Diocese of Ely
The Diocese of Ely ( Latin Dioecesis Eliensis ) is an Anglican diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury of the Church of England with its seat in Ely . It was a Roman Catholic diocese until the English Reformation .
history
Cathedral in Ely
The diocese of Ely was established on November 11, 1108 by Pope Paschal II from cession of the diocese of Lincoln . Bishop Hervey chose the church of the Benedictine monastery of the city of Ely as the cathedral .
The last Roman Catholic bishop, Thomas Thirlby , was deposed by Queen Elizabeth I in 1559 . Bishop Thomas Thirlby died at Lambeth Palace in August 1570 .
The Catholic diocese of Ely was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Canterbury as a suffragan and was divided into about 140 parishes .
See also
- List of the Bishops of Ely
- List of former Catholic dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom
literature
- B. Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Volume 2. London 1963, pp. 45-47 ( British History Online ).
- B. Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541. Volume 4. London 1963, pp. 13-16 ( British History Online ).