Kittric: The Bishopric of Sherborne, <a href="BAAAGBYS.php">Dorset</a>

THE BISHOPRIC OF SHERBORNEDorset, England

In AD 705 King Ine of Wessex made Sherborne a bishopric when he appointed his kinsman Aldhelm as the first bishop of the West Saxons.

St Aldhelm first of twenty seven bishops of Sherborne before the see was removed to Old Sarum (modern Salisbury) in 1075 but the Saxon Cathedral remained the abbey church of the monastery until the Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. The bishop remained the titular head of the monastery until 1122 when Sherborne was made an independent abbey by Roger de Caen, Bishop of Salisbury.

An Order in Council in 1925 provided for a Bishop Suffragan of Sherborne and the Rev. Robert Crowther Abbott was consecrated on the 11th June 1925 thus reviving an office abolished with the move of the see to Old Sarum in 1075 - 850 years previously.

1 705- St ALDHELM    Kinsman of King Ine of Wessex
20 * St WULFSIN (Wulfsige III)    1st Abbot of Sherborne
1075 the see was removed to Old Sarum (modern Salisbury)

1925 Order in Council provided for a Bishop Suffragan of Sherborne
*1 1925- Rev. Robert Crowther Abbott    1st BISHOP SUFFRAGAN OF SHERBORNE

SHERBORNE ABBEY
SHERBORNE
Bishoprics of England, Wales & Scotland

Recommend a Book for this Page

Hits on this page since December 6th

Jan 8
Feb 1
Mar 2
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

current year: previous year:

Bishops of Sherborne

Links
Bibliography

ALPHABETICAL
SITE INDEX
Select ;-
Aa-Az Ba-Bz Ca-Cz Da-Dz Ea-Ez Fa-Fz Ga-Gz Ha-Hz Ia-Iz Ja-Jz Ka-Kz La-Lz Ma-Mz Na-Nz Oa-Oz Pa-Pz Qa-Qz Ra-Rz Sa-Sz Ta-Tz Ua-Uz Va-Vz Wa-Wz Ya-Yz
SW COUNTIES

DISCLAIMER: Whilst we endeavour to ensure the content of this site is correct, we cannot undertake that information you find here, is, or will remain accurate and complete. We do not warrant that any information contained on this site is fit for any purpose. If you wish to place reliance on any such information you must check its accuracy by some other means before doing so.

If you are in any way connected with any location mentioned on this site or have an interest in any of its contents and have an hour or two a month to spare, we would welcome you as a local moderator - please email the webmaster by CLICKING HERE.

last updated on
Copyright © 2000-2003 swukink.com
BAAAGCBP.php