Diocese of Mercia
| Diocese of Lichfield | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Lichfield, Stoke, Salop, Walsall |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 429 |
| Churches | 582 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Lichfield Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield |
| Suffragans |
Clive Gregory, area Bishop of Wolverhampton Mark Rylands, area Bishop of Shrewsbury Geoff Annas, area Bishop of Stafford |
| Archdeacons | Paul Thomas, Archdeacon of Salop Simon Baker, Archdeacon of Lichfield Matthew Parker, Archdeacon of Stoke Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Walsall |
| Website | |
| lichfield.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq mi) of several counties: all of Staffordshire, northern Shropshire, a significant portion of the West Midlands, and very small portions of Warwickshire and Powys (Wales).
The Diocese of Mercia was created by Diuma in around 656 and the see was settled in Lichfield in 669 by the then bishop, Ceadda (later Saint Chad), who built a monastery there. At the Council of Chelsea in 787, Bishop Higbert was raised to the rank of archbishop and given authority over the dioceses of Worcester, Leicester, Lincoln, Hereford, Elmham and Dunwich. This was due to the persuasion of King Offa of Mercia, who wanted an archbishop to rival Canterbury. On Offa's death in 796, however, the Pope removed the archiepiscopal rank and restored the dioceses to the authority of Canterbury. In 803 the Council of Clovesho accepted this decision.
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