Bishop of Chichester

See also: List of Bishops of Chichester and precursor offices

The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Chichester, England and its precursor offices the bishops of Selsey. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement its Roman past and its subsequent importance In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England Diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. The Province of Canterbury, also called the Southern Province, is one of two Ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England.

The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the Settlements Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or are situated in the M23 corridor The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity. An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement its Roman past and its subsequent importance Chichester Cathedral in Chichester, West Sussex, England is an Anglican Cathedral.

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. Selsey is a seaside town and Civil parish, about 7 miles (11 kilometres south of Chichester, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England The seat was moved to Chichester in 1075 under William the Conqueror. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages 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. John William Hind (born 19 June, 1945 in Watford, Hertfordshire) Bishop of Chichester, Theologian.

The Bishop's residence is The Palace, Chichester.

History

Selsey Abbey was the first seat of the South Saxon see. Selsey Abbey was an Abbey at Selsey, Sussex England It was founded in 681, and became the seat of the Sussex bishopric (later moved to Chichester The seat was moved to the City of Chichester in 1075 under William the Conqueror in 1075. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages