[Bell Historians] Birmingham RC Cath

[davidhird_uk]

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!