Diocese of Lichfield

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Church of England diocese diocese

The Diocese of Lichfield is a historic Church of England diocese in the Midlands, centered on Lichfield Cathedral and covering a large area including Staffordshire, much of Shropshire, and parts of the West Midlands.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Church of England diocese ⓘ
diocese ⓘ
cathedral Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ
churchProvince Province of Canterbury ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms of the Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
establishedInCentury 7th century ⓘ
followsChurchmanship Anglo-Catholicism ⓘ
Broad church ⓘ
Evangelical Anglicanism ⓘ
formerMetropolitanSeeOf Province of Lichfield ⓘ
foundedAs Anglo-Saxon bishopric of Mercia ⓘ
hadArchbishop Archbishop of Lichfield ⓘ
hasBishop Bishop of Lichfield ⓘ
hasSuffraganBishop Bishop of Shrewsbury ⓘ
Bishop of Stafford ⓘ
Bishop of Wolverhampton ⓘ
historicStatus one of the oldest dioceses in England ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
metropolitanStatusHeld 787–803 ⓘ
parishCountApproximate over 400 parishes ⓘ
predecessor Diocese of Mercia ⓘ
regionServed Midlands ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
rite Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglican
seeCity Lichfield ⓘ
successor Diocese of Chester ⓘ
Diocese of Lichfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield

Diocese of Hereford ⓘ
Diocese of Worcester ⓘ
territoryIncludes Sandwell ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Sandwell

Telford ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Telford and Wrekin

Walsall ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Walsall

Wolverhampton ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Wolverhampton

Bridgnorth ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
surface form: Cannock Chase District

Lichfield ⓘ
surface form: City of Lichfield

Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ
surface form: City of Stoke-on-Trent

Staffordshire ⓘ
surface form: East Staffordshire Borough

Ludlow ⓘ
Newcastle-under-Lyme ⓘ
surface form: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough

Oswestry ⓘ
Shrewsbury ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
surface form: South Staffordshire District

Stafford ⓘ
surface form: Stafford Borough
usesCathedralAsMotherChurch Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ
website https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/ ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Saint Chad → associatedWith → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
Lichfield Cathedral → diocese → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
Shrewsbury Abbey → diocese → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
St Chad's Church, Montford → diocese → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury → diocese → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
Province of Canterbury → hasDiocese → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
St Mary’s Church, Stoke-on-Trent → hasDiocese → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
subject surface form: Drayton Bassett
Holy Cross → partOf → Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
subject surface form: Holy Cross, Shrewsbury
Diocese of Lichfield → successor → Diocese of Lichfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield