Diocese of Bath and Wells

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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.

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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, Bath, England ⓘ
surface form: Bath Abbey
governingBody Diocesan Synod ⓘ
surface form: 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 southwest England ⓘ
surface form: West of England
mergedFrom Diocese of Bath and Wells self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Bath

Diocese of Bath and Wells self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Council ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Bath and North East Somerset Council ⓘ
surface form: unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset

South Gloucestershire ⓘ
surface form: unitary authority of North Somerset
usesCathedralAsMotherChurch Wells Cathedral ⓘ
website https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/ ⓘ

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

Province of Canterbury → hasDiocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Bath Abbey, Bath, England → diocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
subject surface form: Bath Abbey
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker → region → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Diocese of Bath and Wells → mergedFrom → Diocese of Bath and Wells self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Wells
Diocese of Bath and Wells → mergedFrom → Diocese of Bath and Wells self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Bath
Diocese of Bristol → borderingDiocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Michael Beasley → partOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Arms of the Diocese of Bath and Wells → represents → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Arms of the Diocese of Bath and Wells → usedBy → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
St Michael and All Angels' Church → diocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
subject surface form: St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker
Archdeaconry of Bath → partOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Bath → subdivisionOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Taunton → partOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Taunton → subdivisionOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Bishop of Bath and Wells → partOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Bishop of Bath and Wells → jurisdiction → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Bishop of Taunton → partOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Bishop of Taunton → jurisdiction → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Bishop of Taunton → seeAlso → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Wells Cathedral → diocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Wells → partOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Wells → subdivisionOf → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Wells → governingBody → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Wells → diocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Keynsham Abbey → governedUnder → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Bath and Wells (historical jurisdiction)
St Mary the Virgin Church, Butleigh → hasDiocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Church of St Michael → diocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
subject surface form: Church of St Michael, Milverton
Thomas Ken → associatedWith → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bath and Wells Diocese
St Nicholas Church, Bathampton → diocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Muchelney Abbey → diocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
Church of All Saints, Wrington → administrativeUnit → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ
All Saints Church, Long Ashton → hasDiocese → Diocese of Bath and Wells ⓘ