Diocese of Bath and Wells

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Anglican diocese Church of England diocese

The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a historic Church of England diocese in the west of England, centered on Wells Cathedral and covering much of the county of Somerset.

Aliases (2)

Diocese of Bath ×1
Diocese of Wells ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican diocese → Church of England diocese →
bishopTitle	Bishop of Bath and Wells →
cathedral	Wells Cathedral →
churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic → Broad church → Evangelical Anglican →
country	England →
currentBishop	Michael Beasley →
dateCurrentBishopInstalled	2022 →
denomination	Church of England →
episcopalSee	Wells →
established	909 →
follows	canon law of the Church of England →
formerCathedral	Bath Abbey →
governingBody	Diocesan Synod of Bath and Wells →
hasArchdeaconry	Archdeaconry of Bath → Archdeaconry of Taunton → Archdeaconry of Wells →
hasCoatOfArms	Arms of the Diocese of Bath and Wells →
hasDeaneryStructure	deaneries of Bath and Wells Diocese →
headquarters	Wells, Somerset →
historicCountyCoverage	Somerset →
historicStatus	historic diocese →
language	English →
liturgicalTradition	Anglican →
locatedIn	West of England →
mergedFrom	Diocese of Bath → Diocese of Wells →
metropolitanSee	Archbishop of Canterbury →
numberOfChurches	over 500 →
numberOfParishes	approximately 450 →
partOf	Anglican Communion →
province	Province of Canterbury →
regionServed	Bath and North East Somerset → North Somerset → Somerset → part of Dorset →
seat	Wells Cathedral →
secondarySee	Bath →
suffraganBishopTitle	Bishop of Taunton →
suffraganSee	Taunton →
territorialJurisdiction	county of Somerset → unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset → unitary authority of North Somerset →
usesCathedralAsMotherChurch	Wells Cathedral →
website	https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/ →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diocese of Bath and Wells ("Diocese of Wells") → Diocese of Bath and Wells ("Diocese of Bath") →	mergedFrom
Diocese of Bristol →	borderingDiocese
Bath Abbey →	diocese
Province of Canterbury →	hasDiocese
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker →	region