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    The Bishop of Coventry is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry...
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  • Reformation of the 1530s the cathedral at Coventry was demolished, and after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 the bishop used the style Bishop of Lichfield...
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    Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England...
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    the Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield, or Lichfield and Coventry (from 1102 to 1541), and in the medieval period Coventry was a major centre of pilgrimage...
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    Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral...
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  • Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Taunton and Acting Bishop of Coventry Karen Gorham, Bishop suffragan of Sherborne one vacancy vice Hartley one vacancy vice...
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  • The Bishop of Coventry was a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury. In the late nineteenth century...
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    The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war" listen) was a series of bombing raids that took place on the British...
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    Simon Barrington-Ward (category Bishops of Coventry)
    to 1997, he served as the seventh Bishop of Coventry. He was consecrated a bishop by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, on All Saints' Day 1985...
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    Christopher Cocksworth (category Bishops of Coventry)
    is a Church of England bishop in the open evangelical tradition who served as Bishop of Coventry from 2008 to 2023. Prior to becoming bishop, he was a university...
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  • Bishop Rowland Lee (or Leigh; c. 1487 – 28 January 1543) was an English clergyman who served as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1534–43 and also as Lord...
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    Sophie Jelley (category Bishops of Coventry)
    "New Bishop of Coventry announced". coventry.anglican.org. Diocese of Coventry. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024. "Appointment of Bishop of Coventry:...
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    Cornhill, Bishop of Coventry (1214–1223) Alexander de Stavenby, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1224–1238) Hugh de Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield...
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  • September 1295) Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (28 September 1295 – 22 August 1307) Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester (22 August 1307 –...
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    Justin Welby (redirect from Bishop Welby)
    Petertide (27 June 1993), both times by Simon Barrington-Ward, Bishop of Coventry, at Coventry Cathedral. He then became a curate at Chilvers Coton and St...
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  • Richard le Gras (category English bishop stubs)
    his election as abbot on 25 September 1236. He was blessed by the Bishop of Coventry on 30 November 1236 and was installed in office on 6 December 1236...
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    Archbishop of Armagh; Alexander Forbes, Bishop of Caithness; John King, Bishop of London; and John Overall, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. While the palace...
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    Walter Langton (category Bishops of Lichfield)
    Langton (died 1321) of Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire, was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and King's Treasurer. The life of Langton was strongly...
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    licence obtained in 1306, for Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry, to castellate his mansion in the village of Ashby. The village's name means 'Ash-tree farm/settlement'...
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  • 8 June 1405) was an English cleric who served as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and Archbishop of York and was executed in 1405 for his participation...
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    William Smyth (category Bishops of Lichfield)
    (or Smith) (c. 1460 – 2 January 1514) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political...
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  • term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop: the Bishop of Warwick is suffragan to the Bishop of Coventry (the diocesan),...
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  • Overton (Portland founder), founder of Portland, Oregon William Overton (bishop) (1525–1609), bishop of Coventry and Lichfield William Overton (cricketer)...
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    the archdeaconry of Coventry was transferred to the Diocese of Worcester and the Bishop, see and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry all accordingly renamed...
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    A Coventry Cross of Nails (in German, Nagelkreuz von Coventry) is a Christian cross made from iron nails, employed as a symbol of peace and reconciliation...
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  • Saju Muthalaly (category 21st-century Church of England bishops)
    Assistant Bishop of Coventry during the coinciding vacancies in the diocesan See and the See of Warwick; in that role, he assists Ruth Worsley (Acting Bishop of...
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    Coventry, a city in the West Midlands, England, grew to become one of the most important cities in England during the Middle Ages due to its booming cloth...
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  • Chichester Bishop of Coventry Bishop of Derby Bishop of Ely Bishop of Exeter Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe Bishop of Gloucester Bishop of Guildford Bishop of Hereford...
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    Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1459-1490). He was one of the Worthies of Devon of the biographer John Prince (d.1723). Hales was the second son of...
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  • (Northborough), was the Bishop of London between 1354 and his death in 1361. He was the nephew of Roger Northburgh, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Northburgh's...
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