Sylvester was a medieval
Bishop of Worcester
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
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Sylvester was elected
Prior of Worcester
This is a list of Priors of Worcester, until the Benedictine
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on 21 January 1215.
[British History Online Priors of Worcester]
accessed on 3 November 2007 He was elected to the
see of Worcester
The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England (Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England.
The diocese was founded around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many ...
on 3 April 1216 and consecrated on 3 July 1216.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279] He was enthroned at
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified ...
on 8 September 1216. He died on 16 July 1218.
[British History Online Bishops of Worcester]
accessed on 3 November 2007
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British History Online Priors of Worcesteraccessed on 3 November 2007
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Bishops of Worcester
Priors of Worcester
1218 deaths
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Year of birth unknown
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