The Diocese of Bristol is a Church of Englanddiocese based in Bristol, also covering South Gloucestershire and parts of north Wiltshire to Swindon. The cathedral is Bristol Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Bristol. It is part of the Province of Canterbury. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ... South Gloucestershire is a local government area in South West England. ... Swindon is a large town located in the South West of England, in the county of Wiltshire. ... The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Anglican cathedral in the English city of Bristol and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral. ... The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England. ... The Province of Canterbury consists of the following dioceses of the Church of England: Their archbishop is the Archbishop of Canterbury. ...
The current diocese was created in 1897. There had been a Diocese of Bristol also existing before 1836, when it was merged with the Diocese of Gloucester to form the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The old Bristol diocese had consisted of Bristol itself, along with Dorset (which was disconnected from Bristol). Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ...
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The Bishop of Bristol is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire.
The see is in the City of Bristol where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity which was elevated to cathedral status in 1542.
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