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The Diocese of Bristol is a Church of England diocese based in Bristol, also covering South Gloucestershire and parts of north Wiltshire to Swindon. The cathedral is Bristol Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Bristol. It is part of the Province of Canterbury.
The current diocese was created on July 9, 1897.[1] There had been an earlier Diocese of Bristol, created in the Reformation 1542.[2] It survived until 1836, when it was merged with the Diocese of Gloucester to form the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The old Bristol diocese had consisted of Bristol itself, along with Dorset (which was not contiguous with Bristol).
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- ^ London Gazette. July 9, 1897.
- ^ Ancient Diocese of Bristol. Catholic Encyclopedia.
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