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The Bishop of Portsmouth is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Portsmouth in the Province of Canterbury.. The diocese covers south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and has its see in the City of Portsmouth, where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury which was elevated to cathedral status in 1927.
The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral church in the centre of Old Portsmouth in Portsmouth, England. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of Portsmouth and the seat of the bishop of Portsmouth .
As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies).Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom five had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative ...
The Bishop of Winchester is ex officio a Lord Spiritual of the Westminster Parliament, one of five clerics (specifically certain prelates) of the Church of England with such automatic entitlement. The bishop is also Prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, that office having been held by every Bishop of Winchester since the order was created.
The bishop sent 14 oak trees from his estate at Farnham Castle to use as pillars inside the new church, transporting them to Gosport by ox and cart. [7] The interior of the church was built to a classical style with ionic colonnades, white walls and a barrel vault ceiling. [8] Holy Trinity was assigned as its own parish in 1860. [9]
A Church of England sex abuse victim has urged the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to resign. Pressure is growing on the Archbishop over his failure to act more rigorously over the serial ...
Those Anglo-Catholic parishes in the Church of England that reject the ordination of women can request alternative episcopal oversight (AEO) from a traditionalist bishop. Within the Province of Canterbury , the Anglo-Catholic provincial episcopal visitors (PEV) are the Bishop of Richborough (currently Norman Banks ), the Bishop of Oswestry ...
The diocese is centred on Canterbury Cathedral and is the oldest see of the Church of England. The Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales (1835) noted the net annual revenue for the Canterbury see was £19,182. [ 2 ]