The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England. The present diocese covers parts of the...
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England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bristol. The cathedral was originally an abbey dedicated to St Augustine...
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of Bristol and covers South Gloucestershire and parts of north Wiltshire, as far east as Swindon. The diocese is headed by the Bishop of Bristol and...
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served as assistant bishops in the diocese were: 1892–?: Samuel Marsden (also Assistant Bishop of Bristol after 1897), former Bishop of Bathurst 1929 – 1954...
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of Bristol is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom held by the Hervey family since 1826. The Marquess's subsidiary titles are Earl of Bristol...
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Robert Gray (1762–1834) was an English Bishop of Bristol. Born 11 March 1762, he was the son of Robert Gray, a London silversmith. Having entered St Mary...
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portal The Bishop of Swindon is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol, in the Province of Canterbury...
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Vivienne Faull (category Bishops of Bristol)
20 May 1955) is a British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual. Since 2018, she has served as the Bishop of Bristol. In 1985, she was the first woman to...
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Terry Waite (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
education adviser to the Anglican Bishop of Bristol, Oliver Tomkins, and assisted with Tomkins's implementation of the SALT (Stewardship and Laity Training)...
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second-oldest is Bristol Cathedral and its associated Great Gatehouse. Founded in 1140 as an Augustinian monastery, the church became the seat of the bishop and cathedral...
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to the Holy Trinity, erected in its place. In 1854 the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Bishop Monk, whose official residence was what is now Collegiate...
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Henry Holbeach (redirect from Bishop of Bristol (suffragan))
prior of Buckingham College, Cambridge. In 1536, he was elected the Prior of Worcester, and two years later he also became the Bishop of Bristol, a suffragan...
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George Smalridge (category Bishops of Bristol)
May 1662 – 27 September 1719) was Bishop of Bristol (1714–1719). Smalridge was born at Lichfield, son of the Sheriff of Lichfield Thomas Smalridge, George...
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Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (category Bishops of Bristol)
Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (24 March 1650 – 19 July 1721) was Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Winchester. Trelawny is best known for his role in...
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The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can...
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The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops. Several also hold portfolios of national responsibility...
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prisoner, however, because of his tender age was treated very gently and eventually became part of the household of Bishop of Bristol. He remained a prisoner...
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32 women were ordained as Church of England priests. The service was officiated by Bishop Barry Rogerson at Bristol Cathedral. Rogerson ordained the women...
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Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, PC (Ire), FRS (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Anglican prelate. Elected Bishop of Cloyne in 1767 and...
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Stoke Bishop is an outer suburban neighbourhood and an electoral ward in the north-west of Bristol, England. Bordered by The Downs and the River Trym,...
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Thomas Newton (category Bishops of Bristol)
served as the Bishop of Bristol from 1761 to 1782. Newton was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was subsequently elected a fellow of Trinity. He...
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James Howell (category Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford)
The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol. In 1613...
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nominated Bishop of Bristol on 19 October 1738 and consecrated a bishop on 3 December 1738 at Lambeth Palace chapel. Remaining Bishop of Bristol, Butler...
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The Bristol riots refer to a number of significant riots in the city of Bristol in England. In 1794 the populace of Bristol were said to be "apt to collect...
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the Methodist Episcopal Church John Robinson (bishop of London), English diplomat; later Bishop of Bristol from 1710 and Lord Privy Seal from 1711 to 1713...
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Barry Rogerson (category Bishops of Bristol)
Bishop of Wolverhampton from 1979 to 1985 and, from then until his retirement in 2002, the Bishop of Bristol. He holds Honorary degrees from Bristol &...
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Royal Almonry (category Church of England lists)
Bishop of Bristol 1715–1716: William Wake, Bishop of Lincoln 1716–1718: William Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle 1718–1723: Richard Willis, Bishop of Gloucester...
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Dean of Windsor and of Wolverhampton; in 1710 he was elected bishop of Bristol, and among other ecclesiastical positions he held that of Dean of the Chapel...
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Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Bristol from 2003 until he retired effective in 2017. In addition to parish ministry, he had been the Archdeacon of Berkshire...
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clergyman who was the Bishop of Bristol from 1644 to 1646. Howell was born in Llangamarch, Brecknockshire, Wales. He was the older brother of James Howell, and...
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