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LIBAU ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/375

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: LIBAU ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY

Date(s): 1892-1928

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5 volumes.

Name of creator(s): Libau Anglican Chaplaincy | Latvia

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Bishop of London was held to exercise responsibility for Anglican churches overseas where no other bishop had been appointed. He retained responsibility for churches in northern and central Europe until 1980, but his jurisdiction in southern Europe ceased in 1842 on the creation of the diocese of Gibraltar. In 1980, the Bishop of London divested himself of all overseas jurisdiction and a new diocese of 'Gibraltar in Europe' was established.

Liepaja, or Libau, is the third largest city in Latvia, situated on the Baltic coast. The Anglican chaplaincy was presumably established for merchants and sailors visiting the port.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials at Libau Anglican Chaplaincy, Latvia.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Volumes in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See also DL/E/A to DL/E/E for papers relating to the Diocese of London Overseas Jurisdiction; CLC/318 for the Diocese in Europe and CLC/319 for the Diocese of Gibraltar.

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Burial registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Dioceses | Ecclesiastical districts | Church administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Burial records
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Libau Anglican Chaplaincy | Latvia

Places
Libau | Latvia | Eastern Europe
Liepaja | Latvia | Eastern Europe