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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Archbishop of Westminster
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Senior Roman Catholic prelate in England and Wales and president of the church's governing body, the Bishop's Conference. The see was created in 1850, with Cardinal *Wiseman as the first archbishop, when *Pius IX decided to restore a diocesan hierarchy in Britain in response to an increasing population of *Roman Catholics and a gradual easing of restrictions, as seen on the political front in the *Emancipation Act of 1829. The archiepiscopal seat is *Westminster Cathedral.
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