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The Bishop of Lichfield is the Ordinary of the Church Of England Diocese Of Lichfield in the Province Of Canterbury .

The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 Sq. Mi. ) of the counties of Staffordshire , Shropshire , Warwickshire and West Midlands . The See is in the city of Lichfield where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary And Saint Chad .

The Bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Lichfield.

The diocese of Mercia was founded 656 by Diuma . Subsequently becoming the Diocese of Lichfield, it became linked variously with the dioceses of Coventry and Chester. It was briefly an archdiocese under Higbert from 787 to 799 (officially dissolved in 803 ) during the ascendancy of the Kingdom Of Mercia . The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill , the 98th '''Lord Bishop of Lichfield''', who signs ''Jonathan Lichfield''.






List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Lichfield, England and its precursor offices


(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto ''continuation of office)


Sources

  • ''Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969''

  • ''Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to '''2004''' Joseph Whittaker & Sons/A&C Black, London''

  • ''Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition'' '' Frank M. Stenton . Oxford University Press , 1971 .''



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