Everything about Bishop Of Rochester totally explained
The
Bishop of Rochester is the
Ordinary of the
Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the
Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the west of the County of
Kent. The
see is in the City of
Rochester where the seat is located at
The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was founded as a cathedral in
604. For the late
17th and the
18th century it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to also be appointed
Dean of
Westminster Abbey.
The Bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Rochester, Kent.
The office was created in
604 at the founding of the diocese in the
Kingdom of Kent under
King Æthelbert. The current bishop is the Right Reverend
Dr Michael James Nazir-Ali, the 106th
Lord Bishop of Rochester, who signs
Michael Roffen.
History
The diocese of Rochester was historically the oldest and smallest of all the
suffragan sees of Canterbury. Founded by St
Augustine, who in
604 consecrated St
Justus as its first bishop. (After two more Roman bishops, all subsequent bishops until
1066, beginning with
Ithamar, were drawn from the Christianised inhabitants of Kent.) The diocesan territory consisted roughly of the Western part of Kent, separated from the rest of the county by the
River Medway, though the diocesan boundaries didn't follow the river very closely. The restricted territory of the diocese meant that it needed only one
archdeacon to supervise all 97 parishes.
From the foundation of the see the Archbishop of Canterbury had enjoyed the privilege of nominating the bishop, but Archbishop
Theobald transferred the right to the Benedictine monks of the cathedral, who exercised it for the first time in
1148.
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