The two Archbishops are in charge of the whole country which is divided into two provinces, that of Canterbury and the other of York. Canterbury is the senior province, hence the Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of Church of England, under the King/Queen who is the supreme head, and the Archbishop of York is the next in seniority to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He often succeeds to the post at Canterbury when this Archbishop retires. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Atherton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:11 PM Subject: [OEL] Cathdrals > OK - in the UK we have the Church of England, Church of Wales, Church of > Scotland, all members of the Anglican church. Each region is divided into > areas called dioceses. Each diocese has a bishop. The bishop sits in the > cathedral which is the principal or mother church of the diocese. He sits > on > the bishop's or episcopal throne. Cathedral is from the Latin cathedra > meaning chair. There are also two Archbishops, the senior in the south at > Canterbury and the junior in the north at York. > > A collegiate church is an important church served by a college of canons > (priests) not a single priest & doesn't have a bishop. > > ... Elizabeth > > > Now I must reveal my considerable ignorance of things English. What is the > difference between a Cathedral and a church? I thought a cathedral was > just a big church but it appears that there is more to it. Thanks, Ruth > > > And from an earlier reply: --- it was the mother parish church, to be > precise the collegiate and parish church. > > What exactly is or was a collegiate church. The dictionary definitions are > not much help. > My g grandfather was the proprietor of a collegiate school. How does this > differ from an ordinary school? > Cheers, > Graham > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/2006 > >