Diocese of Birmingham
| Diocese of Birmingham Church of England | |
| Province: | Canterbury |
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 Birmingham Cathedral | |
| Bishop: | David Urquhart |
| Cathedral: | Cathedral Church of Saint Philip |
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| Suffragan bishop(s): |
Bishop of Aston |
| Archdeaconries: | Aston, Birmingham |
| No. of parishes: | 162 |
| No. of churches: | 195 |
| Details | |
| Website: | Diocese of Birmingham |
The Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese of the Church of England, within the Province of Canterbury. It covers the north-west of Warwickshire and parts of Staffordshire and northern Worcestershire, serving in particular the City of Birmingham and its surrounding towns.
The diocese was founded on 13 January 1905,[1] in response to the vast growth in the population of Birmingham and the Black Country over the past century as a result of industrialisation; since industrialisation, Birmingham had grown from a village to one of the largest cities in the British Isles. Before the Diocese of Birmingham was created, the area had been part of the Diocese of Worcester.
Cathedral
The Bishop of Birmingham has his seat is in the centre of the Birmingham, at the Cathedral Church of Saint Philip.
The Cathedral was built as a parish church in the 18th-century, the Church of Saint Philip. It was elevated to cathedral status in 1905.
Outside links
References
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27754, pp. 311–312, 13 January 1905. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- Church of England statistics 2002
- Book: Canon Doctor Terry Slater, 2005, A Centenary History of the Diocese of Birmingham, Phillimore, Chichester
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