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=== History === | === History === | ||
Before 909, [[Somerset Genealogy|Somerset]] lay within the [[Diocese of Sherborne]]. At this date, Athelm (later Archbishop of Canterbury) was appointed the first bishop of the [[Diocese of Wells]], making the secular church there into the diocesan cathedral. In 1090 it was renamed the [[Diocese of Bath]] when the see was moved to the [[Bath Abbey, Somerset|Abbey Church]] in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. During the 12th century the seat was located at both Bath and Wells but the diocesan title remained the same. In 1197 Glastonbury Abbey was forcibly annexed and the see became officially known as the [[Diocese of Glastonbury]] and then [[Diocese of Bath and Glastonbury]]. In 1219 the claim to Glastonbury was renounced and the name reverted to [[Diocese of Bath]], until 1245 when, following an appeal to the Pope, the name was styled the [[Diocese of Bath and Wells]]. | Before 909, [[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]] lay within the [[Diocese of Sherborne]]. At this date, Athelm (later Archbishop of Canterbury) was appointed the first bishop of the [[Diocese of Wells]], making the secular church there into the diocesan cathedral. In 1090 it was renamed the [[Diocese of Bath]] when the see was moved to the [[Bath Abbey, Somerset|Abbey Church]] in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. During the 12th century the seat was located at both Bath and Wells but the diocesan title remained the same. In 1197 Glastonbury Abbey was forcibly annexed and the see became officially known as the [[Diocese of Glastonbury]] and then [[Diocese of Bath and Glastonbury]]. In 1219 the claim to Glastonbury was renounced and the name reverted to [[Diocese of Bath]], until 1245 when, following an appeal to the Pope, the name was styled the [[Diocese of Bath and Wells]]. | ||
The diocese gave up parishes to the [[Diocese of Bristol]] in 1541 and 1845, and to other neighbours in the 19th and 20th centuries as [[Somerset Genealogy|Somerset]] changed its own boundaries. | The diocese gave up parishes to the [[Diocese of Bristol]] in 1541 and 1845, and to other neighbours in the 19th and 20th centuries as [[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]] changed its own boundaries. | ||
The area of the diocese incorporates: | The area of the diocese incorporates: | ||
* [[Somerset Genealogy|Somerset]] | * [[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]] | ||
* part of [[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]] | * part of [[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]] | ||
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