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Diocese of Bath and Wells

Index Diocese of Bath and Wells

The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England. [1]

84 relations: Adrian Youings, Adriano Castellesi, Aller, Somerset, Anne Gell, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archdeacon of Bath, Archdeacon of Taunton, Archdeacon of Wells, Athelm, Barry Rogerson, Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, Bishop of Barking, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Brixworth, Bishop of Chelmsford, Bishop of Doncaster, Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop of Salisbury, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, Bishop of Taunton, Bishop of Truro, Cathedra, Catholic Church, Ceremonial counties of England, Church of England, Clevedon, Combe Down, Community of the Glorious Ascension, Diocese, Diocese of Salisbury, Dorset, Edward the Confessor, Elizabeth I of England, England, English Reformation, George Cassidy (bishop), Gilbert Bourne, Gisa (bishop of Wells), Glastonbury, Glastonbury Abbey, Harold Godwinson, Henry III of England, Henry VIII of England, Hugh of Lincoln, Jocelin of Wells, John Clerk (bishop), John of Tours, ..., John Perry (bishop), List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, Marnhull, Mary I of England, Michael Ball (bishop), Oliver King, Paul Barber (bishop), Peter Ball (bishop), Peter Hancock, Polydore Vergil, Pope Celestine III, Pope Innocent IV, Portishead, Somerset, Province of Canterbury, Provincial episcopal visitor, Ralph of Shrewsbury, Reginald Fitz Jocelin, Robert of Bath, Roger Sainsbury, Ruth Worsley, Savaric FitzGeldewin, Simon Hill (priest), Somerset, Stogursey, Street, Somerset, Thomas Beckington, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of London, Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, William Barlow (bishop of Chichester), William of Bitton (nephew), William Persson, William the Conqueror. Expand index (34 more) »

Adrian Youings

Adrian Youings (born 1965) is a British Anglican priest who has been the Archdeacon of Bath in the Diocese of Bath and Wells since his collation on 5 November 2017.

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Adriano Castellesi

Adriano Castellesi, also known as Adriano de Castello or Hadrian de Castello was an Italian cardinal and writer.

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Aller, Somerset

Aller is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Somerton on the A372 road towards Bridgwater in the South Somerset district.

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Anne Gell

Anne Elizabeth Gell (born 1963) is a British Church of England priest: she is the Archdeacon of Wells.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Archdeacon of Bath

The Archdeacon of Bath is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells.

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Archdeacon of Taunton

The Archdeacon of Taunton has been, since the twelfth century, the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells (in the ni Church of England).

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Archdeacon of Wells

The Archdeacon of Wells is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells.

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Athelm

Athelm (or Æthelhelm; died 926) was an English churchman, who was the first Bishop of Wells, and later Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Barry Rogerson

Barry Rogerson (born 25 July 1936) was the first Bishop of Wolverhampton from 1979 to 1985 and, from then until his retirement in 2002, the Bishop of Bristol.

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Bath Abbey

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery and a proto (former) Co-cathedral in Bath, Somerset, England.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Bishop of Barking

The Bishop of Barking is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Bath and Wells

The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.

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Bishop of Bristol

The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.

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Bishop of Brixworth

The Bishop of Brixworth is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough, in the Province of Canterbury, England.

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Bishop of Chelmsford

The Bishop of Chelmsford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Doncaster

The Bishop of Doncaster is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield, in the Province of York, England.

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Bishop of Ebbsfleet

The Bishop of Ebbsfleet is a suffragan bishop who fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor (also known as a "flying bishop") for the western half of the Province of Canterbury in the Church of England.

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Bishop of Gloucester

The Bishop of Gloucester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Salisbury

The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in the Province of York.

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Bishop of Taunton

The Bishop of Taunton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells, in the Province of Canterbury, England.

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Bishop of Truro

The Bishop of Truro is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury.

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Cathedra

A cathedra (Latin, "chair", from Greek, καθέδρα kathédra, "seat") or bishop's throne is the seat of a bishop.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England, are areas of England to which a Lord Lieutenant is appointed.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Clevedon

Clevedon is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

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Combe Down

Combe Down is a village suburb of Bath, England in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Somerset.

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Community of the Glorious Ascension

The Community of the Glorious Ascension (CGA) is an Anglican monastic community in the United Kingdom, co-founded in 1960 by twin brothers Michael Ball and Peter Ball who both later became bishops.

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Diocese

The word diocese is derived from the Greek term διοίκησις meaning "administration".

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Diocese of Salisbury

The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor (Ēadƿeard Andettere, Eduardus Confessor; 1003 – 5 January 1066), also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Reformation

The English Reformation was a series of events in 16th century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

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George Cassidy (bishop)

George Henry Cassidy (born 17 October 1942) is a retired British Anglican bishop.

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Gilbert Bourne

Gilbert Bourne (date of birth unknown; d. 10 September 1569 at Silverton, Devon) was the last Roman Catholic Bishop of Bath and Wells, England.

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Gisa (bishop of Wells)

Gisa (also written Giso; died 1088) was Bishop of Wells from 1060 to 1088.

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Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol.

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Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.

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Harold Godwinson

Harold Godwinson (– 14 October 1066), often called Harold II, was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Hugh of Lincoln

Hugh of Lincoln (1135/40 – 16 November 1200), also known as Hugh of Avalon, was a French noble, Benedictine and Carthusian monk, bishop of Lincoln in the Kingdom of England, and Catholic saint.

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Jocelin of Wells

Jocelin of Wells (died 19 November 1242) was a medieval Bishop of Bath (and Glastonbury).

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John Clerk (bishop)

John Clerk (died 3 January 1541) was an English bishop.

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John of Tours

John of Tours or John de Villula (died 1122) was a medieval Bishop of Wells in England who moved the diocese seat to Bath.

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John Perry (bishop)

John Freeman Perry (born 15 June 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop.

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List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

The ecclesiastical parishes within the Diocese of Bath and Wells cover the majority of the English county of Somerset and small areas of Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

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Marnhull

Marnhull is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England.

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Mary I of England

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.

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Michael Ball (bishop)

Michael Thomas Ball (born 14 February 1932) is an Anglican bishop and the co-founder of the Community of the Glorious Ascension.

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Oliver King

Oliver King (c. 1432 – 29 August 1503) was a Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Bath and Wells who restored Bath Abbey after 1500.

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Paul Barber (bishop)

Paul Everard Barber (born 16 September 1935) was the inaugural Bishop of Brixworth.

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Peter Ball (bishop)

Peter John Ball CGA (born 14 February 1932) is a retired British bishop in the Church of England and convicted sex offender.

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Peter Hancock

Peter Hancock (born 26 July 1955) is a British Anglican bishop.

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Polydore Vergil

Polidoro Virgili, commonly Latinised as Polydorus Vergilius, or anglicised as Polydore Vergil (or Virgil), and often known as Polydore Vergil of Urbino (c. 1470 – 18 April 1555) was an Italian humanist scholar, historian, priest and diplomat, who spent most of his life in England.

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Pope Celestine III

Pope Celestine III (Caelestinus III; c. 1106 – 8 January 1198), born Giacinto Bobone, reigned from 30 March or 10 April 1191 to his death in 1198.

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Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV (Innocentius IV; c. 1195 – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254.

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Portishead, Somerset

Portishead is a coastal town on the Severn Estuary, close to Bristol, but within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

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Province of Canterbury

The Province of Canterbury, or less formally the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces which constitute the Church of England.

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Provincial episcopal visitor

A provincial episcopal visitor (PEV), popularly known as a flying bishop, is a Church of England bishop assigned to minister to many of the clergy, laity and parishes who on grounds of theological conviction, "are unable to receive the ministry of women bishops or priests." The system by which said bishops provide certain churches with oversight is referred to as alternative episcopal oversight (AEO).

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Ralph of Shrewsbury

Ralph of Shrewsbury (died 1363) was an English medieval bishop and university chancellor.

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Reginald Fitz Jocelin

Reginald fitz Jocelin (died 26 December 1191) was a medieval Bishop of Bath and an Archbishop of Canterbury-elect in England.

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Robert of Bath

Robert or sometimes Robert of Lewes (died 1166) was a medieval English Bishop of Bath.

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Roger Sainsbury

Roger Frederick Sainsbury (born 2 October 1936) is a retired Anglican bishop.

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Ruth Worsley

Ruth Elizabeth Worsley, (born 1962) is a Church of England bishop.

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Savaric FitzGeldewin

Savaric fitzGeldewin (died 8 August 1205) was an Englishman who became Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury in England.

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Simon Hill (priest)

Simon James Hill (born 1964) has been Archdeacon of Taunton since 1 October 2016.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Stogursey

Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England.

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Street, Somerset

Street is a large village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England.

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Thomas Beckington

Thomas Beckington (also spelt Beckynton; c. 1390 – 14 January 1465) was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and King's Secretary in medieval England.

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Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey or Wulcy) was an English churchman, statesman and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

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Wells Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, commonly known as Wells Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Wells, Somerset.

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Wells, Somerset

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.

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William Barlow (bishop of Chichester)

William Barlow (also spelled Barlowe; 13 August 1568) was an English Augustinian prior turned bishop of four dioceses, a complex figure of the Protestant Reformation.

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William of Bitton (nephew)

William of Bitton (died 1274) was a medieval Bishop of Bath and Wells.

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William Persson

William Michael Dermot Persson (born 27 September 1927) is a former Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster.

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William the Conqueror

William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Bath_and_Wells

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