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The Bishop of Chichester headed in the Middle Ages and Tudor times the Catholic diocese of Chichester in the Province Of Canterbury , in England . The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex . The See is in the City Of Chichester where the seat is located at The Cathedral Church Of The Holy Trinity , a fine building founded in 1075 , after the seat of the Bishop was transferred to the town from nearby Selsey . It was consecrated in 1108 , but after a fire and rebuilding reconsecrated in 1199 and further developed since. Sussex has held a bishopric since 681 when the first cathedral was founded at Selsey on a site which is now probably submerged by the sea off the Sussex coast near Selsey. The seat was moved to Chichester in 1075 under William The Conqueror . In 1559 the last Catholic bishop was deprived by Elizabeth I ; the bishops since then have been protestant. List of the Catholic Bishops of Chichester and its precursor offices (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto ''continuation of office) See also |
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