Hereford Diocese

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The Diocese of Hereford ( lat . : Dioecesis Herefordensis ) is an Anglican diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury of the Church of England with its seat in Hereford . Some parishes in Wales also belong to it . It was a Roman Catholic diocese until the English Reformation .

history

The Diocese of Hereford was established in 676 from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Lichfield .

The last Roman Catholic bishop , Robert Parfew , died on September 22, 1558.

The Catholic diocese of Hereford was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Canterbury as a suffragan .

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