The Dioecese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. The diocese now covers Cambridgeshire (excluding Peterborough) and western Norfolk. 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. ... The Province of Canterbury consists of the following dioceses of the Church of England: Their archbishop is the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Arms of the Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely heads the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury, in England. ... Front of Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral (in full, The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely) is the principal church of the diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Ely. ... There are other places also called Ely. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Peterborough is a city and unitary authority in the East of England Peterborough Town Hall is located 73. ... Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...
The diocese is ancient, but has had its boundaries altered various times, particularly by the inclusion of Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire. In 1914 Bedfordshire became part of the Diocese of St Albans, whilst western Suffolk became part of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, whilst Ely took a western part Diocese of Norwich. Peterborough remains the seat of the Diocese of Peterborough. [1] Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Diocese of Norwich forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. ... The Diocese of Peterborough forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. ...
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Ely (pronounced ['iːli], rhyming with "freely") is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire in the East of England and 64 miles (103 km) east north-east of Charing Cross in London.
Ely has been informally accounted a city by virtue of being the seat of a diocese, its status was confirmed by Royal charter in 1974; at that time the parish council was formed during a reorganisation of local government.
The diocese covers 1507 miles² and holds 610,000 people (1995) and 341 churches; it includes the county of Cambridgeshire (except for three parishes in the south which are in the diocese of Chelmsford) the western part of Norfolk, a few parishes in Peterborough and Essex and one in Bedfordshire.
Ely (pronounced ['iËli], rhyming with "freely") is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire in the East of England and 64 miles (103 km) east north-east of Charing Cross in London.
Ely has been informally accounted a city by virtue of being the seat of a diocese, its status was confirmed by Royal charter in 1974; at that time the parish council was formed during a reorganisation of local government.
The diocese covers 1507 square miles and holds 610,000 people (1995) and 341 churches; it includes the county of Cambridgeshire (except for three parishes in the south which are in the diocese of Chelmsford) the western part of Norfolk, a few parishes in Peterborough and Essex and one in Bedfordshire.
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