• The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744...
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    Lichfield, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lichfield and the principal church of the diocese of Lichfield. There are daily services at the cathedral...
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    Lichfield (/ˈlɪtʃfiːld/) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated 18 miles (29 km) south-east of the county...
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    Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed...
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    The Lichfield Gospels (also known as the St Chad Gospels, the Book of Chad, the Llandeilo Gospels, the St Teilo Gospels and variations of these) is an...
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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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    by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield. The present diocese covers most of the County of Warwickshire. The see is in the City of Coventry...
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    Metropolitan (later called Primate) of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. Returning to Britain, Selwyn served as Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878. After his...
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  • The Bishop of Oswestry is a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Lichfield who fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor in the Church of England...
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  • bishop of Lichfield from 779 and archbishop of Lichfield after the elevation of Lichfield to an archdiocese some time after 787, during the reign of the...
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    Countess of Lichfield (5 September 1664 – 17 February 1718), formerly Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England...
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  • Æthelweald; died 830) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. Æthelwald was consecrated in 818 and died in 830. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 218 Fryde...
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    the new Mercian diocese. Archbishop Theodore made Chad Bishop of Mercia in 669. The Lichfield minster was similar to that at Lastingham, and Bede made...
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  • Ealdwulf (died c. 815) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. Ealdwulf was consecrated between 799 and 801 and died between 814 and 816. The historian D...
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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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    Eccleshall (category Borough of Stafford)
    To the Bishop of Lichfield, Eccleshall was conveniently situated on the main road between the centres of the diocese in Chester, Lichfield and Coventry...
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    of Lichfield and Coventry in 1609 and was translated to the see of London a month afterwards. On 4 March 1611, Abbot was raised to the position of Archbishop...
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  • Alphege of Wells (died c. 937), third Bishop of Wells Elphege of Lichfield (died 1012–1014), Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Lichfield Ælfheah, Ealdorman of Hampshire...
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    Armagh; Alexander Forbes, Bishop of Caithness; John King, Bishop of London; and John Overall, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. While the palace at Chester...
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    classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury School, and Bishop of Lichfield. His grandson was Samuel Butler, the author of the novel Erewhon. Butler was...
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    (1772) as An Introduction to the Study of the Prophecies concerning the Christian Church. He became bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in 1774, and two years...
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    Kenneth Skelton, Rector of Bishopwearmouth and former Bishop of Matabeleland (became Bishop of Lichfield) "Positive Developments at Auckland Castle". Retrieved...
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  • diocese's House of Bishops) since September 2024. Jan McFarlane, former Bishop of Repton (consecrated 2016), has been Dean of Lichfield since 2024. Jo...
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  • Swinfen (category Lichfield District)
    referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086 when the Manor was held by the Bishop of Lichfield. The present building known as Swinfen Hall Hotel was built as the...
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    Selwyn College, Cambridge (category Colleges of the University of Cambridge)
    first Bishop of New Zealand (1841–1868), and subsequently Bishop of Lichfield (1868–1878). Its main buildings consist of three courts built of stone and...
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  • was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. He was consecrated in 737 and died between 749 and 757. Or Hwita or Huitta Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology...
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  • (1949–2021), Bishop of Lichfield Joseph Gledhill (1837–1906), British astronomer Keith Gledhill (1911–1999), American tennis player of the 1930s Lee...
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  • Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield) (1809–1878), first Bishop of New Zealand George Selwyn (bishop of Tinnevelly) (1887–1957), Anglican colonial bishop This disambiguation...
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  • Bishop of Lichfield. Wulfsige was consecrated in 1039 and died in 1053. Little else is known about him or his background. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British...
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    The Bishop's Palace is a 17th-century building situated in the north-east corner of the Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire in England. The current...
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