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Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
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Old Christ Church
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Old Christ Church
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Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church
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Old Christ Church
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Old Christ Church
Phone:
+44 151 924 5738

Address:
11 Waterloo Rd, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 1RE, UK

This article traces the historical development of the dioceses and cathedrals of the Church of England. It is customary in England to name each diocese after the city where its cathedral is located. Occasionally, when the bishop's seat has been moved from one city to another, the diocese may retain both names, for example Bath and Wells. More recently, where a cathedral is in a small or little-known city, the diocesan name has been changed to include the name of a nearby larger city: thus the cathedral in Southwell now serves the diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, and Ripon Cathedral was in Ripon and Leeds from 1999 until 2014. Cathedrals, like other churches, are dedicated to a particular saint or holy object, or Christ himself, but are commonly referred to by the name of the city where they stand. A cathedral is, simply, the church where the bishop has his chair or cathedra. The forty-two dioceses of the Church of England are administrative territorial units each governed by a bishop. Forty-one dioceses cover England, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, the Isles of Scilly, and a small part of Wales. One diocese, the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe, is also a part of the Church of England , and it covers the whole of mainland Europe, the countries of Morocco, and Turkey, and the territory of the former Soviet Union. The structure of the dioceses within the Church of England was initially inherited from the Catholic Church as part of the English Reformation. During the Reformation, a number of new dioceses were founded. No new dioceses were then created until the middle of the 19th century, when dioceses were founded mainly in response to the growing population, especially in the northern industrial cities. The last dioceses were created in 1927. The 42 dioceses are divided between two Provinces, the Province of Canterbury and the Province of York . The archbishops of Canterbury and York have pastoral oversight over the bishops within their province, along with certain other rights and responsibilities.
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