Diocese of Blackburn Dioecesis Blackburnensis | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | York |
Archdeaconries | Blackburn, Lancaster |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 211 |
Churches | 280 |
Information | |
Cathedral | Blackburn Cathedral |
Language | English |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Philip North, Bishop of Blackburn |
Suffragans | Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster Joe Kennedy, Bishop of Burnley |
Archdeacons | Mark Ireland, Archdeacon of Blackburn David Picken, Archdeacon of Lancaster |
Website | |
blackburn.anglican.org |
The diocese of Blackburn is diocese of the Church of England in North West England. Its boundaries correspond to northern Lancashire with the exception of the eastern part of the Forest of Bowland, which is part of the diocese of Leeds. The diocese contains 211 parishes and 280 churches. Blackburn Cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Blackburn, currently Philip North, and the diocesan offices are also located in Blackburn. [1]
What is now the diocese of Blackburn was historically part of the diocese of York. It became part of the newly created diocese of Chester in 1541, [2] and part of the diocese of Manchester when it was created in 1847. [3] The diocese of Blackburn was in turn established on 12 November 1926 from the northern part of Manchester. [4]
Alongside the diocesan Bishop of Blackburn (Philip North), the diocese has two suffragan bishops: Jill Duff, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster, consecrated in 2018; and Joe Kennedy, Bishop suffragan of Burnley, consecrated 2024.
There is no alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese which reject the ministry of priests who are women) in the diocese because the ordinary (Philip North) does not ordain women as priests.
Diocese | Archdeaconries | Rural Deaneries |
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Diocese of Blackburn | Archdeaconry of Blackburn | Deanery of Accrington |
Deanery of Blackburn and Darwen | ||
Deanery of Burnley | ||
Deanery of Chorley | ||
Deanery of Leyland | ||
Deanery of Pendle | ||
Deanery of Whalley | ||
Archdeaconry of Lancaster | Deanery of Blackpool | |
Deanery of Garstang | ||
Deanery of Kirkham | ||
Deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe | ||
Deanery of Poulton | ||
Deanery of Preston | ||
Deanery of Tunstall |
Area Dean: the Revd Canon David Arnold
Area Dean: the Revd Canon Andrew Horsfall
Area Dean: the Revd Munawar Din
Area Dean: the Revd Neil Kelley
Area Dean: the Revd Marc Wolverson
Area Dean: the Revd Lesley Hinchcliffe
Area Dean: the Revd Jonathan Carmylie
Area Dean: the Revd Peter Lillicrap
Area Dean: the Revd Andrew Wilkinson
Area Dean: the Revd Anne Beverley
Area Dean: vacant
Area Dean: the Revd Jane Atkinson
Area Dean: the Revd David Hanson
Area Dean: vacant
This list is not exhaustive.
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