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=== History === | === History === | ||
The diocese was created in 1109 out of part of the [[Diocese of Lincoln]]. | The diocese was created in 1109 out of part of the [[Diocese of Lincoln]] to cover the historic county of [[Cambridgeshire]] and the [[Isle of Ely]]. The boundaries have been subsequently altered various times. [[Bedfordshire]] and [[Huntingdonshire]] were added in 1837 from the [[Diocese of Lincoln]], as was the Sudbury archdeaconry in [[Suffolk]], from the [[Diocese of Norwich]]. In 1914 [[Bedfordshire]] became part of the [[Diocese of St Albans]], and western [[Suffolk]] became part of the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]], whilst Ely took the western part of the [[Diocese of Norwich]]. [[Peterborough, Cambridgeshire|Peterborough]] remains the seat of the [[Diocese of Peterborough]]. | ||
The present area of the diocese covers: | The present area of the diocese covers: | ||
* [[Cambridgeshire]] (except the [[Soke of Peterborough]]) | * [[Cambridgeshire]] (except the [[Soke of Peterborough]]) | ||
* [[Norfolk]] west of the River Great Ouse | * [[Norfolk]] west of the River Great Ouse | ||