Diocese of Exeter
The Diocese of Exeter ( Latin : Dioecesis Exoniensis ) is an Anglican diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury of the Church of England with its seat in Exeter . It was a Roman Catholic diocese until the English Reformation .
history
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The Diocese of Exeter was created in 1050 with the transfer of the bishopric from Crediton to Exeter. In 1112, Bishop Robert Warelwast began building the cathedral , which was completed in the 14th century under Bishop John Grandisson .
The last Roman Catholic bishop, James Turberville , was deposed by Queen Elizabeth I in 1559 . Bishop James Turberville died on November 1 of that year.
The Catholic diocese of Exeter was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Canterbury as a suffragan . It comprised the counties of Cornwall and Devon and was divided into four archdeaconates : Exeter, Cornwall, Totnes and Barnstaple .
The Catholics in the region now belong to the diocese of Plymouth , which was established in 1850 .
See also
- List of the Bishops of Exeter
- List of former Catholic dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom
literature
- Joyce M. Horn: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541. Volume 9. London 1964, pp. 13-16 ( British History Online ).