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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Metropolitical is apparently Church of
England usage, apparently an adjective deriving from Mertroplitan when that
is used as a noun. The Metropolitical Cathedral is the Seat of
the Primate and Metropolitan of the Province; that of the Primate of All
England and Metropolitan being Canterbury, and that of the Primate of England
and Metropolitan being York. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Church in Wales elects its Archbishop, styled
The Archbishop of Wales who can be any one of the six Diocesan Bishops - he does
not have to move to Llandaff (Dr Williams, the previous Archbishop, was
Bishop of Monmouth, with his Cathedral at Newport). I have never heard of a
Welsh Cathedral styling itself Metropolitical or Metropolitan. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scotland is much the same: the chief Bishop (The
Primus) does not have to be the Bishop of Edinburgh and I am not aware of any
Metropolitical church.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ireland parallels England (other than it elects its
Bishops), with two Provinces. Thus the Archbishop of Armagh is Primate of
All Ireland and Metropolitan, and the Archbishop of Dublin &
Glendalough is Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan. As far as I am aware
Armagh Cathedral does not use the title Metropolitical; whilst Dublin has the
Cathedral Church of The Holy Trinity (commonly called Christ Church),
Metropolitan Cathedral of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel. It also has
the National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Patrick which
has a common relation to all the Dioceses of the Church of Ireland but is
not Metropolitical or Metropolitan.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has
five Provinces each containing a number of Dioceses from three in Wales to seven
in Liverpool. The Metropolitan Cathedrals are Westminster, Birmingham, Cardiff,
Liverpool and Southwark. All much simpler!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To add gilt to the gingerbread, St Chad's in
Birmingham has the status of a minor Basilica; and of course it is the only one
of the five with a ring of bells! </FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<P>I see on Campanophile that this is described as a Metropolitan
<BR>Cathedral. Others like York, Canterbury and Llandaff(?) are described
<BR>as Metropolitical Cathedrals. I had always thought that the
<BR>Metropolitan was the archbishop. Perhaps thosde with honed English
<BR>skills could
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