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Convocation - LoveToKnow 1911 This much is known from authentic records, that the present constitution of the convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury was recognized as early as in the eleventh year of the reign of Edward I. The history of the convocation of the province of Canterbury, as at present constituted, is full of stirring incidents, and it resolves itself readily into five periods. The constitution of the convocation of the province of York differs slightly from that of the convocation of the province of Canterbury, as each archdeaconry is represented by two proctors, precisely as in parliament formerly under the Praemunientes clause. www.1911encyclopedia.org /Convocation   (1927 words)

Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal The Province of Canterbury, also called the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England. (The other is the Province of York.) It consists of 30 dioceses, covering roughly the southern two-thirds of England, along with the Channel Islands, a few parishes in Wales, and the mainland of Europe. The province's metropolitan bishop is the Archbishop of Canterbury. www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Province_of_Canterbury   (96 words)

Canterbury, New Zealand: Encyclopedia II - Canterbury, New Zealand - The Province of Canterbury The Province of Canterbury was formed in 1853 from the part of New Munster and covered both the east and west coasts of the South Island of New Zealand. On the east coast the province was bounded by the Hurunui River in the north and the Waitaki River in the south. In 1868 the West Coast was separated from the Province with the formation of the County of Westland on the West Coast with the boundary line defined as the crest of the Southern Alps. www.experiencefestival.com /a/Canterbury_New_Zealand_-_The_Province_of_Canterbury/id/622389   (639 words)

Canterbury province (New Zealand)   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The bold design of the Canterbury Flag is a symbol of partnership, the partnership of the maori and the pakeha, of the past and the future, of the people and the land, of the mountains and the sea. Canterbury is proud of the purity of it’s snow fed underground water resource. Canterbury is a place of great spiritual importance, a place of pilgrimage and the seat of high religious office. www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nz-cy.html   (644 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Canterbury Diocese of Canterbury was the Mother-Church and Primatial See of All England, from 597 till the death of the last Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Pole, in 1558. The organization of the province was, of course, a matter of gradual growth, and therefore the number and the names of the suffragan sees in the earlier periods vary very much, as does the extent of the metropolitan jurisdiction. Canterbury became absorbed in the wider duties of primate, as is seen in the episcopate of St. www.newadvent.org /cathen/03299b.htm   (1829 words)

CANTERBURY, ARCHBISHOP OF, Church of England, with jurisdiction over 29 dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury, and bishop of the diocese of Canterbury, which consists of the eastern part of the county of Kent and the rural deanery of Croyden. He presides over the upper house of the Convocation of Canterbury; the Church Assembly, the representative body for the entire Church of England; and the Lambeth Conference, a decennial assembly of bishops of the During the Middle Ages a long struggle for precedence between Canterbury and York was settled in the 14th century in favor of Canterbury. www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=204559   (517 words)

Gervase of Canterbury So the king rose up in wrath against him, as did the king's court, and the bishops accused him of perjury; and to such a height did their cruelty carry them, that many persons became apprehensive that he would either be mutilated or murdered. The monks of Canterbury were cited for the same purpose; but by God's mercy it so came to pass that no appeal was made by them. But when he came to Canterbury he was received with the kiss of peace, with unspeakable joy, and with a flood of tears by his children, the monks of that church; and there he joyfully celebrated the solemnity of the Lord's nativity. www.loyno.edu /%7Eletchie/becket/texts/gervase1.htm   (2123 words)

Episcopal News Service The Archbishop of Canterbury likewise holds a position of honor in the Anglican Communion. The Archbishop of Canterbury presides over the Lambeth Conference, the decennial meeting of the bishops of the Anglican Communion, and is president of the Anglican Consultative Council. The Archbishop of Canterbury, among the 26 senior English bishops, is a member of the British House of Lords. www.er-d.org /3577_51050_ENG_HTM.htm   (294 words)

CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The Archbishop of Canterbury plays a central part in national ceremonies such as coronations; thanks to his high public profile, his opinions are often in demand by the news media. The Archbishop of Canterbury exercises metropolitical (or supervisory) jurisdiction over the Province of Canterbury, which encompasses thirty of the forty-four dioceses of the Church of England. (The remaining fourteen dioceses, in northern England, fall within the Province of York.) Formerly, the four dioceses of Wales were also under the Province of Canterbury; in 1920, however, the Welsh dioceses transferred from the established Church of England to the disestablished Church in Wales. encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Archbishop_of_Canterbury   (1721 words)

England Under The Tudors: William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (c. 1450-1532) WILLIAM WARHAM, Archbishop of Canterbury, belonged to a Hampshire family, and was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, afterwards practising and teaching law both in London and Oxford. He helped to arrange the marriage between Henry's son, Arthur, and Catherine of Aragon; he went to Scotland with Richard Foxe, then Bishop of Durham, in 1497; and he was partly responsible for several commercial and other treaties with Flanders, Burgundy and the German king, Maximilian I. In 1509 the Archbishop married and then crowned Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, but gradually withdrawing into the background he resigned the office of Lord Chancellor in 1515, and was succeeded by Wolsey, whom he had consecrated as Bishop of Lincoln in the previous year. www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/warham.htm   (549 words)

Archbishop of Canterbury - Wikinfo The Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England is the spiritual head of the Church of England. Since Henry VIII broke with Rome, archbishops of Canterbury have been selected by the English (latterly British) monarch; at present, the choice is made in his or her name, but by the prime minister, from a shortlist of two selected by a committee of clergy and laity. The first Archbishop of Canterbury was Saint Augustine of Canterbury, who arrived in Kingdom of Kent in 597, all Archbishops of Canterbury since have been referred to as occupying the Chair of St Augustine. www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury   (859 words)

The Anglican Communion Official Website - The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma) The Church of Ceylon (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury) The Church of the Province of Southern Africa www.anglicancommunion.org /tour   (359 words)

Who does What : The Cathedral Community : Canterbury Cathedral The Ven Sheila Watson is Archdeacon of Canterbury and a Residentiary Canon of Canterbury, combining responsibilties in the Cathedral and the diocese. On behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury, she enthrones all new diocesan bishops in the Province of Canterbury. She is a member of the General Synod, Chair of the Canterbury Diocesan House of Laity, and a member of the Canterbury Archbishop's Council. www.canterbury-cathedral.org /community/who.htm   (2311 words)

Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent | Christian Classics Ethereal Library At this time, and after the renewed outbreak of the Black Death in 1362, he took particular pains to regulate the stipends of the unbeneficed clergy, who were induced by the greatly diminished number of priests to exact higher remuneration for their services than formerly. He next succeeded in terminating the ancient dispute between the archbishops of canterbury and York, as to the right of the latter to bear his cross in the province of the former. Both his enthronement and his funeral at Canterbury were by his own desire marked by the utmost simplicity, but his generous bequests to the monks of Canterbury show that this was not due to lack of interest in his cathedral church. www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen08.html?term=Simon%20Islip   (550 words)

Canterbury The region is based on the Canterbury Plains, an area of merged river deltas, 193 km in length from north to south, and about 65 km at its widest point. The largest rivers, which traverse the land and carry run-off from the mountains and foothills to the west, are the Waimakariri, the Rakaia, the Ashburton, the Rangitata and the Waitaki. The province was named after the Canterbury Association formed in England in 1848 with the purpose of organising an idealised Anglican settlement in NZ. www.dreamlike.info /nzl/can/canterbury.htm   (558 words)

The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego The Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, which covers the east of the County of Kent and extreme north-east Surrey. He is the metropolitan archbishop of the Province of Canterbury, which covers the southern two-thirds of England. www.edsd.org /pages/06-WORLDWIDE/6-worldwide-archbishop.htm   (217 words)

Coat of Arms - Profile - The University - University of Canterbury - New Zealand The provincial coat of arms was adapted by Canterbury College and used from its founding in 1873. When the University of Canterbury became autonomous in 1961 the then Chancellor, Mr C H Perkins, sought formal approval for an official coat of arms. The "dead sheep" is actually a silver fleece symbolising the pastoral pursuits of the province of Canterbury, while the golden 19th century plough on the base of the shield symbolises agriculture. www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz /backgrnd/historycoa.shtml   (436 words)

BBC - h2g2 - Golf in Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand Christchurch, a city of 330,000 people, situated on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, is the largest city in the province of Canterbury. In the main, that is not the case in Canterbury. The courses of Canterbury vary in standard, but the majority are well manicured, and a good test of golf. www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A590870   (1687 words)

Episcopal News Service Archives England's House of Bishops consists of the two archbishops and all diocesan bishops, with six suffragan bishops elected from the Province of Canterbury and three from the Province of York, and any other bishops residing in either Province who are members of the Archbishops' Council. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, as well as being spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, is Primate of All England and Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury and its 30 dioceses. The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, is Primate of England and Metropolitan of the 14 dioceses in the Province of York. www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_76562_ENG_HTM.htm   (541 words)

[No title] Canterbury spans the land between the magnificent Southern Alps of New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean, offering a truly diverse range of landforms from towering alpine peaks and broad alluvial plains to magnificent harbours and sun-drenched beaches. With its historical roots in agriculture, the region has rapidly embraced high technology and is now an important centre for electronics, telecommunications, software development, light engineering and niche-market manufacturing, all supported by high-quality education and research facilities. With its temperate climate and the easy accessibility to the mountains and the sea, Canterbury is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts. www.immigration.govt.nz /migrant/stream/live/brothersisteradultchild/LinkAdministration/ResourcesLinks/RegionalQuickFacts/CanterburyQuickfacts.htm   (269 words)

Some frequently asked questions about a New Province answered   (Site not responding. Last check: ) An Archbishop of Canterbury who was a woman would affect relations not only with the New Province but with the majority of provinces of the Anglican group of churches. The province would be parallel to the provinces of Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and not those of York and Canterbury,. If the province were to have its own Synod the question would then be whether it was not in fact a separate Church and not part of the Church of England at all. www.forwardinfaith.com /artman/publish/04-01-06-QA.shtml   (1610 words)

Canterbury of New Zealand - Official Online Store - About Us For many years Canterbury of New Zealand was a major part of the Lane Walker Rudkin group of companies and was formed to market the "Canterbury of New Zealand" brand. The company that started making knitwear in the Canterbury of New Zealand province of New Zealand is now known as "Canterbury of New Zealand" and is recognised as the number one rugby apparel brand in the world. The head office is based in Christchurch (the capital of the Canterbury province) on the South Island of New Zealand. www.canterburyofnz.com /info.asp?info=about   (556 words)

Tourism Guide Christchurch NZ Accommodation Attractions Maps Christchurch and Canterbury Marketing Located on the East coast of the South Island, Christchurch is surrounded by the province of Canterbury - stretching from the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean... Canterbury's complex marine system provides an abundantly rich habitat for marine mammals and sea birds, making it an ideal place for 'getting close to nature'... Canterbury offers a top selection of country lodges, sports lodges and luxury retreats, surrounded by native bush... www.christchurchnz.net /canterbury/Fact_Sheets/index.cfm   (219 words)

The Archbishop of Canterbury Due to the onslaught of the Barbarian invasions of the Empire, the legions in Britian were forced to evacuate the province, leaving the Celts to fend for themselves against the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. The Archbishop of Canterbury is appointed by the Crown (the English Crown, in the end, won that argument), and Queen Elizabeth II appointed the Most Revd. It is the diocesan cathedral of the Diocese of Canterbury and as such is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury. www.southbear.com /Archbishop_Canterbury.html   (2354 words)

CANTERBURY PROVINCE AND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT - CANTERBURY PROVINCE AND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New ... CANTERBURY PROVINCE AND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT - CANTERBURY PROVINCE AND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand As constituted in 1853, the Province of Canterbury occupied the central part of the South Island and extended from east to west coasts. In 1868, after three years of uneasy association under the one provincial government, the communities of east and west Canterbury were separated by the establishment of the County of Westland as a distinct local government entity. www.teara.govt.nz /1966/C/CanterburyProvinceAndProvincialDistrict/CanterburyProvinceAndProvincialDistrict/en   (507 words)

News - UC Foundation - University of Canterbury - New Zealand The new annual $10,000 award was announced at a colourful ceremony in March marking the final visit of HMNZS Canterbury to her home port of Lyttelton. Christchurch Mayor Garry Moore said the scholarship was a great way to celebrate the spirit of the province of Canterbury, ensuring that spirit lived on in the students who were awarded the scholarship. The HMNZS Canterbury Scholarship will be awarded annually to an outstanding first-year student and will cover their full tuition fees and a living allowance. www.canterbury.ac.nz /foundation/news/050422a.shtml   (417 words)

The Star Canterbury Canterbury is home to the highly successful Crusaders Super 12 rugby team, with the province producing many All Blacks over the years. From skiing and golf to wine tasting and dolphin watching, the city of Christchurch and the province of Canterbury offer a wealth of activities and places to visit. The historic Canterbury Museum and bright new Christchurch Art Gallery are easily accessible in the central city, as is the nearby Arts Centre of Christchurch. www.starcanterbury.co.nz /info/regionalinfo   (501 words)

Catalogues, Guides and Collections : Archives : History and Heritage : Canterbury Cathedral Please note that the archives of the Archbishops of Canterbury are held at Lambeth Palace Library. These records cover the administration of the Diocese, There are also records of the administration of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury, which covered largely the same area until 1841, when the additional Archdeaconry of Maidstone was created. The Cathedral Archives holds records for all parishes currently in the Archdeaconry of Canterbury, except for those for Ash next Sandwich, which are retained in the church. www.canterbury-cathedral.org /history/catalogues.htm   (809 words)

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