Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
The diocese of Coventry and Lichfield ( Latin : Dioecesis Conventrensis et Lichefeldensis ) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in what is now the United Kingdom , with its seat in Coventry .
history
The Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield was established in 656 as the Diocese of Mercia . The first bishop was Diuma . In 669, Bishop Chad moved the episcopal see from Mercia to Lichfield. Between 676 and 680 the diocese of Lichfield gave parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Hereford , Leicester , Lindsey and Worcester .
In 787 the diocese of Lichfield was raised to an archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Lichfield was demoted to diocese again in 803. Bishop Peter moved the episcopal see from Lichfield to Chester in 1075 . On April 18, 1102, Bishop Robert de Limesey moved the episcopal see from Chester to Coventry. In 1239 the Lichfield diocese was renamed Coventry and Lichfield .
The last Roman Catholic bishop, Ralph Baynes , died on November 24, 1559.
The diocese of Coventry and Lichfield was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Canterbury as a suffragan .
The diocese included the counties of Derbyshire , Shropshire , Staffordshire and Warwickshire . It was divided into four archdeaconates : Derby , Shrewsbury , Stafford and Coventry.
See also
- List of the Bishops of Lichfield
- List of former Catholic dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom
literature
- B. Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541. Volume 10. London 1964 ( British History Online ).