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The Diocese of Gloucester is a Church of England diocese based in Gloucester, covering the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire. The cathedral is Gloucester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Gloucester. It is part of the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese was founded during the English Reformation in 1541 from part of the Diocese of Hereford and the Diocese of Worcester. In 1542 the Diocese of Bristol was created to cover Bristol. In 1836 it was merged with Bristol as the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol: Bristol became an independence diocese again in 1897.
The diocese has a twinning link with the dioceses of Dornakal and Karnataka Central in the Church of South India
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