A
bishop's palace
A bishop's palace is a form of ecclesiastical architecture constituting the official residence of a bishop.The term was not used in the British Isles until the Church of England was restructured following the Norman Conquest of 1066 AD. However, th ...
is a type
official residence
An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of th ...
of any
bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
, such as those listed in the
:Episcopal palaces.
Specific residences called Bishop's Palace include:
Poland
*
Palace of the Kraków Bishops in Kielce, Poland
*
Bishop's Palace, Kraków, Poland
United Kingdom
England
*
Bishop's Palace, Auckland, County Durham
*
Bishop's Waltham Palace
Bishop's Waltham Palace is a moated Bishop's Palace ruin in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade II* listed building
History
The bishops of Winchester held lands in Waltham from Saxon times, ha ...
, Hampshire
*
Bishop's Palace, Bromley, Kent
*
Old Bishop's Palace, Chester, Cheshire
*
Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is situated in north Lambeth, London, on the south bank of the River Thames, south-east of the Palace of Westminster, which houses Parliament of the United King ...
, London
*
Bishop's Palace, Lichfield
The Bishop's Palace is a 17th-century building situated in the north-east corner of the Cathedral Close, Lichfield, Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire in England.
The current building replaced a medieval Bishop's Palace built in the 14th ...
, Staffordshire
*
Lincoln Medieval Bishop's Palace
The Old Bishop's Palace is a historic visitor attraction in the city of Lincoln, England, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. When it was first built, in the late 12th century, it was at the centre of the vast Diocese of Lincoln, which stretched from the ...
, Lincolnshire
*
Sonning Bishop's Palace, Berkshire
*
Bishop's Palace, Wells
The Bishop's Palace is the residence of the bishop of Bath and Wells in Wells, Somerset, Wells, Somerset, England. The palace is adjacent to Wells Cathedral and has been the residence of the bishops since the early thirteenth century. It has bee ...
, Somerset
*
Bishopthorpe Palace
Bishopthorpe Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of York at Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. The palace is located on the River Ouse and is approximately south of York, which is the location of the diocese's cathedral, ...
, North Yorkshire
*
The Old Palace, Worcester
The Old Palace, Worcester is an English listed historic building, built c.1200, adjacent to Worcester Cathedral in the Church of England Diocese of Worcester, which is within the Province of Canterbury.
History
The old palace was built for ...
, Worcestershire
*
Bishop's Court, Devon
Bishop's Court is a large English country house and former Bishop's palace in Sowton, Devon, near Exeter. It was built in the 13th century and is Grade I listed. It was a palace of the medieval bishops of Exeter from the 13th century to the 16t ...
Scotland
*
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall
The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic Chu ...
, Orkney
Wales
*
Lamphey Bishop's Palace, Pembrokeshire
*
Bishop's Palace, Llandaff
The Bishop's Palace, which is also known as Llandaff Castle or Bishop's Castle or the Old Bishop's Palace, is the ruined residence of the bishops of Llandaff. It is located a short distance to the south of Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales. ...
, Cardiff
*
Mathern Palace
Mathern Palace is a Grade I listed building in the village of Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales, located some south-west of Chepstow close to the Severn Estuary. Between about 1408 and 1705 it was the main residence of the Bishops of Llandaff. After ...
, Monmouthshire
*
St Davids Bishops Palace, Pembrokeshire
Other places
*
Prince-Bishops' Palace (Liège)
The Palace of the Prince-Bishops () is a historic building situated on the Place Saint-Lambert in the centre of Liège, Belgium. It was the residence of former Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Prince-Bishops of Liège and once faced the monumental ...
, Belgium
*
Kroměříž Bishop's Palace
Kroměříž (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for Kroměříž Castle with its castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle c ...
, Czech Republic
*
, France
*
Würzburg Residence
The Würzburg Residence (German: ''Würzburger Residenz'') is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the Austrian/Southern German Baroque style, were involved in the construct ...
, of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
*
Bishop's Palace, Birgu
The Bishop's Palace () is a palatial building in Birgu, Malta which was a residence of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Malta. It was constructed in the 16th century.
History
The building which later became known as the Bishop's Palace was origina ...
, Malta
*
Bishop's Palace, Mdina, Malta
*
Bishop's Palace, Valletta, Malta
*
Bishop's Palace of Astorga
The Episcopal Palace of Astorga (Spanish: ''Palacio Episcopal de Astorga'') is a building by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. It was built between 1889 and 1913. Designed in the Catalan Modernisme style, it is one of only three buildings by Gau ...
, Spain
*
Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo
The Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo (''Oslo Bispeborg'') was the residence of the Roman Catholic bishops of Oslo. The estate is located in what is now called Gamlebyen (old town) in Oslo, Norway. Various remnants of the medieval bishop's original pal ...
, Norway
*
Bishop's Palace, Galveston
The Bishop's Palace, also known as Gresham's Castle, is an ornate Victorian-style house, located on Broadway and 14th Street in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas. The building was designed by Nicholas J. Clayton for Walter Gr ...
, Texas, United States
See also
*
Archbishop's Palace (disambiguation) Various residences for archbishops are locally known as the Archbishop's Palace, including the following:
* Archbishop's Palace, Perth, Western Australia
* Metropolitan Palace, Lviv, Austria, also known as Archbishop's Palace
* Archbishop's Palac ...
*
Episcopal Palace (disambiguation) An Episcopal Palace is the official residence of a bishop. It may refer to:
* Episcopal Palace, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
* Episcopal Palace, Astorga, Spain
* Episcopal Palace, Braga, Portugal
* Episcopal Palace of Cordoba, Spain
* Episcopal Pal ...
*
Electoral Palace (disambiguation) Electoral Palace or Elector's Palace may refer to any of the palaces of one of the German Holy Roman Empire's Prince-electors:
* Electoral Palace, Amberg, of the Elector of the Palatinate at Amberg
* Electoral Palace, Bonn, of the Archbishops and ...
{{disambig