Bishop of Worcester

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The Bishop of Worcester is the senior Church of England prelate overseeing the Diocese of Worcester, with their seat at Worcester Cathedral.

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Label Occurrences
Bishop of Worcester canonical 15

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican bishopric
episcopal office
associatedWithCathedral Worcester Cathedral
churchTradition Western Christianity
country England
dateOfEstablishment 7th century
denomination Church of England
establishedInCentury 7th century
firstHeldBy Bosel
hasCathedral Worcester Cathedral
hasCoatOfArms Arms of the Diocese of Worcester
surface form: Arms of the Bishop of Worcester
hasEcclesiasticalRank diocesan bishop
hasHistoricalImportance medieval English church
hasHistoricalRegion Mercia
surface form: Kingdom of Mercia
hasIncumbent John Inge
hasJurisdiction Diocese of Worcester
hasMetropolitan Archbishop of Canterbury
hasNotableFormerHolder Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Edward Stillingfleet
Hugh Latimer
Oswald of Worcester
Wulfstan of York
surface form: Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
hasOfficialResidence Worcester Cathedral
surface form: The Old Palace, Worcester
hasPrecedenceIn Anglican authorities
surface form: Church of England hierarchy
hasSee Worcester
hasSeeCity Worcester
hasTitleStyle The Right Reverend
incumbentStartDate 2007
isMemberOf House of Bishops of the Church of England
isPrelateOf Diocese of Worcester
languageOfLiturgy English
locatedIn England
United Kingdom
Worcester
Worcestershire, England
surface form: Worcestershire
maySitIn Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords as Lord Spiritual
officeHoldsSuccession Apostolic succession in the Church of England
oversees Diocese of Worcester
overseesClergyIn Diocese of Worcester
overseesParishesIn Diocese of Worcester
partOf Church of England
Province of Canterbury
religion Anglicanism
seatLocatedIn Worcester Cathedral
typeOfDiocese diocese of the Church of England
usesCathedralAsMotherChurch Worcester Cathedral

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Worcester Cathedral clergyRole Bishop of Worcester
Diocese of Worcester bishop Bishop of Worcester
John Whitgift positionHeld Bishop of Worcester
John Alcock positionHeld Bishop of Worcester
See of Dudley subordinateTo Bishop of Worcester
Arms of the Diocese of Worcester usedBy Bishop of Worcester
Arms of the Diocese of Worcester seeAlso Bishop of Worcester
Bosel positionHeld Bishop of Worcester
Bishop of Coventry predecessorSee Bishop of Worcester
Bishop of Dudley supports Bishop of Worcester
Bishop of Dudley seeAlso Bishop of Worcester
William Lloyd positionHeld Bishop of Worcester
Brownlow North (bishop) positionHeld Bishop of Worcester
subject surface form: Brownlow North