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2 unusual facts about Diocese of Lincoln


Church of St. John the Evangelist, Hucknall

It was dedicated on 6 March 1877 by Bishop Tozer, an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln.

U2charist

The first U2charist in England took place on 26 May 2007 at St Swithun's Church, Lincoln Diocese with the Bishop of Grantham presiding.


Call to Action

In 1996, Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska issued, under certain conditions, an automatic interdict (which escalates after one month to an automatic excommunication) on members of several organizations within his diocese, including Call to Action.

Diocese of London

Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west.

Lincoln Record Society

Lincoln Record Society is a British text publication society founded in 1910 which edits and publishes historic records relating to Lincolnshire and the Diocese of Lincoln.

Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, in Denton, Nebraska, USA (Diocese of Lincoln), was established in 1994 and serves English-speaking seminarians.


see also

James Conley

James D. Conley, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska

Joanna Southcott

In 1927, the psychic researcher Harry Price claimed that he had come into possession of the box and arranged to have it opened in the presence of one reluctant prelate (the Bishop of Grantham, not a diocesan bishop but a suffragan of the diocese of Lincoln): it was found to contain only a few oddments and unimportant papers, among them a lottery ticket and a horse-pistol.

Massingberd

Francis Charles Massingberd (1800–1872), English churchman and writer, and chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln