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The choir, looking towards the organ and entrance. The cathedral was originally the church of St Frideswide's Priory.The site was historically presumed to be the location of the nunnery founded by St Frideswide, the patron saint of Oxford, and the shrine is now in the Latin Chapel; originally containing relics translated at the rebuilding in 1180, it was the focus of pilgrimage from at least ...
Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniquely a joint foundation of the university and the cathedral of the Oxford diocese, Christ Church Cathedral, which also serves as the college chapel and whose dean is ex officio the college head. As of 2022, Christ Church had the largest financial endowment of any Oxford college at £770 ...
The chapter of canons of the cathedral formed the governing body of the college from its foundation until the Christ Church (Oxford) Act of 1867, by which the Governing Body was expanded to include the Students (academics) in addition to the Dean and Chapter. [1] The dean was ex officio head of the chapter and ipso facto head of the college ...
A cathedral church is a Christian place of worship that is the chief, or "mother" church of a diocese and is distinguished as such by being the location for the cathedra or bishop's seat. In the strictest sense, only those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy possess cathedrals.
The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese that forms part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Oxford (currently Steven Croft), and the bishop's seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. It contains more church buildings than any other diocese and has more paid clergy than any other except London.
Darlington was Choragus of the University of Oxford and holds a Lambeth Doctorate.He served as President of the Royal College of Organists from 2000 to 2002 and is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and an honorary canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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Percy was the (45th) Dean of Christ Church in Oxford from 2014 to April 2022. [13] He was the first dean to be democratically elected by the governing body, and instituted to the deanery on 4 October 2014. [14] Christ Church is the only academic institution in the world which is also a cathedral – being the seat of the Bishop of Oxford.