Bishopric - Definition - Law Dictionary

Definition :

Bishopric, a diocese of a bishop. In the Church of England thee are the following: Canterbury, Winchester, Londin, Bath and Wells, Chichester, Execter, Ely, Hereford, Lincoln, Lichfield, Rochester, Salisbury, Gloucester, St. Albans, Bristol, Peterborough, Oxford, Norwich, Truro, Birmingham, Southwark, Southwell, Chelmsford, Coventry, St. Edmondsbury and Ipswich, Worcester, Derby, Guildford, Leicester, Portsmouth, York, Chester, Carlisle, Durham, Sodor and Man, Ripon Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Wakefield, Sheffield, Bradford, and Blackburn. As to the Welsh Bishoprics of Bangor and St. Asaph, Llandaff and St. Davids, see the Welsh Church Acts, 1914 and 1919, which came into force in 1920, disestablishing the Church in Wales.