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Rochester Cathedral, main west front. Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England.The cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Rochester and seat (cathedra) of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Rochester, New York, United States. The renovated cathedral is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Rochester and seat of the diocesan bishop, as well as home to a parish community. [1] The parish is currently known as the Cathedral Community at The Sacred Heart Cathedral.
St. Patrick's Cathedral in Rochester (1868-1937) The Diocese of Rochester was erected on March 3, 1868, by Pius IX. He transferred eight counties ( Monroe , Livingston, Wayne, Ontario , Seneca, Cayuga , Yates, and Tompkins ) from the Diocese of Buffalo to the new diocese. [ 9 ]
The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in the English county of Kent and the Province of Canterbury. The cathedral church of the diocese is Rochester Cathedral in the former city of Rochester. The bishop's Latin episcopal signature is: " (firstname) Roffen", [2] Roffensis being the Latinised adjective referring to Rochester.
The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was founded as a cathedral in 604. During the late 17th and 18th centuries, it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to also be appointed Dean of Westminster: the practice ended in 1802.
The Dean of Rochester is the head of the chapter of canons at Rochester Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The current dean is Philip Hesketh , who has served in that role since June 2016.
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Hunter, Chris (25 January 2015), "Dean of Rochester Cathedral, Dr Mark Beach, has resigned", KentOnline, KM group London SE1 website team (28 January 2015), "Mark Beach: from cathedral dean to Blackfriars Settlement director" , londonse1 community website , Bankside Press , retrieved 29 July 2015 {{ citation }} : CS1 maint: numeric names ...