effecting the union of the benefice of Saint Oswald, Chester, and the benefice of Little Saint John, Chester, both in the diocese of Chester. [17]
St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Chester: Chester, Cheshire Traditional Catholic No [353] St Peter's Church, Stockport: Stockport, Greater Manchester Anglo-Catholic Yes (Bishop of Beverley) [354] Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Liscard: Liscard, Wallasey Traditional Anglo-Catholic Yes (Bishop of Beverley) [355] [356]