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The '''Diocese of Chester''' is a [[Church of England]] diocese in the [[Province of York]] based in [[Chester, Cheshire|Chester]] covering the county of [[Cheshire]] in its pre-1974 boundaries (and therefore including the Wirral and parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside). | The '''Diocese of Chester''' is a [[Church of England]] diocese in the [[Province of York]] based in [[Chester, Cheshire|Chester]] covering the county of [[Cheshire Genealogy|Cheshire]] in its pre-1974 boundaries (and therefore including the Wirral and parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside). | ||
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The Diocese of Chester was formed on 4 August 1541 out of the archdeaconries of Richmond and Chester from the [[Diocese of York]] and the [[Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield]] respectively. It consisted of the counties of [[Cheshire]] and [[Lancashire Genealogy|Lancashire]], portions of [[Westmorland Genealogy|Westmorland]], [[Cumberland Genealogy|Cumberland]] and [[Yorkshire Genealogy|Yorkshire]], and a few parishes in [[Denbighshire]] and [[Flintshire]]. | The Diocese of Chester was formed on 4 August 1541 out of the archdeaconries of Richmond and Chester from the [[Diocese of York]] and the [[Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield]] respectively. It consisted of the counties of [[Cheshire Genealogy|Cheshire]] and [[Lancashire Genealogy|Lancashire]], portions of [[Westmorland Genealogy|Westmorland]], [[Cumberland Genealogy|Cumberland]] and [[Yorkshire Genealogy|Yorkshire]], and a few parishes in [[Denbighshire]] and [[Flintshire]]. | ||
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