List of Church of England dioceses

Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the Diocese of Canterbury, the oldest diocese in the Church of England.

A diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, of which there are currently 44 within the Church of England. These cover all of England, and also the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, the Isles of Scilly, and a small part of Wales. The Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe is also a part of the Church of England (rather than a separate Anglican church such as the Church in Wales), and covers the whole of mainland Europe, Morocco, Turkey and the territory of the former Soviet Union.

The structure of dioceses within the Church of England was initially inherited from the western Church as part of the Reformation. During the Reformation a number of new dioceses were founded, but no more were then created until the middle of the 19th century, when dioceses were founded mainly in response to the growing population, especially in the northern industrial cities. The most recent to be established were created in 1927. The 44 dioceses are divided into two Provinces, the Province of Canterbury (with 30) and the Province of York (with 14). The archbishops of Canterbury and York have pastoral oversight over the bishops within their province, along with certain other rights and responsibilities.

Dioceses

Diocese (bishop)	Province	Territory	Cathedral	Founded
Bath and Wells !Bath and Wells (Bishop of Bath and Wells)	Canterbury	Somerset	Wells Cathedral	0909909
Birmingham !Birmingham (Bishop of Birmingham)	Canterbury	West Midlands metropolitan county (except Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton), North Warwickshire	Birmingham Cathedral	19061906, from Worcester
Blackburn !Blackburn (Bishop of Blackburn)	York	Lancashire (except West Lancashire and part of Ribble Valley)	Blackburn Cathedral	19261926, from Manchester
Bradford !Bradford (Bishop of Bradford)	York	Bradford, Craven, part of Ribble Valley	Bradford Cathedral	19201920, from Ripon
Bristol !Bristol (Bishop of Bristol)	Canterbury	Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, part of North Wiltshire	Bristol Cathedral	15421542
Canterbury !Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury)	Canterbury	Eastern Kent	Canterbury Cathedral	0597597
Carlisle !Carlisle (Bishop of Carlisle)	York	Cumbria	Carlisle Cathedral	11331133
Chelmsford !Chelmsford (Bishop of Chelmsford)	Canterbury	Essex (traditional borders, including London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Newham and Barking & Dagenham)	Chelmsford Cathedral	19141914, from St Albans
Chester !Chester (Bishop of Chester)	York	Cheshire (except North Warrington), Wirral, part of Stockport	Chester Cathedral	15411541
Chichester !Chichester (Bishop of Chichester)	Canterbury	Sussex	Chichester Cathedral	10751075
Coventry !Coventry (Bishop of Coventry)	Canterbury	Coventry, Warwickshire (except North Warwickshire)	Coventry Cathedral	19181918, from Worcester
Derby !Derby (Bishop of Derby)	Canterbury	Derbyshire	Derby Cathedral	19271927, from Southwell
Durham !Durham (Bishop of Durham)	York	County Durham (except Teesdale), Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne	Durham Cathedral	0995995
Ely !Ely (Bishop of Ely)	Canterbury	Cambridgeshire (except the Soke of Peterborough) and west Norfolk	Ely Cathedral	11091109
Exeter !Exeter (Bishop of Exeter)	Canterbury	Devon	Exeter Cathedral	10501050
Gibraltar in Europe !Gibraltar in Europe (Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe)	Canterbury	Continental Europe, Morocco, former Soviet Union, Turkey	Gibraltar Cathedral	18421842
Gloucester !Gloucester (Bishop of Gloucester)	Canterbury	Gloucestershire (except South Gloucestershire)	Gloucester Cathedral	15411541
Guildford !Guildford (Bishop of Guildford)	Canterbury	Surrey (except Tandridge), part of East Hampshire	Guildford Cathedral	19271927, from Winchester
Hereford !Hereford (Bishop of Hereford)	Canterbury	Herefordshire, South-Western Shropshire	Hereford Cathedral	0676676
Leicester !Leicester (Bishop of Leicester)	Canterbury	Leicestershire	Leicester Cathedral	19271927, from Peterborough
Lichfield !Lichfield (Bishop of Lichfield)	Canterbury	Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton, North-Eastern Shropshire	Lichfield Cathedral	0669669
Lincoln !Lincoln (Bishop of Lincoln)	Canterbury	The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, comprising the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and the area covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire.	Lincoln Cathedral	10721072
Liverpool !Liverpool (Bishop of Liverpool)	York	Merseyside (except Wirral), Warrington, West Lancashire	Liverpool Cathedral	18801880, from Chester
London !London (Bishop of London)	Canterbury	Middlesex	St Paul's Cathedral	0604604
Manchester !Manchester (Bishop of Manchester)	York	Greater Manchester (except most of Stockport)	Manchester Cathedral	18471847, from Chester
Newcastle !Newcastle (Bishop of Newcastle)	York	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear north of the River Tyne	Newcastle Cathedral	18821882, from Durham
Norwich !Norwich (Bishop of Norwich)	Canterbury	Norfolk	Norwich Cathedral	10911091 (from Elmham (673) via Thetford (1070))
Oxford !Oxford (Bishop of Oxford)	Canterbury	Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Spelthorne)	Christ Church Cathedral	15421542
Peterborough !Peterborough (Bishop of Peterborough)	Canterbury	Soke of Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Rutland	Peterborough Cathedral	15411541
Portsmouth !Portsmouth (Bishop of Portsmouth)	Canterbury	South-Eastern Hampshire, the Isle of Wight	Portsmouth Cathedral	19271927, from Winchester
Ripon and Leeds !Ripon and Leeds (Bishop of Ripon and Leeds)	York	Leeds, Western North Yorkshire, Teesdale	Ripon Cathedral	18361836, from York
Rochester !Rochester (Bishop of Rochester)	Canterbury	Western Kent	Rochester Cathedral	0604604
St Albans !St Albans (Bishop of St Albans)	Canterbury	Hertfordshire (except part of Broxbourne), Bedfordshire, part of Barnet	St Albans Cathedral	18771877, from Rochester
St Edmundsbury and Ipswich !St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)	Canterbury	Suffolk	St Edmundsbury Cathedral	19141914, from Ely and Norwich
Salisbury !Salisbury (Bishop of Salisbury)	Canterbury	Wiltshire (except Swindon and part of north Wiltshire), Dorset	Salisbury Cathedral	10781078
Sheffield !Sheffield (Bishop of Sheffield)	York	Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster	Sheffield Cathedral	19141914, from York
Sodor and Man !Sodor and Man (Bishop of Sodor and Man)	York	The Isle of Man	Peel Cathedral	11541154
Southwark !Southwark (Bishop of Southwark)	Canterbury	Greater London south of the River Thames, Tandridge	Southwark Cathedral	19051905, from Rochester
Southwell and Nottingham !Southwell and Nottingham (Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham)	York	Nottinghamshire	Southwell Minster	18841884, from Lichfield/Lincoln
Truro !Truro (Bishop of Truro)	Canterbury	Cornwall	Truro Cathedral	18761876, from Exeter
Wakefield !Wakefield (Bishop of Wakefield)	York	Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees, Calderdale	Wakefield Cathedral	18881888, from Ripon
Winchester !Winchester (Bishop of Winchester)	Canterbury	Northern and Western Hampshire, the Channel Islands	Winchester Cathedral	0662662
Worcester !Worcester (Bishop of Worcester)	Canterbury	Worcestershire	Worcester Cathedral	0680680
York !York (Archbishop of York)	York	City of York, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Eastern North Yorkshire	York Minster	0625625

See also

• Church of England organisation
• Historical development of Church of England dioceses
• List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom