| LC control no. | n 50045893 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Church of England. Diocese of Chichester |
| Variant(s) | Chichester (England : Diocese : Church of England) Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Diocese of Chichester |
| See also | Hierarchical superior: Church of England. Province of Canterbury |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Hove (England) Sussex (England) East Sussex (England) West Sussex (England) Brighton and Hove (England) |
| Located | Chichester (England) |
| Address | Diocesan Church House 211, New Church Road Hove United Kingdom BN3 4ED |
| Field of activity | Church polity Church work Church of England--Government |
| Affiliation | Chichester Cathedral |
| Special note | Old catalog heading: Chichester, Eng. (Diocese) |
| Found in | Its Bishop (1689-1691 : Patrick). Articles to be enq. of and answ. unto by the churchwardens and sworn men in the prim. vis. of ... Symon Lord Bishop of Chichester ... 1690. Church of England. Diocese of Chichester website, 1 September 2017: main page (Diocese of Chichester, The Church of England; menu headers include: Spiritual growth, Diocesan strategy, Parish life, Governing bodies, Pastoral care & counselling) History (almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for nearly a hundred miles (160km) along the south coast of England; founded in 681 by St. Wilfrid, who converted the Kingdom of the South Saxons and established the first cathedral (a building that no longer exists) at Selsey; In 1075 a new Cathedral was begun a few miles away at Chichester; today, comprises 506 churches in 365 parishes; the benefices are grouped into 21 rural deaneries (still a predominantly rural diocese); each rural deanery is in turn part of an archdeaconry) Contact (Diocesan Church House, 211, New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4ED) <http://www.chichester.anglican.org/> Church of England website, 1 September 2017: Dioceses (The Church of England comprises two Provinces, Canterbury and York; each province is broken down into dioceses; map: Province of Canterbury includes Diocese of Chichester) |
| Associated language | eng |
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