Lichfield Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Chad in Lichfield.

The diocese of Mercia was created in 656, and a cathedral was consecrated on the present site in 700. The relics of the fifth bishop, Chad of Mercia, were housed at the cathedral until being removed in 1538 during the English Reformation.

The cathedral was built between early 13th century and c. 1320 in the Decorated Gothic style.

During the English Civil War, the Cathedral Close, Lichfield was besieged three times; the church was severely damaged, losing all of its medieval glass and many monuments. The building was restored after the Civil War under bishop John Hacket and several times in the 18th and 19th centuries.