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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a particular dignity expressly granted by the
Holy Father himself, for a particular reason (which I cannot recall in
Birmingham's case).</FONT></DIV>
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<P>What is the difference between an RC Cathedral and a Basilica. You <BR>get
lots of Basilicas abroad.<BR><BR>David<BR><BR>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>,
"David Cawley" <dave@...> <BR>wrote:<BR>><BR>> Metropolitical is
apparently Church of England usage, apparently <BR>an adjective deriving from
Mertroplitan when that is used as a noun. <BR>The Metropolitical Cathedral is
the Seat of the Primate and <BR>Metropolitan of the Province; that of the
Primate of All England and <BR>Metropolitan being Canterbury, and that of the
Primate of England <BR>and Metropolitan being York. <BR>> <BR>> The
Church in Wales elects its Archbishop, styled The Archbishop <BR>of Wales who
can be any one of the six Diocesan Bishops - he does <BR>not have to move to
Llandaff (Dr Williams, the previous Archbishop, <BR>was Bishop of Monmouth,
with his Cathedral at Newport). I have never <BR>heard of a Welsh Cathedral
styling itself Metropolitical or <BR>Metropolitan. <BR>> <BR>> Scotland
is much the same: the chief Bishop (The Primus) does not <BR>have to be the
Bishop of Edinburgh and I am not aware of any <BR>Metropolitical
church.<BR>> <BR>> Ireland parallels England (other than it elects its
Bishops), with <BR>two Provinces. Thus the Archbishop of Armagh is Primate of
All <BR>Ireland and Metropolitan, and the Archbishop of Dublin &
Glendalough <BR>is Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan. As far as I am aware
Armagh <BR>Cathedral does not use the title Metropolitical; whilst Dublin has
<BR>the Cathedral Church of The Holy Trinity (commonly called Christ
<BR>Church), Metropolitan Cathedral of the United Provinces of Dublin <BR>and
Cashel. It also has the National Cathedral and Collegiate Church <BR>of St
Patrick which has a common relation to all the Dioceses of the <BR>Church of
Ireland but is not Metropolitical or Metropolitan.<BR>> <BR>> The Roman
Catholic Church in England and Wales has five Provinces <BR>each containing a
number of Dioceses from three in Wales to seven in <BR>Liverpool. The
Metropolitan Cathedrals are Westminster, Birmingham, <BR>Cardiff, Liverpool
and Southwark. All much simpler!<BR>> <BR>> To add gilt to the
gingerbread, St Chad's in Birmingham has the <BR>status of a minor Basilica;
and of course it is the only one of the <BR>five with a ring of bells!
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