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The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury .The diocese covers most of the County of Warwickshire. The see is in the City of Coventry where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael.
The former Benedictine priory in the city was the seat of a bishop from 1095 to 1129 before the merging of the diocese with the Diocese of Lichfield . The present diocese was founded in 1918 under King George V when the parish church of Saint Michael was elevated to cathedral status. The cathedral suffered under fire-bombing by the Luftwaffe on the night of 14 November 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F and remains today as a dignified ruin adjacent to the new cathedral building consecrated on 25 May 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Colin James Bennetts , the 8th Bishop of Coventry, who signs Colin Coventry.
1 List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Coventry, England
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| 1918 to 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners | Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs |
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| 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners to 19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the | Charles Lisle Carre |
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| 19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the to 1943 | Mervyn George Haigh |
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| 1943 to 1952 | Neville Vincent Gorton |
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| 1952 to 1976 | Cuthbert Killick Norman Bardsley |
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| 1976 to 1985 | John Gibbs |
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| 1985 to 1998 | Simon Barrington Ward |
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| April 1998 to present | Colin James Bennetts |
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