Church of England Dioceses

The diocese was the basic geographical division of the church from the earliest times. There was a continual rearrangement of dioceses before the Normans, but the system established by them in the eleventh century remained until the nineteenth century, altered only slightly in the sixteenth century.

Dioceses are directed by a bishop with ordinary jurisdiction, and the town in which his cathedral is located is properly called a city. On occasion, the term 'city' has been granted to other towns by royal letters patent (Cambridge and Southampton in the 20th century, for example).

Church of England Dioceses

 * Bristol
 * Canterbury
 * Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, part of North Wiltshire
 * Bristol Cathedral
 * 1542 1542
 * Canterbury
 * Canterbury
 * Eastern Kent
 * Canterbury Cathedral
 * 0597 597
 * Carlisle
 * York
 * Cumbria
 * Carlisle Cathedral
 * 1133 1133
 * Chelmsford
 * Canterbury
 * Essex (traditional borders, including London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Newham and Barking & Dagenham)
 * Chelmsford Cathedral
 * 1914 1914, from St Albans
 * Chester
 * York
 * Cheshire (except North Warrington), Wirral, part of Stockport
 * Chester Cathedral
 * 1541 1541
 * Chichester
 * Canterbury
 * Sussex
 * Chichester Cathedral
 * 1075 1075
 * Coventry
 * Canterbury
 * Coventry, Warwickshire (except North Warwickshire)
 * Coventry Cathedral
 * 1918 1918, from Worcester
 * Derby
 * Canterbury
 * Derbyshire
 * Derby Cathedral
 * 1927 1927, from Southwell
 * Durham
 * York
 * County Durham (except Teesdale), Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne
 * Durham Cathedral
 * 0995 995
 * Ely
 * Canterbury
 * Cambridgeshire (except the Soke of Peterborough) and west Norfolk
 * Ely Cathedral
 * 1109 1109
 * Exeter
 * Canterbury
 * Devon
 * Exeter Cathedral
 * 1050 1050
 * Gibraltar in Europe
 * Canterbury
 * Continental Europe, Morocco, former Soviet Union, Turkey
 * Gibraltar Cathedral
 * 1842 1842
 * Gloucester
 * Canterbury
 * Gloucestershire (except South Gloucestershire)
 * Gloucester Cathedral
 * 1541 1541
 * Guildford
 * Canterbury
 * Surrey (except Tandridge), part of East Hampshire
 * Guildford Cathedral
 * 1927 1927, from Winchester
 * Hereford
 * Canterbury
 * Herefordshire, South-Western Shropshire
 * Hereford Cathedral
 * 0676 676
 * Leicester
 * Canterbury
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicester Cathedral
 * 1927 1927, from Peterborough
 * Lichfield
 * Canterbury
 * Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton, North-Eastern Shropshire
 * Lichfield Cathedral
 * 0669 669
 * 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
 * 1072 1072
 * Liverpool
 * York
 * Merseyside (except Wirral), Warrington, West Lancashire
 * Liverpool Cathedral
 * 1880 1880, from Chester
 * London
 * Canterbury
 * Middlesex
 * St Paul's Cathedral
 * 0604 604
 * Manchester
 * York
 * Greater Manchester (except most of Stockport)
 * Manchester Cathedral
 * 1847 1847, from Chester
 * Newcastle
 * York
 * Northumberland, Tyne and Wear north of the River Tyne
 * Newcastle Cathedral
 * 1882 1882, from Durham
 * Norwich
 * Canterbury
 * Norfolk
 * Norwich Cathedral
 * 1091 1091 (from Elmham (673) via Thetford (1070))
 * Oxford
 * Canterbury
 * Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Spelthorne)
 * Christ Church Cathedral
 * 1542 1542
 * Peterborough
 * Canterbury
 * Soke of Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Rutland
 * Peterborough Cathedral
 * 1541 1541
 * Portsmouth
 * Canterbury
 * South-Eastern Hampshire, the Isle of Wight
 * Portsmouth Cathedral
 * 1927 1927, from Winchester
 * Ripon and Leeds
 * York
 * Leeds, Western North Yorkshire, Teesdale
 * Ripon Cathedral
 * 1836 1836, from York
 * Rochester
 * Canterbury
 * Western Kent
 * Rochester Cathedral
 * 0604 604
 * St Albans
 * Canterbury
 * Hertfordshire (except part of Broxbourne), Bedfordshire, part of Barnet
 * St Albans Cathedral
 * 1877 1877, from Rochester
 * St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
 * Canterbury
 * Suffolk
 * St Edmundsbury Cathedral
 * 1914 1914, from Ely and Norwich
 * Salisbury
 * Canterbury
 * Wiltshire (except Swindon and part of north Wiltshire), Dorset
 * Salisbury Cathedral
 * 1078 1078
 * Sheffield
 * York
 * Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster
 * Sheffield Cathedral
 * 1914 1914, from York
 * Sodor and Man
 * York
 * The Isle of Man
 * Peel Cathedral
 * 1154 1154
 * Southwark
 * Canterbury
 * Greater London south of the River Thames, Tandridge
 * Southwark Cathedral
 * 1905 1905, from Rochester
 * Southwell and Nottingham
 * York
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Southwell Minster
 * 1884 1884, from Lichfield/Lincoln
 * Truro
 * Canterbury
 * Cornwall
 * Truro Cathedral
 * 1876 1876, from Exeter
 * Wakefield
 * York
 * Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees, Calderdale
 * Wakefield Cathedral
 * 1888 1888, from Ripon
 * Winchester
 * Canterbury
 * Northern and Western Hampshire, the Channel Islands
 * Winchester Cathedral
 * 0662 662
 * Worcester
 * Canterbury
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcester Cathedral
 * 0680 680
 * York
 * York
 * City of York, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Eastern North Yorkshire
 * York Minster
 * 0625 625
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 * Greater London south of the River Thames, Tandridge
 * Southwark Cathedral
 * 1905 1905, from Rochester
 * Southwell and Nottingham
 * York
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Southwell Minster
 * 1884 1884, from Lichfield/Lincoln
 * Truro
 * Canterbury
 * Cornwall
 * Truro Cathedral
 * 1876 1876, from Exeter
 * Wakefield
 * York
 * Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees, Calderdale
 * Wakefield Cathedral
 * 1888 1888, from Ripon
 * Winchester
 * Canterbury
 * Northern and Western Hampshire, the Channel Islands
 * Winchester Cathedral
 * 0662 662
 * Worcester
 * Canterbury
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcester Cathedral
 * 0680 680
 * York
 * York
 * City of York, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Eastern North Yorkshire
 * York Minster
 * 0625 625
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 * York
 * York
 * City of York, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Eastern North Yorkshire
 * York Minster
 * 0625 625
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