Bishop of Chichester

Bishop of Chichester

The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity.

Sussex has held a bishopric since 681 when the first cathedral was founded at Selsey on a site which is now probably submerged by the sea off the Sussex coast near Selsey. The seat was moved to Chichester in 1075 under William the Conqueror. In 1559 the last Roman Catholic bishop was deprived by Elizabeth I; the bishops since then have been Anglican.

The current bishop is the Right Reverend John William Hind, BA, the 102nd Lord Bishop of Chichester, who signs "John Cicestr".

The Bishop's residence is The Palace, Chichester.

History

Selsey Abbey was the first seat of the South Saxon see. The seat was moved to the City of Chichester in 1075 under William the Conqueror in 1075.

ee also

* Kings of Sussex
* Kingdom of Sussex


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