Diocese of Bristol

The See, founded in 1542 by Henry VIII, is now roughly conterminous with the city of Bristol. Its poverty, and the need to create the Ripon and Manchester dioceses without increasing the total bench of bishops, led to its brief union with the Gloucester diocese in 1836. Rising population made this merger clearly undesirable, and the bishopric had its independence restored by an Act of 1884. The cathedral is the former St Augustine's abbey.

Coordinates: 51°27′07″N 2°34′19″W / 51.452°N 2.572°W / 51.452; -2.572

Diocese of Bristol
Province	Canterbury
Bishop	Bishop of Bristol
Cathedral	Bristol Cathedral
Archdeaconries	Bristol, Malmesbury
Parishes	167
Churches	205
Website	www.bristol.anglican.org

The Diocese of Bristol is a Church of England diocese based in Bristol, also covering South Gloucestershire and parts of north Wiltshire to Swindon. The cathedral is Bristol Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Bristol. It is part of the Province of Canterbury.

The current diocese was created on July 9, 1897.^[1] There had been an earlier Diocese of Bristol, created in the Reformation 1542.^[2] It survived until 1836, when it was merged with the Diocese of Gloucester to form the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The old Bristol diocese had consisted of Bristol itself, along with Dorset (which was not contiguous with Bristol).

References

1. ^ London Gazette. July 9, 1897.
2. ^ "Ancient Diocese of Bristol". Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02790b.htm. 

See also

• List of Bishops of Bristol

External links

• Diocese of Bristol

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