List of Church of England dioceses

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There are 42 dioceses of the Church of England. [1] These cover England, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and a small part of Wales. The Diocese in Europe is also a part of the Church of England, [1] and covers the whole of continental Europe, Morocco and the post-Soviet states. [2] The structure of dioceses within the Church of England was initially inherited from the Catholic Church as part of the Protestant Reformation. [3] During the Reformation a number of new dioceses were founded, [4] but no more were then created until the middle of the 19th century, [5] when dioceses were founded mainly in response to the growing population, especially in the northern industrial cities. [6] The most recent diocese to be established was the Diocese of Leeds, which came into being on 20 April 2014. [7] Prior to that, no new dioceses had been created since 1927. Leeds was created by combining three previous dioceses: the Diocese of Bradford, the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, and the Diocese of Wakefield. [7]

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The 42 current dioceses are divided into two provinces. The Province of Canterbury in the south comprises 30 dioceses and the Province of York in the north comprises 12. [1] The archbishops of Canterbury and York have pastoral oversight over the bishops within their province, along with certain other rights and responsibilities. [8] All of the dioceses have one cathedral each except the Diocese of Leeds, which has three that are considered co-equal. Of all the dioceses, Derby has the smallest cathedral; Derby Cathedral takes up only 10,950 square feet (1,000 m2). [9] One diocese dates back to the 6th century, eight date back to the 7th century, two to the 10th century, five to the 11th century, two to the 12th century, five to the 16th century, seven to the 19th century, and ten to the 20th century. The territories administered by the various dioceses generally accord with the counties as they existed before the Local Government Act 1972.

Dioceses

Diocese [10]
(bishop)
Coat of arms [11] Province [1] Territory [1] Cathedral [12] Founded [13]
Bath and Wells
(Bishop)
Diocese of Bath and Wells arms.svg
Canterbury Somerset; North Somerset; Bath and North East Somerset; the parish of Thorncombe in Dorset [14] Wells Cathedral [15] 909 (Diocese of Wells) [16]
Birmingham
(Bishop)
Diocese of Birmingham arms.svg
Canterbury Birmingham; Sandwell except part of the north; Solihull except part of the east; part of Warwickshire; some parishes in Worcestershire [17] St Philip's Cathedral [18] 1905 [19]
Blackburn
(Bishop)
Diocese of Blackburn arms updated.svg
York Lancashire except part of the east and south, Liverpool, and Manchester; some parishes in Wigan [20] Blackburn Cathedral [21] 12 November 1926
(from Manchester) [22]
Bristol
(Bishop)
Diocese of Bristol arms.svg
Canterbury Bristol; southern two-thirds of South Gloucestershire; northern quarter of Wiltshire except part of the north; Swindon except part of the north and south; some parishes in Gloucestershire [23] Bristol Cathedral [24] 1542 [25]
Canterbury
(Archbishop)
Archbishop of Canterbury arms.svg
Canterbury Kent east of Medway [26] Canterbury Cathedral [27] 597 [28]
Carlisle
(Bishop)
Diocese of Carlisle arms.svg
York Cumbria except Alston Moor (part of the Diocese of Newcastle), and the former Sedbergh Rural District (part of the Diocese of Leeds) [29] Carlisle Cathedral [30] 1133 [31]
Chelmsford
(Bishop)
Diocese of Chemlsford arms.svg
Canterbury Essex except part of the north; part of East London north of the River Thames; part of South Cambridgeshire [32] Chelmsford Cathedral [33] 1914
Chester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Chester arms.svg
York Cheshire; the Wirral Peninsula; Halton south of the River Mersey; Warrington south of the River Mersey; Trafford except part of the north; Stockport except part of the north and east; the eastern half of Tameside; part of Derbyshire; part of Manchester; part of Flintshire [34] Chester Cathedral [35] 1541
Chichester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Chichester arms.svg
[36]
Canterbury West Sussex except part of the north; East Sussex except part of the north; part of Kent [37] Chichester Cathedral [38] 1075
Coventry
(Bishop)
Diocese of Coventry arms.svg
Canterbury Coventry; Warwickshire except part of the north, southwest, and south; part of Solihull [39] Coventry Cathedral [40] 1918
Derby
(Bishop)
Diocese of Derby arms.svg
Canterbury Derbyshire except part of the north; part of Stockport; part of Staffordshire [41] Derby Cathedral [42] 1927 [43]
Durham
(Bishop)
Diocese of Durham arms.svg
York Durham except part of the southwest and north; Gateshead; South Tyneside; Sunderland; Hartlepool; Darlington; Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees [44] Durham Cathedral [45] 990
Ely
(Bishop)
Diocese of Ely arms.svg
Canterbury Cambridgeshire except part of the northwest and south; the western quarter of Norfolk; part of Bedfordshire [46] Ely Cathedral [47] 1109
Europe
(Bishop)
Diocese of Gibraltar arms.svg
CanterburyEurope except Great Britain and Ireland; Morocco; Turkey; the post-Soviet states in Asia [48] Gibraltar Cathedral [49] 21 August 1842 (Diocese of Gibraltar) [50]
1980 (Diocese in Europe)
Exeter
(Bishop)
Diocese of Exeter arms.svg
Canterbury Devon except part of the southeast and west; Plymouth; Torbay [51] Exeter Cathedral [52] 1050
Gloucester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Gloucester arms.svg
Canterbury Gloucestershire except part of the north, south, and east; the northern third of South Gloucestershire; part of Wiltshire; part of southwest Warwickshire; part of southern Worcestershire [53] Gloucester Cathedral [54] 1541
Guildford
(Bishop)
Diocese of Guildford arms.svg
CanterburyThe western two-thirds of Surrey south of the River Thames except part of the northeast; part of northeastern Hampshire; part of Greater London; part of West Sussex [55] Guildford Cathedral [56] 1927
Hereford
(Bishop)
Diocese of Hereford arms.svg
Canterbury Herefordshire; the southern half of Shropshire; part of Powys and Monmouthshire [57] Hereford Cathedral [58] 676
Leeds
(Bishop)
Diocese of Leeds arms.svg
York Ripon; Bradford; Leeds; Huddersfield; Wakefield [59] Co-equally:
Ripon Cathedral,
Wakefield Cathedral,
Bradford Cathedral [60]
20 April 2014 (thereby dissolving the dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield) [7]
Leicester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Leicester arms.svg
Canterbury Leicestershire; part of Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, and Warwickshire [61] Leicester Cathedral [62] 1926
Lichfield
(Bishop)
Diocese of Lichfield arms v2.svg
Canterbury Staffordshire except part of the southeast and southwest; the northern half of Shropshire; Wolverhampton; Walsall; the northern half of Sandwell [63] Lichfield Cathedral [64] 664
Lincoln
(Bishop)
Diocese of Lincoln arms.svg
Canterbury Lincolnshire; North East Lincolnshire; North Lincolnshire except part of the west [65] Lincoln Cathedral [66] 1074
Liverpool
(Bishop)
Diocese of Liverpool arms.svg
York Liverpool; Sefton; Knowsley; St Helens; Wigan except part of the north and east; Halton north of the River Mersey; most of West Lancashire [67] Liverpool Cathedral [68] 1880
London
(Bishop)
Diocese of London arms.svg
CanterburyThe City of London; Greater London north of the River Thames except part of the east and north; Surrey north of the Thames; part of Hertfordshire [69] St Paul's Cathedral [70] 601
Manchester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Manchester arms.svg
York Manchester except part of the south; Salford; Bolton; Bury; Rochdale; Oldham; the western half of Tameside; part of Wigan, Trafford, Stockport, and southern Lancashire [71] Manchester Cathedral [72] 1848
Newcastle
(Bishop)
Diocese of Newcastle arms.svg
York Northumberland; Newcastle upon Tyne; North Tyneside; part of eastern Cumbria; part of County Durham [73] Newcastle Cathedral [74] 1882
Norwich
(Bishop)
Diocese of Norwich arms.svg
Canterbury Norfolk except part of the west; part of northeastern Suffolk [75] Norwich Cathedral [76] 1096
Oxford
(Bishop)
Diocese of Oxford arms.svg
Canterbury Oxfordshire; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; part of Hampshire and Hertfordshire [77] Christ Church Cathedral [78] 1542
Peterborough
(Bishop)
Diocese of Peterborough arms.svg
Canterbury Northamptonshire except part of the west; Rutland; Peterborough except part of the southeast; part of Lincolnshire [79] Peterborough Cathedral [80] 1541
Portsmouth
(Bishop)
Diocese of Portsmouth arms.svg
CanterburyThe southeastern third of Hampshire; the Isle of Wight [81] Portsmouth Cathedral [82] 1927
Rochester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Rochester arms.svg
Canterbury Kent west of the River Medway except part of the southwest; Medway; most of Bromley Bexley; part of East Sussex [83] Rochester Cathedral [84] 604
St Albans
(Bishop)
Diocese of St Albans arms.svg
Canterbury Hertfordshire except part of the south and west; Bedfordshire except part of the north and west; part of Greater London [85] St Albans Cathedral [86] 1877
St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
(Bishop)
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich arms.svg
Canterbury Suffolk except part of the northeast; part of Essex [87] St Edmundsbury Cathedral [88] 1914
Salisbury
(Bishop)
Diocese of Salisbury arms.svg
CanterburyThe southern three quarters of Wiltshire; Dorset except part of the east; part of Hampshire and Devon [89] Salisbury Cathedral [90] 1078
Sheffield
(Bishop)
Diocese of Sheffield arms.svg
York Sheffield; Rotherham; Doncaster except part of the southeast; part of North Lincolnshire; part of northeastern Barnsley; part of the East Riding of Yorkshire [91] Sheffield Cathedral [92] 1914
Sodor and Man
(Bishop)
Diocese of Sodor and Man arms.svg
YorkThe Isle of Man [93] Peel Cathedral c.1400 (English jurisdiction)
447 (first founded) [94]
Southwark
(Bishop)
Diocese of Southwark arms.svg
Canterbury Greater London south of the River Thames except most of Bromley and Bexley and part of the southwest; the eastern third of Surrey [95] Southwark Cathedral [96] 1905
Southwell and Nottingham
(Bishop)
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham arms.svg
York Nottinghamshire; part of South Yorkshire [97] Southwell Minster [98] 1884
Truro
(Bishop)
Diocese of Truro arms.svg
Canterbury Cornwall; the Isles of Scilly; part of Devon [99] Truro Cathedral [100] 1877
Winchester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Winchester arms.svg
Canterbury Hampshire except the southeastern quarter and part of the northeast, west, and north; part of eastern Dorset; the Channel Islands [101] Winchester Cathedral [102] 662
Worcester
(Bishop)
Diocese of Worcester arms.svg
Canterbury Worcestershire except part of the south and north; part of Wolverhampton, Sandwell, and northern Gloucestershire [103] Worcester Cathedral [104] 680
York
(Archbishop)
Archbishop of York arms.svg
York York; East Riding of Yorkshire except part of the southwest; Kingston upon Hull; Redcar and Cleveland; Middlesbrough; the eastern half of North Yorkshire; Stockton-on-Tees south of the River Tees; part of Leeds [105] York Minster [106] 625

Former dioceses

Diocese
(bishop)
Coat of armsProvinceTerritoryCathedralFoundedDissolved
Bradford
(Bishop)
Diocese of Bradford arms.svg
York Bradford; Craven District; the former Sedbergh Rural District Bradford Cathedral 25 November 191920 April 2014
Gloucester and Bristol
(Bishop)
Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol arms.svg
Canterbury Gloucestershire except part of the north and east; South Gloucestershire; part of northern Wiltshire; part of southwest Warwickshire; part of southern Worcestershire; Bristol; Swindon except part of the north and southCo-equally: Gloucester Cathedral, Bristol Cathedral 6 October 18367 July 1897
Ripon and Leeds
(Bishop)
Diocese of Ripon arms.svg
YorkPart of western and northern Yorkshire; the south Teesdale area Ripon Cathedral 5 October 183620 April 2014
Wakefield
(Bishop)
Diocese of Wakefield arms.svg
York Wakefield; Barnsley; Kirklees; Calderdale Wakefield Cathedral 18 May 188820 April 2014
Westminster
(Bishop)
Unknown Blazon.svg
Canterbury Westminster; Middlesex except Fulham Westminster Abbey 17 December 154030 March 1550

Statistics

Source: [107] [108] Diocese of Europe excluded.

DiocesePopulationArea (sq. m.)Pop. density1BeneficesParishesChurchesPeople per church
Bath & Wells 969,0001,6106001794615591,730
Birmingham 1,591,0002905,4201381511848,650
Blackburn 1,363,0009301,4701732352715,030
Bristol 1,042,0004702,2101031652015,180
Canterbury 1,155,0001,0501,1001362423603,210
Carlisle 498,0002,5701901072333301,510
Chelmsford 3,253,0001,5302,1203074705765,650
Chester 1,651,0001,0301,6002152653424,830
Chichester 1,711,0001,4501,1802753594753,600
Coventry 905,0007001,3001272052423,740
Derby 1,069,0009901,0801412553133,410
Durham 1,498,0009801,5301732092645,670
Ely 767,0001,5305001453023282,340
Exeter 1,199,0002,5704701534895952,020
Gloucester 678,0001,130600912973811,780
Guildford 1,068,0005302,0101411602115,060
Hereford 333,0001,65020081338402830
Leeds 2,765,0002,6301,0502784505974,630
Leicester 1,066,0008301,2801072453113,430
Lichfield 2,185,0001,7301,2602394215444,020
Lincoln 1,091,0002,6704101814846251,750
Liverpool 1,623,0003904,1201211732366,880
London 4,390,00028015,9004114034759,240
Manchester 2,202,0004205,3101802563166,970
Newcastle 835,0002,1004001231702383,510
Norwich 923,0001,8005101645546401,440
Oxford 2,415,0002,2101,0902896088112,980
Peterborough 935,0001,1408201253483792,470
Portsmouth 792,0004201,8901071331674,740
Rochester 1,375,0005402,5601802152595,310
Salisbury 963,0002,0504701354335661,700
Sheffield 1,308,0006102,1301471742086,290
Sodor & Man 92,0002204201415392,350
Southwark 2,899,0003209,0202572943558,170
Southwell & Nottingham 1,165,0008401,3801502282963,940
St Albans 1,942,0001,1201,7401953374074,770
St Eds & Ipswich 682,0001,4304801154464791,420
Truro 573,0001,3904101042133011,900
Winchester 1,242,0001,1301,1001392533573,480
Worcester 899,0006701,340901682743,280
York 1,452,0002,6705402334435822,490

1persons per square mile

See also

Notes

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  19. Jones 2012, p. 27.
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  21. Pepin 2004, p. 38.
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  23. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 18.
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  27. Weaver & Caviness 2013, p. 11.
  28. Cummings 2007, p. 1.
  29. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 25.
  30. Bond 2007, p. 43.
  31. Livingstone, Sparks & Peacocke 2013, p. 95.
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  33. Pepin 2004, p. 50.
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  55. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 63.
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  63. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 73.
  64. Pepin 2004, p. 79.
  65. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 77.
  66. Pepin 2004, p. 82.
  67. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 80.
  68. Pepin 2004, p. 84.
  69. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 83.
  70. Pepin 2004, p. 90.
  71. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 87.
  72. Pepin 2004, p. 93.
  73. The Church of England Year Book 2014, p. 91.
  74. Pepin 2004, p. 95.
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  92. Pepin 2004, p. 129.
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Jonathan Robin Blanning Gough is a British Anglican priest and former military chaplain. Since March 2019, he has served as the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds. He had previously served in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department of the British Army.