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William Avery Bishop (commonly called Billy Bishop to distinguish him from his father) was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, on 8 February 1894, blond, blue-eyed, and weighing 11 pounds. He was the third of four children born to William Avery Bishop Sr. and Margaret Louisa (Green) Bishop. William Avery Bishop Sr. was a lawyer and graduate of Osgoode ...
The Bishop of Ebbsfleet is a suffragan bishop who fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor in the Church of England. [1] From its creation in 1994 to 2022, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet served traditionalist Anglo-Catholic parishes that reject the ordination of women as priests and bishops. Since 2023, the bishop has served conservative ...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nice. The Diocese of Nice ( Latin: Dioecesis Nicensis; French: Diocèse de Nice) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the Department of Alpes-Maritimes. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Marseille .
The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury. [1] Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church became Leicester Cathedral. [2] [1] The present bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Knighton, [3 ...
The Diocese of Tournai ( Latin: Dioecesis Tornacensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was formed in 1146, upon the dissolution of the Diocese of Noyon and Tournai, which had existed since the 7th century. [1] It is now suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the ...
Location. Kujalleq, Greenland. Coordinates. 60°59′13.56″N 45°25′22.44″W. / 60.9871000°N 45.4229000°W / 60.9871000; -45.4229000. Garðar was the seat of the bishop in the Norse settlements in Greenland. [1] It is a Latin Catholic titular see, [2] and was the first Catholic diocese established in the Americas.
The Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England 's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York . The diocese presently covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church ...
