List of dioceses in the Church of England

Dioceses of the Church of England
▉ Province of Canterbury
▉ Province of York
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The Church of England extends over two ecclesiastical provinces, namely Canterbury and York , which together comprise 42 dioceses.

Diocese (bishop)	province	territory	Suffragan	Cathedral church	Establishment date	coat of arms
Bath and Wells ( Bishop of Bath and Wells )	Canterbury	Somerset	Taunton	Wells Cathedral	909
Birmingham ( Bishop of Birmingham )	Canterbury	West Midlands (Metropolitan County) (excluding Coventry , Walsall and Wolverhampton ), North Warwickshire	Aston	Birmingham Cathedral	January 13, 1905 (from Worcester)
Blackburn ( Bishop of Blackburn )	York	Lancashire (excluding West Lancashire and part of the Ribble Valley )	Lancaster , Burnley	Blackburn Cathedral	November 12, 1926 (from Manchester)
Bristol ( Bishop of Bristol )	Canterbury	Bristol , South Gloucestershire , part of North Wiltshire and Swindon	Swindon	Bristol Cathedral	June 4, 1542 (not occupied 1836–1897)
Canterbury ( Archbishop of Canterbury )	Canterbury	East Kent	Ebbsfleet , Richborough , Dover , Maidstone	Canterbury Cathedral	597
Carlisle ( Bishop of Carlisle )	York	Cumbria	Penrith	Carlisle Cathedral	1133
Chelmsford ( Bishop of Chelmsford )	Canterbury	Essex (Essex and the London boroughs Waltham Forest , Redbridge , Havering , Newham and Barking )	Barking , Colchester	Chelmsford Cathedral	January 23, 1914 (from St. Albans)
Chester ( Bishop of Chester )	York	Cheshire (excluding North Warrington ), the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and most of Stockport	Stockport , Birkenhead	Chester Cathedral	4th August 1541
Chichester ( Bishop of Chichester )	Canterbury	Sussex	Horsham , Lewes	Chichester Cathedral	681 (in Selsey; in Chichester since 1075)
Coventry ( Bishop of Coventry )	Canterbury	Coventry , Warwickshire (excluding North Warwickshire )	Warwick	Coventry Cathedral	1102 (not occupied 1539–1918)
Derby ( Bishop of Derby )	Canterbury	Derbyshire	Repton	Derby Cathedral	July 7, 1927 (by Southwell)
Durham ( Bishop of Durham )	York	County Durham (excluding Teesdale ), Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne	Jarrow	Durham Cathedral	635 (on Lindisfarne ; in Durham since 995)
Ely ( Bishop of Ely )	Canterbury	Cambridgeshire (excluding the Soke of Peterborough ) and West Norfolk	Brixworth , Huntingdon	Ely Cathedral	November 21, 1108
Exeter ( Bishop of Exeter )	Canterbury	Devon	Crediton , Plymouth	St. Peter's Cathedral (Exeter)	905 (in Tawton; unregistered about 909-1050; in Exeter since 1050)
Diocese in Europe ( Bishop in Europe )	Canterbury	Continental Europe , Morocco , the states of the former Soviet Union and Turkey		Gibraltar Cathedral	September 29, 1842 (Diocese of Gibraltar) July 1980 (Diocese in Europe)
Gloucester ( Bishop of Gloucester )	Canterbury	Gloucestershire (excluding South Gloucestershire )	Tewkesbury	Gloucester Cathedral	September 3, 1541
Guildford ( Bishop of Guildford )	Canterbury	Surrey (excluding Tundridge , Spelthorns and part of East Hampshire )	Dorking	Guildford Cathedral	May 1, 1927 (from Winchester)
Hereford ( Bishop of Hereford )	Canterbury	Herefordshire and South West Shropshire	Ludlow	Hereford Cathedral	676
Leeds ( List of Leeds Bishops of the Church of England )	York	West Yorkshire and the Dales		Leeds Cathedral , Ripon Cathedral , Bradford Cathedral , Wakefield Cathedral	2013
Leicester ( Bishop of Leicester )	Canterbury	Leicestershire		Leicester Cathedral	681 (not awarded from 878 to 1927)
Lichfield ( Bishop of Lichfield )	Canterbury	Staffordshire , Walsall , Wolverhampton , North East Shropshire	Stafford , Shrewsbury	Lichfield Cathedral	656 (in Repton; in Lichfield 669-1075; founded in 1228)
Lincoln ( Bishop of Lincoln )	Canterbury	The ceremonial county and unrelated parts of Lincolnshire and the Unitary Authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire .	Grantham , Grimsby	Lincoln Cathedral	678 (in Lindsey; founded in Lincoln in 1072; probably first founded before 314)
Liverpool ( Bishop of Liverpool )	York	Merseyside (excluding the Wirral ), Warrington , West Lancashire	Warrington	Liverpool Cathedral	April 9, 1880 (from Chester)
London ( Bishop of London )	Canterbury	Middlesex	Fulham , Stepney , Kensington , Willesden , Edmonton	St Paul's Cathedral	604 (presumably before 314)
Manchester ( Bishop of Manchester )	York	Greater Manchester (excluding the main part of Stockport )	Middleton , Bolton , Hulme	Manchester Cathedral	September 1, 1847 (from Chester)
Newcastle ( Bishop of Newcastle )	York	Northumberland , Tyne and Wear north of the River Tyne		Newcastle Cathedral	May 23, 1882 (from Durham)
Norwich ( Bishop of Norwich )	Canterbury	Norfolk	Lynn , Thetford	Norwich Cathedral	631 (at Dunwich; in Norwich since 1094)
Oxford ( Bishop of Oxford )	Canterbury	Oxfordshire , Buckinghamshire and Berkshire	Reading , Buckingham , Dorchester	Oxford Cathedral	September 1, 1542
Peterborough ( Bishop of Peterborough )	Canterbury	Soke of Peterborough , Northamptonshire and Rutland	Brixworth	Peterborough Cathedral	September 4, 1541
Portsmouth ( Bishop of Portsmouth )	Canterbury	Southeast Hampshire and the Isle of Wight		Portsmouth Cathedral	May 1, 1927 (from Winchester)
Rochester ( Bishop of Rochester )	Canterbury	West Kent , Bexley and Bromley	Tonbridge	Rochester Cathedral	604
St. Albans ( Bishop of St. Albans )	Canterbury	Hertfordshire (excluding part of Broxbourne ), Bedfordshire and part of Barnet	Bedford , Hertford	St Albans Abbey	May 4, 1877 (from Rochester)
St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich ( Bishop of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich )	Canterbury	Suffolk	Dunwich	St. Edmundsbury Cathedral	January 23, 1914 (from Ely and Norwich)
Salisbury ( Bishop of Salisbury )	Canterbury	Wiltshire (excluding Swindon and part of North Wiltshire) and Dorset	Ramsbury , Sherborne	Salisbury Cathedral	705 (in Sherborne; in Salisbury since 1078)
Sheffield ( Bishop of Sheffield )	York	Sheffield , Rotherham and Doncaster	Doncaster	Sheffield Cathedral	January 23, 1914 (from York)
Sodor and Man ( Bishop of Sodor and Man )	York	Isle of Man		Peel Cathedral	1154 (originally)
Southwark ( Bishop of Southwark )	Canterbury	Greater London south of the Thames (excluding the London boroughs of Bexley and Bromley ) and Tundridge	Woolwich , Croydon , Kingston-upon-Thames	Southwark Cathedral	May 1, 1905 (from Rochester)
Southwell and Nottingham ( Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham )	York	Nottinghamshire	Sherwood	Southwell Minster	February 5, 1884 (by Lichfield & Lincoln)
Truro ( Bishop of Truro )	Canterbury	Cornwall	Saint Germans (Cornwall)	Truro Cathedral	December 15, 1876 (by Exeter)
Winchester ( Bishop of Winchester )	Canterbury	North and West Hampshire , Southampton and the Channel Islands	Basingstoke , Southampton	Winchester Cathedral	634 (to Dorchester ; to Winchester since 660)
Worcester ( Bishop of Worcester )	Canterbury	Worcestershire	Dudley	Worcester Cathedral	680
York ( Archbishop of York )	York	York , East Riding of Yorkshire , Kingston upon Hull and east North Yorkshire	Beverley , Whitby , Selby , Hull	York Minster	626 (possibly before 314)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dioceses , accessed April 7, 2017.