[Bell Historians] Birmingham RC Cath

[David Cawley]

It is a particular dignity expressly granted by the Holy Father himself, for a particular reason (which I cannot recall in Birmingham's case).

DLC

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: davidhird_uk 
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Birmingham RC Cath


  What is the difference between an RC Cathedral and a Basilica. You 
  get lots of Basilicas abroad.

  David

  --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Cawley" <dave at ...> 
  wrote:
  >
  > 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. 
  > 
  > 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. 
  > 
  > 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.
  > 
  > 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.
  > 
  > 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!
  > 
  > 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! 



              
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