Province of Lichfield

E140622
ecclesiastical province historical jurisdiction

The Province of Lichfield was a historical ecclesiastical province of the medieval English Church, centered on Lichfield and briefly elevated to metropolitan status in the late 8th century.

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Label Occurrences
Province of Lichfield canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical province ⓘ
historical jurisdiction ⓘ
apexTime late 8th century ⓘ
apexTown Lichfield ⓘ
country Mercia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Mercia
createdAtCouncil Council of Chelsea (787) ⓘ
createdFrom Province of Canterbury ⓘ
denomination Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
dissolvedIn early 9th century ⓘ
elevationToMetropolitanStatus 787 ⓘ
endTime 803 ⓘ
establishedBy Offa of Mercia ⓘ
surface form: King Offa of Mercia
followedBy restoration of Canterbury’s metropolitan authority over Mercia ⓘ
governedBy archbishop ⓘ
hadSuffraganSee Diocese of Dommoc ⓘ
Diocese of Dunwich ⓘ
Diocese of Norwich ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Elmham

Diocese of Hereford ⓘ
Diocese of Leicester ⓘ
Diocese of Lincoln ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Lindsey

Diocese of Rochester ⓘ
Diocese of Chichester ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Selsey

Diocese of Dunwich ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Sherborne

Diocese of Winchester ⓘ
Diocese of Worcester ⓘ
hasMetropolitanBishop Archbishop of Lichfield ⓘ
hasMetropolitanSee Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
jurisdictionOver Mercian dioceses ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
locatedInPoliticalEntity Mercia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Mercia
lostMetropolitanStatus 803 ⓘ
namedAfter Lichfield ⓘ
partOf medieval English Church ⓘ
precededBy exclusive metropolitan authority of Canterbury over Mercia ⓘ
reasonForCreation enhancement of Mercian ecclesiastical independence ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
returnedTo Province of Canterbury ⓘ
rite Roman Rite ⓘ
shortDescription briefly existing metropolitan province in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
startTime 787 ⓘ
status suppressed ⓘ
suppressedAtCouncil Council of Clovesho (803) ⓘ
timeInForce approximately 16 years ⓘ

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

Diocese of Lichfield → formerMetropolitanSeeOf → Province of Lichfield ⓘ