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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]

Dioceses of the Church of England:

Province of Canterbury

Province of York

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.

Statistics

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Diocese	Population	Area (sq. m.)	Pop. density¹	Benefices	Parishes	Churches	People per church
Bath & Wells	969,000	1,610	600	179	461	559	1,730
Birmingham	1,591,000	290	5,420	138	151	184	8,650
Blackburn	1,363,000	930	1,470	173	235	271	5,030
Bristol	1,042,000	470	2,210	103	165	201	5,180
Canterbury	1,155,000	1,050	1,100	136	242	360	3,210
Carlisle	498,000	2,570	190	107	233	330	1,510
Chelmsford	3,253,000	1,530	2,120	307	470	576	5,650
Chester	1,651,000	1,030	1,600	215	265	342	4,830
Chichester	1,711,000	1,450	1,180	275	359	475	3,600
Coventry	905,000	700	1,300	127	205	242	3,740
Derby	1,069,000	990	1,080	141	255	313	3,410
Durham	1,498,000	980	1,530	173	209	264	5,670
Ely	767,000	1,530	500	145	302	328	2,340
Exeter	1,199,000	2,570	470	153	489	595	2,020
Gloucester	678,000	1,130	600	91	297	381	1,780
Guildford	1,068,000	530	2,010	141	160	211	5,060
Hereford	333,000	1,650	200	81	338	402	830
Leeds	2,765,000	2,630	1,050	278	450	597	4,630
Leicester	1,066,000	830	1,280	107	245	311	3,430
Lichfield	2,185,000	1,730	1,260	239	421	544	4,020
Lincoln	1,091,000	2,670	410	181	484	625	1,750
Liverpool	1,623,000	390	4,120	121	173	236	6,880
London	4,390,000	280	15,900	411	403	475	9,240
Manchester	2,202,000	420	5,310	180	256	316	6,970
Newcastle	835,000	2,100	400	123	170	238	3,510
Norwich	923,000	1,800	510	164	554	640	1,440
Oxford	2,415,000	2,210	1,090	289	608	811	2,980
Peterborough	935,000	1,140	820	125	348	379	2,470
Portsmouth	792,000	420	1,890	107	133	167	4,740
Rochester	1,375,000	540	2,560	180	215	259	5,310
Salisbury	963,000	2,050	470	135	433	566	1,700
Sheffield	1,308,000	610	2,130	147	174	208	6,290
Sodor & Man	92,000	220	420	14	15	39	2,350
Southwark	2,899,000	320	9,020	257	294	355	8,170
Southwell & Nottingham	1,165,000	840	1,380	150	228	296	3,940
St Albans	1,942,000	1,120	1,740	195	337	407	4,770
St Eds & Ipswich	682,000	1,430	480	115	446	479	1,420
Truro	573,000	1,390	410	104	213	301	1,900
Winchester	1,242,000	1,130	1,100	139	253	357	3,480
Worcester	899,000	670	1,340	90	168	274	3,280
York	1,452,000	2,670	540	233	443	582	2,490

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Diocese^[10] (bishop)	Coat of arms^[11]	Province^[1]	Territory^[1]	Cathedral^[12]	Founded^[13]
Bath and Wells (Bishop)		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)		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)		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)		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)		Canterbury	Kent east of Medway^[26]	Canterbury Cathedral^[27]	597^[28]
Carlisle (Bishop)		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)		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)		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)	^[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)		Canterbury	Coventry; Warwickshire except part of the north, southwest, and south; part of Solihull^[39]	Coventry Cathedral^[40]	1918
Derby (Bishop)		Canterbury	Derbyshire except part of the north; part of Stockport; part of Staffordshire^[41]	Derby Cathedral^[42]	1927^[43]
Durham (Bishop)		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)		Canterbury	Cambridgeshire except part of the northwest and south; the western quarter of Norfolk; part of Bedfordshire^[46]	Ely Cathedral^[47]	1109
Europe (Bishop)		Canterbury	Europe 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)		Canterbury	Devon except part of the southeast and west; Plymouth; Torbay^[51]	Exeter Cathedral^[52]	1050
Gloucester (Bishop)		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)		Canterbury	The 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)		Canterbury	Herefordshire; the southern half of Shropshire; part of Powys and Monmouthshire^[57]	Hereford Cathedral^[58]	676
Leeds (Bishop)		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)		Canterbury	Leicestershire; part of Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, and Warwickshire^[61]	Leicester Cathedral^[62]	1926
Lichfield (Bishop)		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)		Canterbury	Lincolnshire; North East Lincolnshire; North Lincolnshire except part of the west^[65]	Lincoln Cathedral^[66]	1074
Liverpool (Bishop)		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)		Canterbury	The 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)		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)		York	Northumberland; Newcastle upon Tyne; North Tyneside; part of eastern Cumbria; part of County Durham^[73]	Newcastle Cathedral^[74]	1882
Norwich (Bishop)		Canterbury	Norfolk except part of the west; part of northeastern Suffolk^[75]	Norwich Cathedral^[76]	1096
Oxford (Bishop)		Canterbury	Oxfordshire; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; part of Hampshire and Hertfordshire^[77]	Christ Church Cathedral^[78]	1542
Peterborough (Bishop)		Canterbury	Northamptonshire except part of the west; Rutland; Peterborough except part of the southeast; part of Lincolnshire^[79]	Peterborough Cathedral^[80]	1541
Portsmouth (Bishop)		Canterbury	The southeastern third of Hampshire; the Isle of Wight^[81]	Portsmouth Cathedral^[82]	1927
Rochester (Bishop)		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)		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)		Canterbury	Suffolk except part of the northeast; part of Essex^[87]	St Edmundsbury Cathedral^[88]	1914
Salisbury (Bishop)		Canterbury	The southern three quarters of Wiltshire; Dorset except part of the east; part of Hampshire and Devon^[89]	Salisbury Cathedral^[90]	1078
Sheffield (Bishop)		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)		York	The Isle of Man^[93]	Peel Cathedral	1400c. 1400 (English jurisdiction) 447 (first founded)^[94]
Southwark (Bishop)		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)		York	Nottinghamshire; part of South Yorkshire^[97]	Southwell Minster^[98]	1884
Truro (Bishop)		Canterbury	Cornwall; the Isles of Scilly; part of Devon^[99]	Truro Cathedral^[100]	1877
Winchester (Bishop)		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)		Canterbury	Worcestershire except part of the south and north; part of Wolverhampton, Sandwell, and northern Gloucestershire^[103]	Worcester Cathedral^[104]	680
York (Archbishop)		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

Diocese (bishop)	Province	Territory	Cathedral	Founded	Dissolved
Bradford (Bishop)	York	Bradford; Craven District; the former Sedbergh Rural District	Bradford Cathedral	25 November 1919	20 April 2014
Gloucester and Bristol (Bishop)	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 south	Co-equally: Gloucester Cathedral, Bristol Cathedral	6 October 1836	7 July 1897
Ripon and Leeds (Bishop)	York	Part of western and northern Yorkshire; the south Teesdale area	Ripon Cathedral	5 October 1836	20 April 2014
Wakefield (Bishop)	York	Wakefield; Barnsley; Kirklees; Calderdale	Wakefield Cathedral	18 May 1888	20 April 2014
Westminster (Bishop)	Canterbury	Westminster; Middlesex except Fulham	Westminster Abbey	17 December 1540	30 March 1550

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