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Sean Semple
Sean Alexander John Semple is a South Africa-born Anglican bishop. Since 2024, he has been the sixth bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf in the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, a diocese encompassing Cyprus and the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula states of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Yemen. Earlier in his clerical career, he served in three different provinces of the Anglican Communion. Early life and education Semple was born in South Africa. His undergraduate studies in psychology and theology were at the University of Natal and the University of South Africa, followed by postgraduate studies in spirituality at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and in clinical psychology at the University of Nicosia. Ordained ministry Semple began his ministry in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, where spent a decade before being ordained a priest in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in 2011. He served as clergy in the Diocese of Natal and in the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Reverend
The Right Reverend (abbreviated as The Rt Revd or The Rt Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian ministers and members of clergy. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Usage * In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom, Catholic Church in Great Britain, it applies to bishops, except that ''The Most Reverend'' is used for archbishops (elsewhere, all Roman Catholic Church, Catholic bishops are styled as ''The Most Reverend''). * In some churches with a Presbyterian heritage, it applies to the current Moderator of the General Assembly, such as ** the current Moderator of the United Church of Canada (if the moderator is an ordained minister; laypeople may be elected moderator, but are not styled Right Reverend) ** the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland ** the current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ** the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part of the Arabian Sea to the east, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the Red Sea to the west, sharing maritime boundary, maritime borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia across the Horn of Africa. Covering roughly 455,503 square kilometres (175,871 square miles), with a coastline of approximately , Yemen is the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutional capital and largest city. Yemen's estimated population is 34.7 million, mostly Arabs, Arab Muslims. It is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Owing to its geographic location, Yemen has been at the crossroads of many civilisations for over 7,000 years. In 1200 BCE, the Sab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brampton Abbotts
Brampton Abbotts is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 2 km north of Ross-on-Wye and 16 km south east of Hereford. The village lies near the western terminus of M50 motorway. The parish had a population of 322 in the 2001 UK census, and is grouped with Foy to form Brampton Abbots & Foy Group Parish Council for administrative purposes. The parish church, dedicated to St Michael, is Norman. The font has an octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panels. The place name Brampton means 'Broom settlement'. Abbotts is a reference to the abbot of St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, which held it in the late 11th century at the time of the Domesday survey. In the south of the parish, at the boundary with Weston under Penyard and Ross Rural parishes, is the hamlet of Rudhall. Rudhall Manor is a Grade I listed 14th century manor house. The core of the original building is timber framed on a sandstone plinth. The house was extended in the 16th and 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walford, Ross-on-Wye
Walford is a village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England, two miles south of the market town of Ross-on-Wye. It includes the settlements of Bishopswood, Coughton, Deep Dean, Hom Green and Walford. The two Church of England churches in the parish, All Saints at Bishopswood and St Michael & All Angels at Walford, lie in different benefices. The centre of the nave of Walford church was constructed around 1100 making it one of the earliest churches to be built in Herefordshire. Bishopswood Church is far more recent being endowed in 1841. The B4324 Ross-on-Wye to Coleford road runs through the village. The River Wye forms the western boundary of the parish. Kerne Bridge allows the B4229 road to cross the river to Goodrich. Walford Court was the headquarters of Col John Birch during the siege of Goodrich Castle in the English Civil War. In Hom Green is Hill Court Manor, a country house built in 1700, now a Grade I listed building and the closed Church of the Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales. It had a population estimated at 10,978 in 2021. It lies in the south-east of the county, on the River Wye and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean. History The name "Ross" is derived from the Welsh language, Welsh or Celtic languages, Celtic for a "promontory". It was renamed "Ross-on-Wye" in 1931 by the General Post Office, due to confusion with other places of the same or similar name (such as Ross, Scotland, Ross in Scotland). Ross-on-Wye promotes itself as "the birthplace of British tourism". In 1745, the rector, John Egerton (bishop), Dr John Egerton, started taking friends on boat trips down the valley from his rectory at Ross. The Wye Valley's attraction was its river scenery, its precipitous landscapes, and its castles and abbeys, which were accessible to seekers of the "picturesque". In 1782, William Gilpin (clergyman), William Gilpin's book ''Observations on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Canon
Norton Canon is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the A480 road List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the ... and the B4230 road. The population at the 2011 Census was 242. References Villages in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarnesfield
Sarnesfield (National Grid ref. SO374508) is a civil parish and village in Herefordshire, eleven miles north-west of Hereford. Descent of the manor De Lacy Sarnesfield was granted by William the Conqueror to Roger de Lacy. De Sarnesfield Philip de Sarnesfield held one and a half hides from Hugh de Lacy in 1109. An early lord of the manor was Nicholas de Sarnesfield, a member of the retinue of the Black Prince and created a Knight of the Garter in 1386 by King Richard II to whom he was standard bearer and an eminent diplomat. He died in 1394, leaving his two daughters co-heiresses, the eldest of whom married Hugh de Moynton or Monington. The younger daughter married Walter Bromwich of Sarnesfield Coffyn, now Little Sarnesfield Farm. The manor was split into two moieties, with Greater Sarnesfield passing to the Monington family, and Sarnesfield Coffyn (also known as Little Sarnesfield) to Bromwich. The latter was held by John Bromwich in 1532. Subsequently the two moieties se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
