| Diocese of Carlisle | |
| Province | York |
|---|---|
| Bishop | Bishop of Carlisle |
| Cathedral | Carlisle Cathedral |
| Archdeaconries | Carlisle, West Cumberland, Westmorland & Furness |
| Suffragan Bishop(s) | Bishop of Penrith |
| Parishes | 267 |
| Churches | 348 |
| Website | http://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/ |
The Diocese of Carlisle was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Celtic descent in the area actually looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government so named by analogy with a secular Province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian The Province of York is one of two Ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England and consists of 14 Dioceses which cover the northern third of A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight See also List of bishops of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Carlisle Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Carlisle, in Cumbria, in England. A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations above that of most A suffragan bishop is a Bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan bishop or Diocesan bishop. The Bishop of Penrith is an Episcopal title given to a Suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle, which is within the A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman See also List of Bishops of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican Bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts The Bishop of Glasgow, after 1492 Archbishop of Glasgow, was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then as Archbishop of Glasgow the The first bishop was Athelwold, formerly the king's confessor and now prior of the Augustinian priory at Nostell in Yorkshire. The title confessor is used in the Christian Church in several ways Prior is a Title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier first' with several notable uses The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430) are several Catholic Monastic orders and congregations A priory is a House of men or women under religious vows headed by a Prior or prioress Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Carlisle was thus the only cathedral in England to be run by Augustinians instead of Benedictines. Carlisle (pronounced CARLYLE(emphasis on the first syllable is a City in northern England the largest settlement in Cumbria. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in This only lasted until the reign of Henry III however, when the Augustinians in Carlisle joined the rebels who temporarily handed the city over to Scotland and elected their own bishop. Henry III (1 October 1207 &ndash 16 November 1272 was the son and successor of John "Lackland" as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. When the revolt was ended, the Augustinians were expelled.
The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Carlisle. Carlisle Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Carlisle, in Cumbria, in England.
The Diocese covers the most of the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria; Alston Moor is part of the Diocese of Newcastle, and the former Sedbergh Rural District is part of the Diocese of Bradford. A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a county-level entity which is not a Metropolitan county. Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy Alston Moor is an area of moorland and Civil parish in Cumbria, England, based around the small town of Alston. The Diocese of Newcastle is a Church of England Diocese based in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering the historic county of Northumberland (and Sedbergh Rural District was a Rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England from 1894 to its abolition in 1974. The Diocese of Bradford is a Church of England Diocese, covering Bradford and Craven in Yorkshire and the former Sedburgh The diocese originally only covered the northern parts of Cumberland and Westmorland, and expanded to cover the entirety of these, as well as the Furness and Cartmel areas of Lancashire, in 1847, from part of the Diocese of Chester, although this did not take effect until 1856. Cumberland is one of the 39 Historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 (excluding Carlisle from 1915 and now forms part of Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland, an even older spelling is Westmerland) is an area of north-west England and one of the 39 Historic counties Furness (ˈfɘˑnəs is a Peninsula in the southern part of Cumbria, in north-west England. Cartmel is a village by the river Eea Cartmel is a village in Cumbria, England several miles west of Grange-over-Sands. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England Diocese in the Province of York based in Chester, covering the county of Cheshire