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Diocese of Sodor and Man
Sodor and Man is a diocese of the Church of England. Originally much larger, today it covers just the Isle of Man and its adjacent islets.
The Norwegian diocese of Sodor was formed 1154, covering the Hebrides and the other islands along the west...
Anglican Diocese of Birmingham
The Anglican Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese in the Church of England's Province of Canterbury, covering the north west of the traditional county of Warwickshire (now West Midlands and part of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and north Worcestershire)...
Diocese of Lichfield
The Diocese of Mercia was created by Bishop Diuma in around 656 and the see was settled in Lichfield in 669 by the then bishop, Ceadda (later Saint Chadd), who built a monastery there. At the Council of Chelsea, Bishop Higbert was raised to the rank...
Diocese of Carlisle
The Diocese of Carlisle was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Celtic descent in the area looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. The first bishop was Æthelwold, formerly the king's confessor...
Anglican Diocese of Worcester
The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
The diocese was founded in around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many Anglo Saxon petty-kingdoms of...
Diocese of Winchester
The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.
Founded in 676, it is one of the oldest and largest of the dioceses in England.
The area of the diocese incorporates:
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The diocese is divided into two...
Diocese of Truro
The Diocese of Truro forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
See also Christianity in Cornwall
Its area is that of the county of Cornwall including the Isles of Scilly. It was formed on December 15, 1876 from the Archdeaconry of...
Anglican Diocese of Southwark
The Diocese of Southwark forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. It was formed on May 1, 1905 from part of the Diocese of Rochester. Prior to 1877 the area was part of the Diocese of Winchester.
It covers Greater London south of the...
Diocese of Salisbury
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England. It covers Dorset and most of Wiltshire (excepting Swindon and a part of north Wiltshire), and is a constituent of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the...
Diocese of Saint Albans
The Diocese of St Albans forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England and is part of the wider Church of England, in turn part of the world-wide Anglican Communion.
The diocese is home to more than 1.6 million people and comprises the...
Diocese of Rochester
The Diocese of Rochester is ancient, having been established in 604; only the neighbouring Diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England. The diocese is located in South-East England and forms part of the Province of Canterbury.
The...
Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth
The Diocese of Portsmouth is an administrative division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese covers south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The see is in the City of Portsmouth in Hampshire, where the seat is...
Anglican Diocese of Peterborough
The Diocese of Peterborough forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. Its seat is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, which was originally founded as a monastery in AD 655 and re-built in its present form...
Diocese of Oxford
The Diocese of Oxford forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
The Diocese of Oxford was created in 1541 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln.
In 1836 the Archdeaconry of Berkshire was transferred from the Diocese of Salisbury to Oxford...
Anglican Diocese of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of Dunwich founded in 630. In common with many Anglo-Saxon bishoprics it moved, in this case to Elmham in 673. After...
Diocese of London
The Anglican Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames, and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west. The present diocese covers...
Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Diocese of Lindine founded in 678. Nowadays it is much diminished in size since it was the largest diocese in Europe. Many...
Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe
The Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe (also called simply the Diocese in Europe) is geographically the largest diocese of the Church of England and arguably the largest diocese in the Anglican Communion, covering some one-sixth of the earth's landmass,...
Diocese of Canterbury
The Diocese of Canterbury is a Church of England diocese covering eastern Kent, founded by St Augustine in 597. It is centred on (and named after) Canterbury Cathedral, and is the oldest see of the Church of England.
The diocesan bishop is the...
Diocese of Bath and Wells
The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England.
The diocese covers the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is located in the...
Anglican Diocese of Manchester
The Diocese of Manchester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, England. Based in the city of Manchester, the diocese covers much of the county of Greater Manchester and small areas of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.
The...
Diocese of Leicester
The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese based in Leicester and covering the current County of Leicestershire. The cathedral is Leicester Cathedral, where the Bishop of Leicester sits.
The diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries:...
Anglican Diocese of York
The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
It is headed by the Archbishop of...
Diocese of Sheffield
The Diocese of Sheffield is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York.
The Diocese of Sheffield was formed on January 23, 1914, by the division from the Diocese of York (along with that part of the Diocese of...
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York. It is headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. The diocese covers all of the English county of Nottinghamshire and part of South Yorkshire. The...
Diocese of Coventry
The Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry. There is also the suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Warwick. The diocese covers...
Diocese of Ely
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now covers Cambridgeshire ...
Diocese of Ripon and Leeds
The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as the south Teesdale area administered by County Durham which is...
Diocese of Blackburn
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created in 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston,...
Diocese of Bradford
The Diocese of Bradford is a Church of England diocese within the Province of York. The Diocese covers the area of the City of Bradford, Craven district and the former Sedburgh Rural District now in Cumbria.
The seat of the episcopal see is Bradford...
Diocese of Chester
The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York based in Chester, covering the county of Cheshire in its pre-1974 boundaries (and therefore including the Wirral and parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport,...
Diocese of Durham
The Diocese of Durham is a Church of England diocese, based in Durham, and covering the historic County Durham (and therefore including the southern part of Tyne and Wear, the boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool and the area of Stockton-on-Tees north...
Diocese of Newcastle
The Diocese of Newcastle is a Church of England diocese based in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering the historic county of Northumberland (and therefore including the northern part of Tyne and Wear). The area of Alston Moor in Cumbria also forms part of...
Anglican Diocese of Liverpool
The Diocese of Liverpool is a Church of England diocese based in Liverpool, covering Merseyside north of the River Mersey along with West Lancashire, Wigan in Greater Manchester, Warrington and Widnes in Cheshire. The cathedral is Liverpool...
Diocese of Wakefield
The Diocese of Wakefield is a Church of England diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale. The cathedral is Wakefield Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Wakefield.
The Diocese of...
Diocese of Bristol
The Diocese of Bristol is a Church of England diocese based in Bristol, also covering South Gloucestershire and parts of north Wiltshire to Swindon. The cathedral is Bristol Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Bristol. It is part of the...
Diocese of Chelmsford
The Diocese of Chelmsford is a Church of England Diocese based in Chelmsford, covering Essex and the five east London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, matching the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood....
Diocese of Chichester
The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. It was created in 1075 to replace the old Diocese of Selsey, which was based at Selsey Abbey from 681. The cathedral is Chichester Cathedral and the...
Diocese of Derby
The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby who has his seat at Derby Cathedral. He is assisted by the...
Diocese of Exeter
The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England diocese covering Devon, and is one of the largest in England. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter is the seat of the diocesan bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish DD, Bishop of Exeter. It...
Diocese of Gloucester
The Diocese of Gloucester is a Church of England diocese based in Gloucester, covering the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire. The cathedral is Gloucester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Gloucester. It is part of the Province of...
Diocese of Guildford
The Diocese of Guildford is a Church of England diocese based in Guildford, covering the most of Surrey and part of Hampshire. The cathedral is Guildford Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Guildford. It is part of the Province of Canterbury....
Diocese of Hereford
The Diocese of Hereford is a Church of England diocese based in Hereford, covering Herefordshire, southern Shropshire and a few parishes within Worcestershire in England; and a few parishes within Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales. The cathedral is...
Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich
The Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft). The cathedral is St Edmundsbury Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is part...
Diocese of Westminster
The Diocese of Westminster was a short-lived diocese of the Church Of England, extant from 1540 - 1550.
The Diocese was created from part of the Diocese Of London,and comprised Westminster (which was raised to the dignity of a city), and the county...
Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem
The Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem was an episcopal see founded in Jerusalem in the nineteenth century by joint agreement of the Anglican and the German Lutheran churches.
As a result of more than one missionary effort in the Holy Land in...
Archdeaconry of Dudley
Joined with the Archdeaconry of Worcester within the Anglican Diocese of Worcester
Bromsgrove Deanery
Rural Dean - The Revd Tricia Allsopp Lay Chair - Mrs Rosemary Sumner
Droitwich Deanery
Rural Dean - The Revd Peter Kerr Lay Chair - Mrs Angela...
