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It is customary in England to name each <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> after the city where its <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedral</a> is located. Occasionally, when the bishop's seat has been moved from one city to another, the diocese may retain both names, for example Bath and Wells. More recently, where a cathedral is in a small or little-known town or city, the diocesan name has been changed to include the name of a nearby larger city: thus the cathedral in Southwell now serves the diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, and Ripon Cathedral was in Ripon and Leeds from 1999 until 2014. Cathedrals, like other churches, are dedicated to a particular saint or holy object, or Christ himself, but are commonly referred to by the name of the city where they stand. A cathedral is, simply, the church where the bishop has his chair or "cathedra". </p><p>The forty-two <a href="/wiki/List_of_Church_of_England_dioceses" title="List of Church of England dioceses">dioceses of the Church of England</a> are administrative territorial units each governed by a <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a>. Forty-one dioceses cover <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a>, and a small part of <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. One diocese, the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_in_Europe" title="Diocese in Europe">Diocese in Europe</a>, is also a part of the Church of England (rather than a separate <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> church such as the <a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a>), and covers the whole of mainland Europe, the countries of Morocco and Turkey, and the territory of the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. </p><p>The structure of the dioceses within the Church of England was initially inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a>. During the Reformation, a number of new dioceses were founded. No new English or Welsh dioceses 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 <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">industrial</a> cities. </p><p>From 1787, the Anglican church also erected 41 dioceses outside these isles (see <a href="#Colonial_dioceses">§ colonial dioceses</a>); these were part of the Church of England until they were separated from the home Church in 1863. From 1801 until 1871, the dioceses of Ireland were also part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_England_and_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="United Church of England and Ireland">United Church of England and Ireland</a>. In 1920 (by the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Church_Act_1914" title="Welsh Church Act 1914">Welsh Church Act 1914</a>), the Welsh dioceses were separated to form the <a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a>. </p><p>The last dioceses were created in 1927. The 42 dioceses are divided between two <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Provinces</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Province of Canterbury</a> (with 30 dioceses) and the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_York" title="Province of York">Province of York</a> (with 12 dioceses). The <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archbishops</a> of <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Canterbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">York</a> have pastoral oversight over the bishops within their province, along with certain other rights and responsibilities. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Durham_Kathedrale_Nahaufnahme.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Durham_Kathedrale_Nahaufnahme.jpg/220px-Durham_Kathedrale_Nahaufnahme.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Durham_Kathedrale_Nahaufnahme.jpg/330px-Durham_Kathedrale_Nahaufnahme.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Durham_Kathedrale_Nahaufnahme.jpg/440px-Durham_Kathedrale_Nahaufnahme.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1495" data-file-height="1092" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Durham_Cathedral" title="Durham Cathedral">Durham Cathedral</a> was under Benedictine rule.</figcaption></figure> <p>The history of the cathedrals in Great Britain differs somewhat from that of their European continental counterparts. British cathedrals have always been fewer in number than those of Italy, France, and other parts of Europe, while the buildings themselves have tended to be much larger. While France, at the time of the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>, had 136 cathedrals, England had 27. Because of a ruling that no cathedral could be built in a village, any town in which a cathedral was located was elevated to city status, regardless of its size. To this day several large English cathedrals are located in small "cathedral cities", notably <a href="/wiki/Wells_Cathedral" title="Wells Cathedral">Wells</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ely_Cathedral" title="Ely Cathedral">Ely</a> Cathedrals, both of which rank among the greatest works of English Medieval architecture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_organisation">Early organisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In earlier times, populations were sparsely spread and towns were few. The population of the kingdom of England in the 11th century is estimated at between one and two million, with Lincolnshire, East Anglia, and East Kent the most densely populated areas; in other parts of the country many villages had been razed by the conquest armies.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of exercising jurisdiction over geographical areas, many of the bishops were linked to tribes or peoples, as the bishops of the <a href="/wiki/South_Saxons" class="mw-redirect" title="South Saxons">South Saxons</a>, the <a href="/wiki/West_Saxons" class="mw-redirect" title="West Saxons">West Saxons</a>, the Somersætas, etc. The <i>cathedra</i> of such a bishop was often migratory. </p><p>In 1075 a <a href="/wiki/Council_of_London_(1075)" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of London (1075)">council</a> was held in London, under the presidency of Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Lanfranc" title="Lanfranc">Lanfranc</a>, which, reciting the decrees of the council of <a href="/wiki/Sardica" class="mw-redirect" title="Sardica">Sardica</a> held in 347 and that of <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Laodicea" title="Council of Laodicea">Laodicea</a> held in 360 on this matter, ordered the bishop of the South Saxons to remove his <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">see</a> from <a href="/wiki/Selsey" title="Selsey">Selsey</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chichester" title="Chichester">Chichester</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> bishop to remove his cathedra from <a href="/wiki/Sherborne" title="Sherborne">Sherborne</a> to <a href="/wiki/Old_Sarum" title="Old Sarum">Old Sarum</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercian</a> bishop, whose cathedral was then at <a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a>, to transfer it to <a href="/wiki/Chester,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester, England">Chester</a>. Traces of the tribal and migratory system may still be noted in the designations of the Irish <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Meath" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath">see of Meath</a> (where the result has been that there is now no cathedral church) and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ossory" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory">Ossory</a>, the cathedral church of which is at <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a>. Some of the Scottish sees were also migratory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Middle_Ages">Late Middle Ages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Late Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_short_history_of_England_and_the_British_Empire_(1915)_(14580591399).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/A_short_history_of_England_and_the_British_Empire_%281915%29_%2814580591399%29.jpg/220px-A_short_history_of_England_and_the_British_Empire_%281915%29_%2814580591399%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="345" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/A_short_history_of_England_and_the_British_Empire_%281915%29_%2814580591399%29.jpg/330px-A_short_history_of_England_and_the_British_Empire_%281915%29_%2814580591399%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/A_short_history_of_England_and_the_British_Empire_%281915%29_%2814580591399%29.jpg/440px-A_short_history_of_England_and_the_British_Empire_%281915%29_%2814580591399%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2012" data-file-height="3152" /></a><figcaption>Dioceses of England and Wales prior to the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">Dissolution of the Monasteries</a> (1536–41)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lincoln_cathedral_07_fromBishopspalace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lincoln_cathedral_07_fromBishopspalace.jpg/220px-Lincoln_cathedral_07_fromBishopspalace.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lincoln_cathedral_07_fromBishopspalace.jpg/330px-Lincoln_cathedral_07_fromBishopspalace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lincoln_cathedral_07_fromBishopspalace.jpg/440px-Lincoln_cathedral_07_fromBishopspalace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of the medieval Bishop's Palace at Lincoln, which was ruled by secular canons</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1075 and the 15th century, the cathedrals of England were almost evenly divided between those ruled by secular canons headed by a dean and those ruled by monastic orders headed by a prior, all of which were <a href="/wiki/Benedictines" title="Benedictines">Benedictine</a>, except Carlisle, which was <a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinian</a>. Two cathedrals, Bath and Coventry, shared their sees with Wells and Lichfield, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reformation">Reformation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The entire structure of the monastic and cathedral system was overthrown and reconstituted during the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a>. Cathedrals which were once <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> came under the governance of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>. </p><p>All the English monastic cathedral chapters <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">were dissolved by Henry VIII</a> and, with the exceptions of <a href="/wiki/Bath_Abbey" title="Bath Abbey">Bath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coventry_cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Coventry cathedral">Coventry</a>, were re-founded by him as churches of secular chapters, with a dean as the head, and a certain number of canons ranging from twelve at <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Canterbury cathedral">Canterbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durham_Cathedral" title="Durham Cathedral">Durham</a> to four at <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Cathedral" title="Carlisle Cathedral">Carlisle</a>, and with certain subordinate officers as minor canons, gospellers, epistolers, etc. The precentorship in these churches of the "New Foundation", as they are called, is not, as in the secular churches of the "Old Foundation", a dignity, but is merely an office held by one of the minor canons. </p><p>Henry VIII also created six new cathedrals from old monastic establishments, in each case governed by secular canons. Of these, Westminster did not retain its cathedral status. Four more of England's large historic churches were later to become cathedrals: Southwell, Southwark, Ripon, and St Albans Abbey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roles_within_the_Cathedral">Roles within the Cathedral</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Roles within the Cathedral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_chapter" title="Cathedral chapter">Cathedral chapter</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Details_of_cathedrals_and_their_foundation">Details of cathedrals and their foundation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Details of cathedrals and their foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_cathedrals">Ancient cathedrals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ancient cathedrals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> was organised into 17 dioceses. About half of the diocesan cathedrals were also <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monasteries</a>, with the prior serving double duty as dean of the cathedral. The rest were served by a college of "secular" canons – non-monastic <a href="/wiki/Priests" class="mw-redirect" title="Priests">priests</a> living under no fixed rule of life. Both types often had Saxon foundations. Dioceses which exist in the Church of England today are indicated in <b>bold type</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pre-Conquest">Pre-Conquest</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Pre-Conquest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="180">Diocese </th> <th width="150">Founded </th> <th width="140">Monastic or secular? </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Canterbury" title="Diocese of Canterbury">Canterbury</a></b> </td> <td>597 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Abbey" title="St Augustine's Abbey">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Also called archbishop of Kent in Anglo-Saxon times.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Rochester" title="Diocese of Rochester">Rochester</a></b> </td> <td>604 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Cathedral" title="Rochester Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Also called bishop of the West Kentish in Anglo-Saxon times.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_London" title="Diocese of London">London</a></b> </td> <td>604 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="Old St Paul's Cathedral">Secular</a> </td> <td>Archbishops of London had existed previously; also called bishop of the East Saxons<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or of Essex<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Anglo-Saxon times. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_York" title="Diocese of York">York</a></b> </td> <td>626 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/York_Minster" title="York Minster">Secular</a> </td> <td>In Anglo-Saxon times also called bishop of Northumbria<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or of the Northumbrians,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or of Deira.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>East Anglia/<a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dunwich_(ancient)" title="Bishop of Dunwich (ancient)">Dunwich</a> </td> <td>631 (Dunwich or possibly Soham) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dommoc" title="Dommoc">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Lapsed to Elmham in 950; also called bishop of the East Angles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wessex_Diocese_of_Dorchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Wessex Diocese of Dorchester">Dorchester</a>/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Winchester" title="Diocese of Winchester">Winchester</a></b> </td> <td>634 (Dorchester, Oxon)<br />660 (Winchester) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_Abbey" title="Dorchester Abbey">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Also called bishop of Wessex in Anglo-Saxon times.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lindisfarne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Lindisfarne">Lindisfarne</a>/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Durham" title="Diocese of Durham">Durham</a></b> </td> <td>635 (Lindisfarne)<br />995 (Durham) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lindisfarne" title="Lindisfarne">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Transferred to Durham in 995 from Chester-le-Street, itself a transfer from Lindisfarne; earlier called bishop of Bernicia<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or of the Bernicians.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mercia/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lichfield" title="Diocese of Lichfield">Lichfield</a></b> </td> <td>656 (Repton)<br />669 (Lichfield) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Repton_Abbey" title="Repton Abbey">Monastic</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lichfield_Cathedral" title="Lichfield Cathedral">Secular</a> </td> <td>After 1075, the see was occasionally Coventry or Chester; in Anglo-Saxon times called bishop of Mercia or of the Mercians.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Elmham/Thetford/<b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Norwich" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Norwich">Norwich</a></b> </td> <td>672 (Elmham)<br />1072 (Thetford)<br />1091 (Norwich) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Elmham" title="North Elmham">Secular?</a>/<a href="/wiki/Norwich_Cathedral" title="Norwich Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Hereford" title="Diocese of Hereford">Hereford</a></b> </td> <td>676 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hereford_Cathedral" title="Hereford Cathedral">Secular</a> </td> <td>Also called bishop of the Magonsæte in Anglo-Saxon times.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lindsey" title="Bishop of Lindsey">Lindsey</a> (Sidnacester) </td> <td>678 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stow_Minster" title="Stow Minster">Secular</a> </td> <td>Merged with Dorchester, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1010</span>; also called bishop of the Lindisfaras.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ripon_(ancient)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Ripon (ancient)">Ripon</a> </td> <td>678 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ripon_Cathedral" title="Ripon Cathedral">Secular</a> </td> <td>One bishop only; merged to York before 700. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Worcester" title="Anglican Diocese of Worcester">Worcester</a></b> </td> <td>680 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral" title="Worcester Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td>In Anglo-Saxon times also called bishop of the Hwicce.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Leicester/<a href="/wiki/Mercian_Diocese_of_Dorchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercian Diocese of Dorchester">Dorchester</a>/<b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lincoln" title="Bishop of Lincoln">Lincoln</a></b> </td> <td>681 (Leicester)<br />878 (Dorchester)<br />1072 (Lincoln) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Unknown</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Selsey/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Chichester" title="Diocese of Chichester">Chichester</a></b> </td> <td>681 & 706 (Selsey)<br />1075 (Chichester) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Selsey_Abbey" title="Selsey Abbey"> Originally Monastic, from 1075 Secular</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Selsey_Abbey" title="Selsey Abbey">Selsey Abbey</a> was founded in 681 and was the cathedra for the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sussex" title="Kingdom of Sussex">Kingdom of Sussex</a>. That see lasted until 685, and from 686 to 705 was merged in the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Winchester" title="Diocese of Winchester">Diocese of Winchester</a>, but was reasserted in 706. The bishopric was moved to Chichester by order of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_London_(1075)" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of London (1075)">Council of London</a> in 1075; the bishops had previously also been known as bishop of Sussex<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or of the South Saxons.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hexham" title="Bishop of Hexham">Hexham</a> </td> <td>685 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hexham_Abbey" title="Hexham Abbey">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Absorbed into Lindisfarne by 854. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Sherborne</b>/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Salisbury" title="Diocese of Salisbury">Salisbury</a></b> </td> <td>705 (Sherborne)<br />1078 (Salisbury) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherborne_Abbey" title="Sherborne Abbey">Originally Monastic, from 1078 Secular</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Cornwall" title="Bishop of Cornwall">Cornish</a> see (St Germans) </td> <td>Mid-9th century </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_German%27s_Priory" class="mw-redirect" title="St German's Priory">Monastic</a> </td> <td>United into Exeter, 1050. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tawton/Crediton/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Exeter" title="Diocese of Exeter">Exeter</a></b> </td> <td>905 (Tawton)<br />909 (Crediton)<br />1050 (Exeter) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Tawton" title="Bishop's Tawton">Secular</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bath_and_Wells" title="Diocese of Bath and Wells">Bath and Wells</a></b> </td> <td>909 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bath_Abbey" title="Bath Abbey">Monastic</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wells_Cathedral" title="Wells Cathedral">Secular</a> </td> <td>Bath was monastical and Wells a college of secular canons; from 909 to 1090 the seat was Wells, then from 1090 to 1245 Bath was usually the seat, and from 1245 the two places became joint seats albeit with Wells gaining pre-eminence; also called bishop of Somerset<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or bishop of the Somersaetas<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Anglo-Saxon times. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ramsbury_(ancient)" title="Bishop of Ramsbury (ancient)">Ramsbury</a> </td> <td>909 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsbury" title="Ramsbury">?</a> </td> <td>Reabsorbed into Sherborne, 1058. </td></tr> <tr> <td>(St) Teilo/<a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Llandaff" title="Diocese of Llandaff">Llandaff</a> </td> <td>Under English jurisdiction from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 982</span> (Teilo)<br />1115 (Llandaff) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llandaff_Cathedral" title="Llandaff Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Now a <i><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a></i> diocese. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Post-conquest">Post-conquest</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-conquest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Diocese </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Monastic or secular? </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bangor" title="Diocese of Bangor">Bangor</a> </td> <td>Under English jurisdiction from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1081</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Cathedral" title="Bangor Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Now a <i><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a></i> diocese. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Ely" title="Diocese of Ely">Ely</a></b> </td> <td>21 November 1108 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ely_Cathedral" title="Ely Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_David%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of St David's">St David's</a> </td> <td>Under English jurisdiction from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1115</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St David's Cathedral">Secular</a> </td> <td>Now a <i><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a></i> diocese. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Carlisle" title="Diocese of Carlisle">Carlisle</a></b> </td> <td>1133 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Cathedral" title="Carlisle Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Asaph" title="Diocese of St Asaph">St Asaph</a> </td> <td>Under English jurisdiction from 1141 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Asaph_Cathedral" title="St Asaph Cathedral">Monastic</a> </td> <td>Now a <i><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a></i> diocese. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Sodor_and_Man" title="Diocese of Sodor and Man">Sodor and Man</a></b> </td> <td>Under English jurisdiction from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1400</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peel_Castle" title="Peel Castle">?</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Henrician_Reorganisation">The Henrician Reorganisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Henrician Reorganisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>'s break with the Pope and the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a>, the formerly monastic cathedrals were "re-founded" with secular canons. Furthermore, a number of new dioceses were formed, using some of the largest and finest of the other dissolved monasteries as cathedrals. Together, these two groups — the old monastic cathedrals and the new sees — were known as cathedrals of the <b>New Foundation</b>; the old cathedrals which had always been served by secular canons were known as those of the <b>Old Foundation.</b> Dioceses which exist in the Church of England today are indicated in <b>bold type</b>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="90">Diocese </th> <th width="120">Founded </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Westminster_(Church_of_England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Westminster (Church of England)">Westminster</a> </td> <td>17 December 1540 </td> <td>Its cathedral was <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>; but the diocese only existed 1540–50. From 1550–56, Westminster Abbey was a second cathedral, along with St Paul's, for the diocese of London. Since then the Abbey has not been a cathedral, but (since 1560) a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Peculiar" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Peculiar">Royal Peculiar</a>, in which capacity (as a "neutral" non-diocesan Greater Church) the Archbishop of Canterbury (who lives on the other side of the Thames) still uses it for consecrations of bishops. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Chester" title="Diocese of Chester">Chester</a></b> </td> <td>4 August 1541 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester_Cathedral" title="Chester Cathedral">St Werburgh's Abbey</a>, an 11th-century Benedictine abbey was dissolved and made the new diocese's cathedral. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gloucester" title="Diocese of Gloucester">Gloucester</a></b> </td> <td>3 September 1541 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Cathedral" title="Gloucester Cathedral">St Peter's Abbey</a> (another newly dissolved abbey) became the new diocese's cathedral. It had been in Benedictine hands since the 11th century. See dissolved and reunited to Worcester, 1552; and re-erected, 1554.<sup id="cite_ref-hooper_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hooper-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Peterborough" title="Anglican Diocese of Peterborough">Peterborough</a></b> </td> <td>4 September 1541 </td> <td>The new cathedral had been a Benedictine abbey since the 10th century (<a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Cathedral" title="Peterborough Cathedral">St Peter's Abbey</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bristol" title="Diocese of Bristol">Bristol</a></b> </td> <td>4 June 1542 </td> <td>The 12th century Augustinian abbey (<a href="/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral">St Augustine's Abbey</a>) was dissolved and became the new diocese's cathedral. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Oxford" title="Diocese of Oxford">Oxford</a></b> </td> <td>1 September 1542 </td> <td>The cathedral was initially (and briefly) at <a href="/wiki/Osney_Abbey" title="Osney Abbey">Osney Abbey</a>, a 12th-century Augustinian abbey. In 1545, the see was transferred to the chapel of <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Oxford" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford University</a> (which had formerly been part of the Augustinian <a href="/wiki/St_Frideswide%27s_Priory" title="St Frideswide's Priory">St Frideswide's Priory</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_dioceses">Colonial dioceses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Colonial dioceses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the British colonial era, the Anglican religion was exported to the colonies. From 1787 onwards, Church of England dioceses were founded in the colonies. A structure of provinces and metropolitans developed until, in 1863, the imperial Privy Council ruled that the English church hierarchy had no legal status in the colonies. Immediately prior to that point, the United Church of England and Ireland had a total of 82 dioceses worldwide. </p><p>From 1863 onwards, Anglican (former) colonial dioceses have been separate from and independent of the English church. Exceptionally, the Archbishop of Canterbury has retained (and retains to this day) some metropolitan jurisdictions outside England. Dioceses are listed by their name at creation and their present country, with only their cathedral(s) between creation and independence. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="185">Diocese </th> <th width="40">Year </th> <th>Notes </th> <th width="225">Cathedral(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Nova Scotia</b>, Canada </td> <td>1787 </td> <td>First colonial diocese (founded 11 August 1787) – originally covered all <a href="/wiki/British_North_America" title="British North America">British North America</a>. <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Nova_Scotia_and_Prince_Edward_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island">Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island</a> since 1999. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Luke%27s_Pro-Cathedral,_Halifax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Luke's Pro-Cathedral, Halifax (page does not exist)">St Luke's Pro-Cathedral, Halifax</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Quebec" title="Anglican Diocese of Quebec">Quebec</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1793 </td> <td>Created from Nova Scotia diocese. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Anglican_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral">Holy Trinity, Quebec City</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Calcutta">Calcutta</a></b>, India </td> <td>1814 </td> <td>Jurisdiction originally included all of the Indian subcontinent and Australasia. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Kolkata" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata">St. Paul's, Kolkata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_diocese_of_Barbados" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican diocese of Barbados">Barbados</a></b> </td> <td>1824 </td> <td>Originally one of two Caribbean dioceses. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Church_of_Saint_Michael_and_All_Angels" title="Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels">St Michael and All Angels, Bridgetown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></b> </td> <td>1824 </td> <td>Originally one of two Caribbean dioceses. Now the <a href="/wiki/Church_in_the_Province_of_the_West_Indies" title="Church in the Province of the West Indies">West Indies</a> Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Jago_de_la_Vega_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Jago de la Vega Cathedral (page does not exist)">St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Madras_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Diocese of Madras of the Church of South India">Madras</a></b>, India </td> <td>1835 </td> <td>Created from Calcutta diocese. At its creation, Calcutta gained metropolitan authority over all its former jurisdiction. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Cathedral,_Chennai" title="St. George's Cathedral, Chennai">St. George's, Chennai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Sydney" title="Anglican Diocese of Sydney">Australia</a></b> </td> <td>1836 </td> <td>Created from Calcutta diocese. Originally covered all of Australia and New Zealand, etc. Now the metropolitan Diocese of Sydney. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Cathedral,_Sydney" title="St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney">St Andrew's, Sydney</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Bombay">Bombay</a></b>, India </td> <td>1837 </td> <td>Created from Calcutta diocese. Now the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_North_India" title="Church of North India">CNI</a> Diocese of Mumbai. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Cathedral,_Mumbai" title="St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai">St. Thomas, Mumbai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Newfoundland" title="Diocese of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1839 </td> <td>Created from Nova Scotia diocese (Split in 1975/6 into <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Eastern_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador">Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Central_Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Central Newfoundland">Central Newfoundland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Western_Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland">Western Newfoundland</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._John_the_Baptist_(St._John%27s)" title="Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (St. John's)">St. John the Baptist, St. John's</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Toronto" title="Anglican Diocese of Toronto">Toronto</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1839 </td> <td>Split off from Nova Scotia diocese. Also called the Diocese of Upper Canada. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Church_of_St._James_(Toronto)" title="Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)">St. James, Toronto</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_in_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1841 </td> <td>Originally covered all of the area of the current <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_Jerusalem_and_the_Middle_East" title="Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East">Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East</a>, of which it is now a diocese; and the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_of_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church of Sudan">Episcopal Church of Sudan</a>. </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Auckland" title="Anglican Diocese of Auckland">New Zealand</a></b> </td> <td>1841 </td> <td>Originally covered the whole country. Now Auckland diocese. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Auckland" title="St Mary's Cathedral, Auckland">old St Mary's, Parnell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_the_North_East_Caribbean_and_Aruba" title="Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba">Antigua</a></b> </td> <td>1842 </td> <td>Also called the diocese of Antigua and the Leeward Islands. Now the <a href="/wiki/Church_in_the_Province_of_the_West_Indies" title="Church in the Province of the West Indies">West Indies</a> Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)" title="St. John's Cathedral (Antigua and Barbuda)">St. John the Divine, St. John's</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Guyana" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Guyana">Guyana</a></b> </td> <td>1842 </td> <td>Also called British Guiana. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Cathedral,_Georgetown" title="St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown">old St. George's, Georgetown</a><br />Georgetown Pro-Cathedral </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Tasmania" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Tasmania">Tasmania</a></b> </td> <td>1842 </td> <td>Extraprovincial (subject to no metropolitan) from its creation to the present day. </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Colombo" title="Bishop of Colombo">Colombo</a></b>, Ceylon </td> <td>1845 </td> <td>Created from Madras diocese and originally subject to the metropolitan bishop of Calcutta. Now extraprovincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury. </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Fredericton" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Fredericton">Fredericton</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1845 </td> <td>Created from Nova Scotia diocese. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral_(Fredericton)" title="Christ Church Cathedral (Fredericton)">Christ Church, Fredericton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Adelaide" title="Anglican Diocese of Adelaide">Adelaide</a></b>, Australia </td> <td rowspan="3">1847 </td> <td rowspan="3">Created from the first split of the Diocese of Australia. Adelaide and Melbourne are now metropolitan archiepiscopal sees. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Adelaide" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide">Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Adelaide</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Melbourne" title="Anglican Diocese of Melbourne">Melbourne</a></b>, Australia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_James_Old_Cathedral" title="St James Old Cathedral">St James Old Cathedral, Melbourne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Newcastle,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Newcastle, Australia"><b>Newcastle</b>, Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Newcastle" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle">old Christ Church, Newcastle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Cape_Town" title="Anglican Diocese of Cape Town">Cape Town</a></b>, South Africa </td> <td>1847 </td> <td>Now primate, metropolitan and sole archbishop of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Southern_Africa" title="Anglican Church of Southern Africa">Anglican Church of Southern Africa</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Cathedral,_Cape_Town" title="St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town">old St. George's, Cape Town</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Rupert%27s_Land" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land">Rupert's Land</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1849 </td> <td>Originally covered the area of the current <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_the_Northern_Lights" title="Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights">Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._John_(Winnipeg)" title="Cathedral of St. John (Winnipeg)">St. John (II), Winnipeg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Victoria,_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong"><b>Victoria</b>, Hong Kong</a> </td> <td>1849 </td> <td>Originally covered all South China and Hong Kong. First in Canterbury province, then in China, split in 1998 into the three dioceses of <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sheng_Kung_Hui" title="Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui">Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's Cathedral (Hong Kong)">St. John's, Hong Kong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Montreal" title="Anglican Diocese of Montreal">Montreal</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1850 </td> <td>Created from Quebec diocese. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral_(Montreal)" title="Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal)">old Christ Church, Montreal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Grahamstown" title="Bishop of Grahamstown">Grahamstown</a></b>, South Africa </td> <td rowspan="2">1853 </td> <td rowspan="2">Split from Cape Town diocese. Cape Town became the metropolitan see. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Michael_and_St_George_Cathedral,_Grahamstown" class="mw-redirect" title="St Michael and St George Cathedral, Grahamstown">SS Michael & George, Grahamstown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Natal" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Natal">Natal</a></b>, South Africa </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Peter%27s_Cathedral,_Pietermaritzburg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Peter's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg (page does not exist)">St Peter's, Pietermaritzburg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Mauritius" title="Bishop of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></b> </td> <td>1854 </td> <td>Created from Colombo diocese. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_James%27s_Cathedral,_Port_Louis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St James's Cathedral, Port Louis (page does not exist)">St James's, Port Louis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Kuching" title="Bishop of Kuching">Labuan</a></b>, Malaysia </td> <td>1855 </td> <td>Created from Calcutta diocese. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Thomas_Cathedral,_Kuching&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Thomas Cathedral, Kuching (page does not exist)">old St. Thomas, Kuching</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Christchurch" title="Anglican Diocese of Christchurch">Christchurch</a></b>, New Zealand </td> <td>1856 </td> <td>Created from the first split of the New Zealand diocese. That diocese became Auckland diocese and its bishop metropolitan over all New Zealand. </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Perth" title="Anglican Diocese of Perth">Perth</a></b>, Australia </td> <td>1856 </td> <td>Created from Adelaide diocese. Metropolitan archbishop over North West Australia since 1914. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Cathedral,_Perth" title="St George's Cathedral, Perth">old St George's, Perth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Huron" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Huron">Huron</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1857 </td> <td>Created from Toronto diocese. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral_(London,_Ontario)" title="St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario)">St Paul's, London (Ontario)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Brisbane" title="Anglican Diocese of Brisbane">Brisbane</a></b>, Australia </td> <td>1858 </td> <td>Created from the Australian Newcastle diocese. Metropolitan archbishop over Queensland since 1905. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Cathedral_(Brisbane)" title="St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)">old St John's Pro-Cathedral, Brisbane</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Nelson" title="Anglican Diocese of Nelson">Nelson</a></b>, New Zealand </td> <td rowspan="3">1858 </td> <td rowspan="3">Created from the New Zealand diocese. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Nelson" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson">old Christ Church, Nelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Waiapu" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Waiapu">Waiapu</a></b>, New Zealand </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Wellington" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Wellington">Wellington</a></b>, New Zealand </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of British Columbia">British Columbia</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1859 </td> <td>Created from Rupert's Land diocese. </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Helena" title="Diocese of St Helena">St Helena</a></b> </td> <td>1859 </td> <td>Created from Cape Town diocese. Now in the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Southern_Africa" title="Anglican Church of Southern Africa">Anglican Church of Southern Africa</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Cathedral_(Saint_Helena)" title="Saint Paul's Cathedral (Saint Helena)">St Paul's, Saint Helena</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_The_Bahamas_and_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands">Nassau</a></b>, Bahamas </td> <td>1861 </td> <td>Created from the Diocese of Jamaica. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Nassau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Nassau (page does not exist)">Christ Church, Nassau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Ontario">Ontario</a></b>, Canada </td> <td>1862 </td> <td>Created from Toronto diocese. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Cathedral_(Kingston,_Ontario)" title="St. George's Cathedral (Kingston, Ontario)">St. George's, Kingston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Canberra_and_Goulburn" title="Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn">Goulburn</a></b>, Australia </td> <td>1863 </td> <td>Created by letters patent from <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> on 14 March 1863, from Sydney diocese. Now the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Armidale" title="Anglican Bishop of Armidale">Grafton & Armidale</a></b>, Australia </td> <td>1863 </td> <td>Created by letters patent from Queen Victoria in March 1863, from the Australian Newcastle diocese. Now the two dioceses of Armidale and of Grafton. </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish_dioceses">Irish dioceses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Irish dioceses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">1801 Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irish_Church_Act_1869" title="Irish Church Act 1869">1871 disestablishment</a>, the Anglican dioceses of England and Ireland were united in one <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_England_and_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="United Church of England and Ireland">United Church of England and Ireland</a>. As such, the Irish dioceses were, for a time, Church of England dioceses. Each diocese is listed with its cathedral(s) only during the United Church period. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="185">Diocese </th> <th width="125">Province </th> <th>Notes </th> <th width="260">Cathedral(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Armagh_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Diocese of Armagh (Church of Ireland)">Armagh</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="7">Armagh </td> <td>Metropolitan archbishop and Primate of All Ireland. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Armagh_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)">St Patrick's, Armagh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Meath" title="Diocese of Meath">Meath</a></b> </td> <td>Senior bishop after the archbishops. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trim_Cathedral" title="Trim Cathedral">St Patrick, Trim</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Derry_and_Raphoe" title="Diocese of Derry and Raphoe">Derry</a></b> </td> <td><i>Derry and Raphoe</i> since 1834. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Columb%27s_Cathedral" title="St Columb's Cathedral">St Columb's, Derry</a><br /><a href="/wiki/The_Cathedral_Church_of_St._Eunan" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cathedral Church of St. Eunan">St. Eunan, Raphoe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Down_and_Dromore" title="Diocese of Down and Dromore">Down & Connor</a></b> </td> <td>Down, Connor & Dromore 1842–1945, then split into <i>Down & Dromore</i> and <i>Connor</i> in 1945. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Down_Cathedral" title="Down Cathedral">Holy and Undivided Trinity, Downpatrick</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Saviour%27s_Church,_Connor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Saviour's Church, Connor (page does not exist)">St Saviour, Connor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Lisburn" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn">Christ Church, Lisburn</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dromore_Cathedral" title="Dromore Cathedral">Christ the Redeemer, Dromore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Derry_and_Raphoe" title="Diocese of Derry and Raphoe">Raphoe</a> </td> <td>United to Derry since 1834. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Cathedral_Church_of_St._Eunan" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cathedral Church of St. Eunan">St. Eunan, Raphoe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Kilmore,_Elphin_and_Ardagh" title="Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh">Kilmore</a></b> </td> <td>Kilmore & Ardagh, 1839–1841; <i>Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh</i> since 1841. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Fethlimidh%27s_Cathedral,_Kilmore" title="St Fethlimidh's Cathedral, Kilmore">St Fethlimidh, Kilmore</a><br /><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Elphin" title="St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin">St Mary's, Elphin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Down_and_Dromore" title="Diocese of Down and Dromore">Dromore</a> </td> <td>United to Down & Connor (1842–1945) then Down (since 1945). </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dromore_Cathedral" title="Dromore Cathedral">Christ the Redeemer, Dromore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Dublin_and_Glendalough" title="Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough">Dublin and Glendalough</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4">Dublin </td> <td>Metropolitan archbishop and Primate of Ireland; united with Kildare as Dublin, Kildare and Glendalough (1846–1976). </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Dublin" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin">Christ Church</a> & <a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Dublin" title="St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin">St Patrick's</a>, Dublin<br /><a href="/wiki/Kildare_Cathedral" title="Kildare Cathedral">St Brigid, Kildare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Kildare" title="Bishop of Kildare">Kildare</a> </td> <td>Second most senior bishop after the archbishops. United with Dublin (1846–1976) and with Meath since. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare_Cathedral" title="Kildare Cathedral">St Brigid, Kildare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ferns_and_Leighlin" title="Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin">Ferns & Leighlin</a> </td> <td>United since 1597; united to Ossory since 1835. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferns_Cathedral" title="Ferns Cathedral">St Edan's, Ferns</a><br /><a href="/wiki/St_Laserian%27s_Cathedral,_Old_Leighlin" title="St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin">St Laserian's, Old Leighlin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ossory,_Ferns_and_Leighlin" title="Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin">Ossory</a> </td> <td>Ossory, Ferns & Leighlin (1835–1977); united to Cashel since. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Canice%27s_Cathedral" title="St Canice's Cathedral">St Canice's, Kilkenny</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ferns_Cathedral" title="Ferns Cathedral">St Edan's, Ferns</a><br /><a href="/wiki/St_Laserian%27s_Cathedral,_Old_Leighlin" title="St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin">St Laserian's, Old Leighlin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Tuam,_Killala_and_Achonry" title="Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry">Tuam and Ardagh</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4">Tuam (until 1839)<br />Armagh (since 1839) </td> <td>Metropolitan archbishop over Tuam province until its union to Armagh province in 1839. Diocese included Ardagh (nonetheless regarded as remaining in Armagh province) 1742–1839 and Killala & Achonry 1834–1839; <i>Diocese of Tuam, Killala & Achonry</i> since 1839. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Tuam" title="St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam">St Mary's, Tuam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Killala" title="St Patrick's Cathedral, Killala">St Patrick's, Killala</a><br /><a href="/wiki/St._Crumnathy%27s_Cathedral,_Achonry" title="St. Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry">St Crumnathy's, Achonry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Clogher_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland)">Clogher</a></b> </td> <td>United to the metropolitan diocese of Armagh (1850–1886). </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Macartan%27s_Cathedral,_Clogher" title="St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher">St Macartan's, Clogher</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Elphin" title="Diocese of Elphin">Elphin</a> </td> <td>United to Kilmore since 1841. </td> <td>St Mary's, Elphin </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Killala_and_Achonry" title="Bishop of Killala and Achonry">Killala & Achonry</a> </td> <td>United since 1622; united to Tuam since 1834. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Killala" title="St Patrick's Cathedral, Killala">St Patrick's, Killala</a><br />St Crumnathy's, Achonry </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Clonfert_and_Kilmacduagh" title="Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh">Clonfert & Kilmacduagh</a> </td> <td>Tuam (until 1834)<br />Cashel (1834–1838)<br />Dublin (since 1838) </td> <td>United since 1627; united to Killaloe (since 1834) and to Limerick (since 1976). </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clonfert_Cathedral" title="Clonfert Cathedral">St Brendan's, Clonfert</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kilmacduagh_monastery" title="Kilmacduagh monastery">St Colman's, Kilmacduagh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Cashel_and_Ossory" title="Diocese of Cashel and Ossory">Cashel and Emly</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6">Cashel (until 1838)<br />Dublin (since 1838) </td> <td>Metropolitan archbishop of the province until its union to Dublin province in 1838. United with Waterford (since 1838) and with Ossory (since 1977). </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral,_Cashel" title="St. John's Cathedral, Cashel">St. John's, Cashel</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Alibeus_Cathedral,_Emly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Alibeus Cathedral, Emly (page does not exist)">St. Alibeus, Emly</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Waterford" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford">Christ Church, Waterford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lismore_Cathedral,_Ireland" title="Lismore Cathedral, Ireland">St Carthage's, Lismore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Cloyne" title="Bishop of Cloyne">Cloyne</a> </td> <td>United to Cork since 1835. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cloyne_Cathedral" title="Cloyne Cathedral">St Coleman's, Cloyne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Cork,_Cloyne_and_Ross" title="Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross">Cork & Ross</a></b> </td> <td>United since 1583; <i>Cork, Cloyne & Ross</i> since 1835. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Fin_Barre%27s_Cathedral" title="Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral">old St Fin Barre's, Cork</a><br />St Coleman's, Cloyne<br /><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Church_of_St._Fachtna" title="Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna">St. Fachtna, Rosscarbery</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Killaloe_and_Clonfert" title="Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert">Killaloe & Kilfenora</a> </td> <td>United since 1752; <i>Killaloe & Clonfert</i> (1834–1976); united to Limerick since 1976. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Killaloe_Cathedral" title="Killaloe Cathedral">St Flannan's, Killaloe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Clonfert_Cathedral" title="Clonfert Cathedral">St Brendan, Clonfert</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Limerick_and_Killaloe" title="Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe">Limerick, Ardfert & Aghadoe</a></b> </td> <td>United since 1661; <i>Limerick & Killaloe</i> since 1976. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Limerick" title="St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick">St Mary's, Limerick</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Waterford_and_Lismore" title="Bishop of Waterford and Lismore">Waterford & Lismore</a> </td> <td>United since 1363; united to Cashel since 1838. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Waterford" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford">Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/St_Carthage%27s_Cathedral,_Lismore" class="mw-redirect" title="St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore">St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_modern_foundations">Late modern foundations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Late modern foundations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No further cathedrals were founded until, in the mid 19th century, the huge population growth of north-central England meant that redistricting could no longer be ignored. Since then twenty new dioceses have been founded, each with a cathedral — some are great medieval monasteries or <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_church" title="Collegiate church">collegiate churches</a> which were not elevated by Henry VIII but might well have been; others are glorified parish churches; and others are totally new constructions. </p><p>In the following table, bold type indicates the creation of a new diocese, whilst plain type is used to indicate changes to existing dioceses. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="120">Diocese </th> <th width="120">Date </th> <th>From </th> <th>Cathedral History </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Ripon" title="Diocese of Ripon">Ripon</a> </td> <td>5 October 1836 </td> <td>Created from part of York and Chester; dissolved in creation of <b>Leeds</b> diocese </td> <td>Great medieval <a href="/wiki/Ripon_Cathedral" title="Ripon Cathedral">collegiate church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Oxford" title="Diocese of Oxford">Oxford</a> </td> <td>5 October 1836 </td> <td>took in Berkshire, from Salisbury </td> <td>College chapel of <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bristol" title="Diocese of Bristol">Bristol</a> </td> <td>5 October 1836 </td> <td>suppressed: Bristol went to <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gloucester" title="Diocese of Gloucester">Gloucester</a>, Dorset went to Salisbury </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lichfield" title="Diocese of Lichfield">Lichfield</a> </td> <td>24 January 1837 </td> <td>Lichfield and Coventry became Lichfield; Coventry went to Worcester; Lichfield left with Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Ely" title="Diocese of Ely">Ely</a> </td> <td>May 1837 </td> <td>took in Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire from Lincoln; part of Suffolk from Norwich </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Peterborough" title="Anglican Diocese of Peterborough">Peterborough</a> </td> <td>1 May 1839<sup id="cite_ref-outhis_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outhis-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>took in Leicestershire from Lincoln </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lincoln" title="Diocese of Lincoln">Lincoln</a> </td> <td>1 May 1839 &<br />8 June 1841<sup id="cite_ref-outhis_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outhis-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>took in Nottinghamshire from York </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oxford </td> <td>12 November 1845<sup id="cite_ref-outhis_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outhis-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>took in Buckinghamshire from Lincoln </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Rochester" title="Diocese of Rochester">Rochester</a> </td> <td>1 January 1846<sup id="cite_ref-outhis_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outhis-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>took in part of Hertfordshire from Lincoln and London </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rochester </td> <td>1 January 1846<sup id="cite_ref-outhis_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outhis-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>took in Essex from London </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Manchester" title="Anglican Diocese of Manchester">Manchester</a></b> </td> <td>1 November 1847 </td> <td>created from part of Chester </td> <td>Great medieval <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Cathedral" title="Manchester Cathedral">collegiate church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Carlisle </td> <td>1856<sup id="cite_ref-outhis_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outhis-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>took in rest of <a href="/wiki/Westmorland" title="Westmorland">Westmorland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumberland" title="Cumberland">Cumberland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Furness" title="Furness">Furness</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cartmel" title="Cartmel">Cartmel</a> from Chester </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Truro" title="Diocese of Truro">Truro</a></b> </td> <td>15 December 1876 </td> <td>created from part of Exeter </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truro_Cathedral" title="Truro Cathedral">New cathedral</a> (completed 1910), incorporating part of a parish church </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Albans" title="Diocese of St Albans">St Albans</a></b> </td> <td>4 May 1877 </td> <td>created from part of Rochester </td> <td>Great medieval <a href="/wiki/St_Albans_Cathedral" title="St Albans Cathedral">monastery</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Liverpool" title="Anglican Diocese of Liverpool">Liverpool</a></b> </td> <td>9 April 1880 </td> <td>created from part of Chester </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Liverpool" title="St Peter's Church, Liverpool">Parish church</a>, initially; later a huge <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Cathedral" title="Liverpool Cathedral">wholly new cathedral</a> was built </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Newcastle" title="Diocese of Newcastle">Newcastle</a></b> </td> <td>23 May 1882 </td> <td>created from part of Durham </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Cathedral" title="Newcastle Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Southwell_and_Nottingham" title="Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham">Southwell</a></b> </td> <td>5 February 1884 </td> <td>created from part of Lincoln (Nottinghamshire) and Lichfield (Derbyshire) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwell_Minster" title="Southwell Minster">Southwell Minster</a>: a great medieval collegiate church </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Wakefield" title="Diocese of Wakefield">Wakefield</a> </td> <td>18 May 1888 </td> <td>created from part of Ripon; dissolved in creation of <b>Leeds</b> diocese </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Cathedral" title="Wakefield Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bristol" title="Diocese of Bristol">Bristol</a></b> </td> <td>9 July 1897 </td> <td>reconstituted </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral">previous cathedral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Birmingham" title="Anglican Diocese of Birmingham">Birmingham</a></b> </td> <td>13 January 1905 </td> <td>created from part of Worcester </td> <td>18th century <a href="/wiki/St_Philip%27s_Cathedral,_Birmingham" title="St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham">parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Southwark" title="Anglican Diocese of Southwark">Southwark</a></b> </td> <td>1 May 1905 </td> <td>created from parts of Rochester (and Winchester transferred in 1877 to Rochester) </td> <td>Southwark Priory: Great medieval <a href="/wiki/Southwark_Cathedral" title="Southwark Cathedral">monastery</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Chelmsford" title="Diocese of Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a></b> </td> <td>23 January 1914 </td> <td>created from part of St Albans </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford_Cathedral" title="Chelmsford Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Edmundsbury_and_Ipswich" title="Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich">St Edmundsbury and Ipswich</a></b> </td> <td>23 January 1914 </td> <td>created from part of Ely and Norwich </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Edmundsbury_Cathedral" title="St Edmundsbury Cathedral">Parish church</a>, with remnants of adjoining medieval <a href="/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds_Abbey" title="Bury St Edmunds Abbey">monastery</a> visible </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Sheffield" title="Diocese of Sheffield">Sheffield</a></b> </td> <td>23 January 1914 </td> <td>created from part of York, small part of Southwell </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Cathedral" title="Sheffield Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Coventry" title="Diocese of Coventry">Coventry</a></b> </td> <td>6 September 1918 </td> <td>created from part of Worcester </td> <td>Very large <a href="/wiki/Coventry_Cathedral" title="Coventry Cathedral">parish church (and sometime cathedral)</a>; after destruction in the second world war, a wholly <a href="/wiki/Coventry_Cathedral" title="Coventry Cathedral">new cathedral</a> was built, adjoining and overlooking the ruins. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bradford" title="Diocese of Bradford">Bradford</a> </td> <td>25 November 1919 </td> <td>created from part of Ripon; dissolved in creation of <b>Leeds</b> diocese </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Cathedral" title="Bradford Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Blackburn" title="Diocese of Blackburn">Blackburn</a></b> </td> <td>12 November 1926 </td> <td>created from part of Manchester </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Cathedral" title="Blackburn Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Leicester" title="Diocese of Leicester">Leicester</a></b> </td> <td>12 November 1926 </td> <td>created from part of Peterborough </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Guildford" title="Diocese of Guildford">Guildford</a></b> </td> <td>1 May 1927 </td> <td>created from part of Winchester </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guildford_Cathedral" title="Guildford Cathedral">New cathedral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Portsmouth" title="Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a></b> </td> <td>1 May 1927 </td> <td>created from part of Winchester </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Cathedral" title="Portsmouth Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Derby" title="Diocese of Derby">Derby</a></b> </td> <td>7 July 1927 </td> <td>created from part of Southwell (Derbyshire) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_Cathedral" title="Derby Cathedral">Parish church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Leeds" title="Anglican Diocese of Leeds">Leeds</a></b> </td> <td>20 April 2014 </td> <td>created following dissolution of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield </td> <td>Three existing cathedrals </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Line_of_descent_since_St_Augustine">Line of descent since St Augustine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Line of descent since St Augustine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were archbishops in London, York and Caerleon and bishops in Lincoln before the 4th century. The following is a simplified breakdown of the creation of dioceses since St Augustine's 6th/7th century dioceses. It is simplified in that not every new diocese is formed from only one predecessor – they have often taken territory from two or more neighbouring dioceses. Today's dioceses are highlighted in <b>bold type</b>. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Canterbury" title="Diocese of Canterbury">Canterbury</a></b> – 597–present</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Rochester" title="Diocese of Rochester">Rochester</a></b> – 604–present <ul><li>Hertfordshire and Essex split off to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Albans" title="Diocese of St Albans">Diocese of St Albans</a></b>, 1876–present <ul><li>Essex split off to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Chelmsford" title="Diocese of Chelmsford">Diocese of Chelmsford</a></b>, 1914–present</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_London" title="Diocese of London">London</a></b> – 604–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Old_St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="Old St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's</a> 604–1539 <ul><li>split into <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Westminster_(Church_of_England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Westminster (Church of England)">Diocese of Westminster</a> (seat at <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>), 1540–50</li></ul></li> <li>seats at St Paul's and Westminster Abbey, 1550–56</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's</a>, 1556–present <ul><li>Hertfordshire and Essex moved to Rochester, 1846</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_York" title="Diocese of York">York</a></b> – 625–present <ul><li>Lindisfarne added (bishop of larger diocese also called "<a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Northumbria" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Northumbria">Bishop of Northumbria</a>"), 664</li> <li>larger diocese split in 678 to form: <ul><li><b>Diocese of York</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">Archbishop</a>, 735–present</li> <li>split to create (with part of Lichfield-and-Coventry) the <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Chester" title="Diocese of Chester">Diocese of Chester</a></b>, 1541–present <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Province of Canterbury</a> until 1542; <a href="/wiki/Province_of_York" title="Province of York">Province of York</a> since</li> <li>split to create (with part of York) new Diocese of Ripon, 1836–2014 (renamed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Ripon_and_Leeds" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Ripon and Leeds">Ripon and Leeds</a>, 1999) <ul><li>split to form <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Wakefield" title="Diocese of Wakefield">Diocese of Wakefield</a>, 1888–2014</li> <li>split to form <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bradford" title="Diocese of Bradford">Diocese of Bradford</a>, 1920–2014</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Leeds" title="Anglican Diocese of Leeds">Diocese of Leeds</a></b>, created from former territory of dissolved dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, of Wakefield and of Bradford, 2014–present</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Manchester" title="Anglican Diocese of Manchester">Diocese of Manchester</a></b>, 1847–present <ul><li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Blackburn" title="Diocese of Blackburn">Diocese of Blackburn</a></b>, 1926–present</li></ul></li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Liverpool" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Liverpool">Diocese of Liverpool</a></b>, 1880–present</li></ul></li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Sheffield" title="Diocese of Sheffield">Diocese of Sheffield</a></b>, 1914–present</li></ul></li> <li>old <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ripon_(ancient)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Ripon (ancient)">Diocese of Ripon</a>, 678 (reunited to York before 700)</li> <li>Bernicia diocese (split 685) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hexham" title="Bishop of Hexham">Hexham</a> diocese (two parts reabsorbed into York and Lindisfarne, 854)</li> <li>Lindisfarne diocese <i>(see below)</i></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>East Anglia/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Norwich" title="Diocese of Norwich">Norwich</a></b> – c. 630–present <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dunwich_(ancient)" title="Bishop of Dunwich (ancient)">Bishop of the East Angles</a>", c. 630–672 <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Soham_Abbey" title="Soham Abbey">Soham</a>, c. 630 (purportedly, briefly before transfer to Dunwich)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Dommoc" title="Dommoc">Dunwich</a>, c. 630–672</li></ul></li> <li>split into <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Elmham" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Elmham">Elmham</a>/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Norwich" title="Diocese of Norwich">Norwich diocese</a></b>, 672–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/North_Elmham" title="North Elmham">Elmham</a>, 673–1070</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Thetford_Priory" title="Thetford Priory">Thetford</a>, 1070–1094</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Norwich_Cathedral" title="Norwich Cathedral">Norwich</a>, 1094–present</li></ul></li> <li>split to form <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dunwich_(ancient)" title="Bishop of Dunwich (ancient)">Dunwich</a> diocese, 672–c. 950 <ul><li>suppressed and reunited to Elmham, c. 950</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wessex_Diocese_of_Dorchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Wessex Diocese of Dorchester">Dorchester (Wessex)</a>/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Winchester" title="Diocese of Winchester">Diocese of Winchester</a></b>, 634–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_Abbey" title="Dorchester Abbey">Dorchester-upon-Thames</a> until c. 660–680</li> <li>seat in flux c. 660–680</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Cathedral" title="Winchester Cathedral">Winchester</a> since c. 660–680</li> <li>split to form Selsey/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Chichester" title="Diocese of Chichester">Chichester diocese</a></b>, 681–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Selsey_Abbey" title="Selsey Abbey">Selsey</a>, 681–685 & 706–1075</li> <li>suppressed & absorbed by Winchester, 685–706</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Chichester_Cathedral" title="Chichester Cathedral">Chichester</a> since 1075</li> <li>split off to form Sherborne/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Salisbury" title="Diocese of Salisbury">Salisbury diocese</a></b>, 705–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Sherborne_Abbey" title="Sherborne Abbey">Sherborne</a> until 1075</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Old_Sarum_Cathedral" title="Old Sarum Cathedral">Old Sarum</a>, 1075–1225</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Cathedral" title="Salisbury Cathedral">New Sarum</a> since 1225</li> <li>split off to form Crediton/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Exeter" title="Diocese of Exeter">Exeter diocese</a></b>, 905–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Tawton" title="Bishop's Tawton">Tawton</a> until c. 909</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Crediton_Parish_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Crediton Parish Church">Credition</a>, c. 909–1050</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Exeter_Cathedral" title="Exeter Cathedral">Exeter</a> since 1050</li> <li>absorbed Cornish see, 1027</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Truro" title="Diocese of Truro">Diocese of Truro</a></b>, 1876–present</li></ul></li> <li>split to form <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ramsbury_(ancient)" title="Bishop of Ramsbury (ancient)">Ramsbury diocese</a>, c. 909–1058 <ul><li>suppressed and reunited to Sherborne</li></ul></li> <li>split to form <i><b>the Somerset diocese</b></i>, c. 909–present <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Wells">Diocese of Wells</a>; seat at <a href="/wiki/Wells_Cathedral" title="Wells Cathedral">Wells</a>, c. 909–1090</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Bath">Diocese of Bath</a>; seat at <a href="/wiki/Bath_Abbey" title="Bath Abbey">Bath</a>, 1090–1197 & 1219–1245</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bath_and_Glastonbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Bath and Glastonbury">Diocese of Bath and Glastonbury</a>; seat at <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Abbey" title="Glastonbury Abbey">Glastonbury</a>, 1197–1219</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bath_and_Wells" title="Diocese of Bath and Wells">Diocese of Bath and Wells</a></b>; equal seats at Bath and at Wells, 1245–1539</li> <li><b>Diocese of Bath and Wells</b>; seat at Wells, 1539–present</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>south London area given to Rochester, 1877–1905 <ul><li>similar area formed the <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Southwark" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Southwark">Diocese of Southwark</a></b>, 1905–present</li></ul></li> <li>split off to form <b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Portsmouth" title="Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth">Diocese of Portsmouth</a></b>, 1927–present</li> <li>split off to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Guildford" title="Diocese of Guildford">Diocese of Guildford</a></b>, 1927–present</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lindisfarne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Lindisfarne">Lindisfarne</a>/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Durham" title="Diocese of Durham">Durham</a></b> – 635–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Lindisfarne" title="Lindisfarne">Lindisfarne</a>, 635–664 & 685–875</li> <li>united to York, 664–678</li> <li>united to Bernicia, 678–685</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert,_Chester-le-Street" title="St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street">Chester-le-Street</a>, 875–995</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Durham_Cathedral" title="Durham Cathedral">Durham</a>, 995–present</li> <li>called Prince-Bishop, c. 1071–c. 1836</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Carlisle" title="Diocese of Carlisle">Diocese of Carlisle</a></b>, 1133–present</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Newcastle" title="Diocese of Newcastle">Diocese of Newcastle</a> (upon Tyne)</b>, 1882–present</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lichfield" title="Diocese of Lichfield">Lichfield</a></b> – 656–present <ul><li>Mercian diocese; seat at <a href="/wiki/Repton_Abbey" title="Repton Abbey">Repton</a>, 656–669</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lichfield" title="Diocese of Lichfield">Diocese of Lichfield</a></b>; seat at <a href="/wiki/Lichfield_Cathedral" title="Lichfield Cathedral">Lichfield</a>, 669–1075 & 1837–present</li> <li>Archbishop of Lichfield, metropolitan over Worcester, Leicester, Lindsey, Hereford, Elmham and Dunwich, 786–796 (seized from Canterbury)</li> <li>Old Diocese of Chester; seat at <a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Chester" title="St John the Baptist's Church, Chester">Chester</a>, 1075–1102 <ul><li><i>for new Diocese of Chester, see above</i></li></ul></li> <li>Old Diocese of Coventry; seat at <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Priory_and_Cathedral" title="St Mary's Priory and Cathedral">Coventry</a>, 1102–1228 (co-cathedral at Chester 1102–?) <ul><li><i>for new Diocese of Coventry, see below</i></li></ul></li> <li>Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield; seats both at Coventry and at Lichfield, 1228–1539</li> <li>Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; seat at Lichfield, 1539–1837</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Hereford" title="Diocese of Hereford">Hereford diocese</a></b>, 676–present</li> <li>split to form <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lindsey" title="Bishop of Lindsey">Lindsey diocese</a>, 678–c. 1010 <ul><li>suppressed and given to the <a href="/wiki/Mercian_Diocese_of_Dorchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercian Diocese of Dorchester">Dorchester (Mercian)</a> diocese, c. 1010 <i>(see below)</i></li></ul></li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Worcester" title="Anglican Diocese of Worcester">Worcester diocese</a></b>, 680–present <ul><li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gloucester" title="Diocese of Gloucester">Gloucester diocese</a></b>, 1541–1552 & 1554–present <ul><li>Diocese of Gloucester; seat at <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Cathedral" title="Gloucester Cathedral">Gloucester</a>, 1541–1552, 1554–1836 & 1897–present</li> <li>Diocese of Worcester and Gloucester; seats both at Worcester and at Gloucester, 1552–1554<sup id="cite_ref-hooper_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hooper-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; seats both at Gloucester and at <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral">Bristol</a>, 1836–1897</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bristol" title="Diocese of Bristol">Bristol diocese</a></b>, 1542–present <ul><li>suppressed and merged to Gloucester diocese, 1836–1897</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Birmingham" title="Anglican Diocese of Birmingham">Birmingham diocese</a></b>, 1905–present</li> <li>split to form new <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Coventry" title="Diocese of Coventry">Coventry diocese</a></b>, 1918–present</li></ul></li> <li>split to form old Leicester/<a href="/wiki/Mercian_Diocese_of_Dorchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercian Diocese of Dorchester">Dorchester (Mercian)</a>/<b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lincoln" title="Diocese of Lincoln">Lincoln diocese</a></b>, 681–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>, 681–878</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_Abbey" title="Dorchester Abbey">Dorchester-upon-Thames</a>, 878–1072</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Cathedral" title="Lincoln Cathedral">Lincoln</a>, 1072–present</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Ely" title="Diocese of Ely">Ely diocese</a></b>, 1108–present <ul><li>split to form the <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Edmundsbury_and_Ipswich" title="Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich">Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich</a></b>, 1914–present</li></ul></li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Peterborough" title="Anglican Diocese of Peterborough">Peterborough diocese</a></b>, 1541–present <ul><li>split to form new <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Leicester" title="Diocese of Leicester">Leicester diocese</a></b>, 1926–present</li></ul></li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Oxford" title="Diocese of Oxford">Oxford diocese</a></b>, 1542–present <ul><li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Osney_Abbey" title="Osney Abbey">Osney</a>, 1542</li> <li>seat at <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Oxford" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford">Christ Church</a>, 1542–present</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>some territory ceded to Worcester, 1837; some of which became Birmingham and Coventry dioceses, 1905 & 1918 <i>(see above)</i></li> <li>split to form Southwell diocese, 1884–present <ul><li>Province of Canterbury until 1936; Province of York since</li> <li>called <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Southwell_and_Nottingham" title="Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham">Southwell and Nottingham</a></b> since 2005</li> <li>split to form <b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Derby" title="Diocese of Derby">Derby diocese</a></b>, 1927–present</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Old Cornish bishopric – c. 920–1027 <ul><li>See at St Germans</li> <li>Called "<a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Cornwall" title="Bishop of Cornwall">Bishop of Cornwall</a>" and "Bishop of St Germans"</li> <li>Absorbed by Crediton <i>(see above)</i></li></ul></li> <li>Glamorgan area – c522–present <i>(Wales)</i> <ul><li>Bishop of (St) Teilo until before 1107</li> <li>Under Canterbury's jurisdiction by 982</li> <li>Bishop of Glamorgan (and Gwent), before 1107–1115</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Llandaff" title="Diocese of Llandaff">Diocese of Llandaff</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Llandaff" title="Bishop of Llandaff">Bishop of Llandaff</a>; seat at <a href="/wiki/Llandaff_Cathedral" title="Llandaff Cathedral">Llandaff</a>, 1115–present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a> since 1920</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bangor" title="Diocese of Bangor">Bangor diocese</a> – 546–present <i>(Wales)</i> <ul><li>Under Canterbury's jurisdiction by c. 1081</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a> since 1920</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_David%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of St David's">St David's diocese</a> – 545–present <i>(Wales)</i> <ul><li>Archbishop of St David's until 1115</li> <li>Under Canterbury's jurisdiction by 1115</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a> since 1920</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Asaph" title="Diocese of St Asaph">St Asaph diocese</a> – c. 583–present <i>(Wales)</i> <ul><li>Under Canterbury's jurisdiction by 1143</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a> since 1920</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Sodor_and_Man" title="Diocese of Sodor and Man">Sodor and Man diocese</a></b> received from Norwegian jurisdiction – c. 1400–present <ul><li>Province of Canterbury until 1542; Province of York since</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gibraltar_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe">Europe diocese</a></b>, 1842–present <ul><li>Diocese of Gibraltar (over southern Europe), founded 1842</li> <li>merged with London's continental jurisdictions (over northern and central Europe) and renamed <b>Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe</b>, 1980</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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highly controversial. It is presently generally considered to be (wholly or partially) in the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Israel">State of Israel</a> (disputed with the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">State of Palestine</a>), but has also been in the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Enemy_Territory_Administration" title="Occupied Enemy Territory Administration">OETA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a> during the diocese's lifetime.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Historical_development_of_Church_of_England_dioceses&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/life.html#6">http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/life.html#6</a> The Domesday Book</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4jEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA316">Bede; Giles, J. 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