Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Notes - Erection of the Diocese of Dorchester 634


The Diocese of Dorchester was established in 634, when St Birinius was sent there by Pope Honorius. It covered the Kingdom of Wessex in Mercia, which had not yet been converted to Christianity. It was thus a missionary diocese, established from Rome rather than being detached from an existing diocese.

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