Bishop of Oxford

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

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Bishop - Oxford - Ordinary - Church of England - Diocese of Oxford - Province of Canterbury

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The diocese covers the counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, with parishes also in Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, and Warwickshire. The see is in the City of Oxford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ which was elevated to cathedral status in 1546, and which (uniquely among English dioceses) is also the chapel of Christ Church College, Oxford.

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Oxfordshire - Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - Bedfordshire - Gloucestershire - Hampshire - Hertfordshire - Warwickshire - See - City of Oxford - Cathedral Church of Christ - 1546 - Christ Church College, Oxford

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The Bishop's residence is Diocesan Church House, Oxford.

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The origins of Christianity in this part of England go back at least to the 7th century, when Saint Birinus brought his mission to the West Saxons in 634. The West Saxon King Cynegils was baptised in the River Thames near the present site of Dorchester Abbey, where the original See was established.

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Saint Birinus - 634 - Cynegils - Dorchester Abbey

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The see was transferred in 1092 to Winchester, before being absorbed into the Diocese of Lincoln, the vast area of which covered much of central and eastern England from the Thames to the Humber. The establishment of the new diocesan structure by Henry VIII saw a new see located Osney in Oxfordshire in 1542 before finally being moved to its present location in the City of Oxford in 1546.

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1092 - Winchester - Lincoln - Henry VIII - Osney - 1542 - 1546

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The present diocese contains the greatest number of parishes of any diocese on England (621) and also the most church buildings (815), of which 475 are grade 1 or 2* listed buildings. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Richard Douglas Harries, the 41st Lord Bishop of Oxford, who signs Richard Oxon.

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Listed building - '''Richard''' Douglas '''Harries'''

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