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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]
15 August 1538: Dissolution of Chester's three friaries. [73] 20 January 1540: Dissolution of St Werburgh's Abbey. [73] 1541: St Werburgh's abbey becomes a cathedral of the Church of England known as Chester Cathedral by order of King Henry VIII. [74] Chester becomes a diocese. [75] 1543: Cheshire sends its first members to sit in Parliament. [76]
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 ...
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 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.)
There are 42 dioceses of the Church of England. [1] These cover England, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and a small part of Wales.The Diocese in Europe is also a part of the Church of England, [1] and covers the whole of continental Europe, Morocco and the post-Soviet states. [2]
In the Domesday Book, Chester was recorded as having the name Cestrescir (Chestershire), derived from the name for Chester at the time. [2] A series of changes that occurred as English itself changed, together with some simplifications and elision , resulted in the name Cheshire, as it occurs today.