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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%"><div class="fn org" style="display:inline;font-size: 125%">Diocese of Bristol</div><br /><i><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-family: serif; font-size: 130%;"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Dioecesis Bristoliensis</i></span></div></i><div style="display:inline;font-size: 125%"></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom: 0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diocese_of_Bristol_arms.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms of the Diocese of Bristol" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_the_Diocese_of_Bristol.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Diocese_of_Bristol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_the_Diocese_of_Bristol.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Diocese_of_Bristol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Flag</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Canterbury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Archdeaconry" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdeaconry">Archdeaconries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bristol, Malmesbury</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parishes</th><td class="infobox-data">167</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Churches</th><td class="infobox-data">207</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1897</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral">Bristol Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Current leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Viv_Faull" class="mw-redirect" title="Viv Faull">Viv Faull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bristol" title="Bishop of Bristol">Bishop of Bristol</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Suffragan_bishop" title="Suffragan bishop">Suffragan</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Warwick" title="Neil Warwick">Neil Warwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Swindon" title="Bishop of Swindon">Bishop of Swindon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Archdeacon" title="Archdeacon">Archdeacons</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Bryan_(priest)" title="Christopher Bryan (priest)">Christopher Bryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archdeacon_of_Malmesbury" title="Archdeacon of Malmesbury">Archdeacon of Malmesbury</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Becky_Waring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Becky Waring (page does not exist)">Becky Waring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archdeacon_of_Bristol" title="Archdeacon of Bristol">Archdeacon of Bristol</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bristol.anglican.org">www<wbr />.bristol<wbr />.anglican<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Diocese of Bristol</b> is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Province of Canterbury</a>, England. It is based in the city of <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> and covers <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" title="South Gloucestershire">South Gloucestershire</a> and parts of north <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>, as far east as <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a>. The diocese is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bristol" title="Bishop of Bristol">Bishop of Bristol</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cathedra" title="Cathedra">Episcopal seat</a> is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, commonly known as <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral">Bristol Cathedral</a>. </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=Diocese_of_Bristol&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Reformation</a>, Bristol was part of the medieval <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Worcester" title="Anglican Diocese of Worcester">Diocese of Worcester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bristolintro_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bristolintro-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-catholicbristol_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholicbristol-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the <a href="/wiki/Suffragan_Bishops_Act_1534" title="Suffragan Bishops Act 1534">Suffragan Bishops Act 1534</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Holbeach" title="Henry Holbeach">Henry Holbeach</a> was appointed the only <a href="/wiki/Suffragan_bishop" title="Suffragan bishop">suffragan bishop</a> of Bristol in 1538 and assisted the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Worcester" title="Bishop of Worcester">Bishop of Worcester</a> in overseeing the medieval diocese. Nearly two years later, Bristol became part of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gloucester" title="Diocese of Gloucester">Diocese of Gloucester</a> in 1541.<sup id="cite_ref-bristolintro_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bristolintro-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-catholicbristol_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholicbristol-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, the Diocese of Bristol was established on 4 June 1542 and consisted of the city of Bristol together with the county of <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bristolintro_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bristolintro-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-catholicbristol_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholicbristol-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diocese_of_Gloucester_and_Bristol_arms.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Diocese_of_Gloucester_and_Bristol_arms.svg/150px-Diocese_of_Gloucester_and_Bristol_arms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Diocese_of_Gloucester_and_Bristol_arms.svg/225px-Diocese_of_Gloucester_and_Bristol_arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Diocese_of_Gloucester_and_Bristol_arms.svg/300px-Diocese_of_Gloucester_and_Bristol_arms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="714" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, consisting of the diocesan arms of Bristol impaling the diocesan arms of Gloucester</figcaption></figure> <p>The Diocese of Bristol continued until 5 October 1836 when Dorset was annexed to the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Salisbury" title="Diocese of Salisbury">Diocese of Salisbury</a> and the remainder, the city of Bristol, formed part of the <b>Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-bristolintro_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bristolintro-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> After sixty years, the Diocese of Bristol was "reconstituted" on 9 July 1897, but with different boundaries.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Bristol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops">Bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Bristol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Viv_Faull" class="mw-redirect" title="Viv Faull">Viv Faull</a> has been the diocesan <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bristol" title="Bishop of Bristol">Bishop of Bristol</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Confirmation_of_bishops" title="Confirmation of bishops">confirmation</a> of her <a href="/wiki/Canonical_election" title="Canonical election">election</a> on 25 June 2018;<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> the bishop is assisted by a <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Swindon" title="Bishop of Swindon">Bishop suffragan of Swindon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Neil_Warwick" title="Neil Warwick">Neil Warwick</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Provincial_episcopal_visitor" title="Provincial episcopal visitor">provincial episcopal visitor</a> (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) is the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ebbsfleet" title="Bishop of Ebbsfleet">Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet</a>, who is licensed as an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_assistant_bishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary assistant bishop">honorary assistant bishop</a> of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archdeaconries_and_deaneries">Archdeaconries and deaneries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Bristol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Archdeaconries and deaneries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The diocese is divided into two archdeaconries, each of which is further divided into deaneries (groups of parishes).<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> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">Diocese</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Archdeacon" title="Archdeacon">Archdeaconries</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Rural_Dean" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural Dean">Rural Deaneries</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><b>Diocese of Bristol</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Archdeacon_of_Bristol" title="Archdeacon of Bristol">Archdeaconry of Bristol</a> </td> <td>Deanery of <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> South </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deanery of Bristol West </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Deanery </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Archdeacon_of_Malmesbury" title="Archdeacon of Malmesbury">Archdeaconry of Malmesbury</a> </td> <td>Deanery of <a href="/wiki/Chippenham" title="Chippenham">Chippenham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deanery of <a href="/wiki/Kingswood,_South_Gloucestershire" title="Kingswood, South Gloucestershire">Kingswood</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" title="South Gloucestershire">South Gloucestershire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deanery of <a href="/wiki/North_Wiltshire" title="North Wiltshire">North Wiltshire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deanery of <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Churches">Churches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Bristol&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral">Bristol Cathedral</a> falls outside the following deanery structure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archdeaconry_of_Bristol">Archdeaconry of Bristol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Bristol&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Archdeaconry of Bristol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Deanery of Bristol South:</b> Ashton Gate (St Francis), Bedminster (St Aldhelm), Bedminster Down (St Oswald), <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Bishopsworth" title="St Peter's Church, Bishopsworth">Bishopsworth (St Peter)</a>, Brislington (St Anne), Brislington (St Christopher), Brislington (St Cuthbert), <a href="/wiki/St_Luke%27s_Church,_Brislington" title="St Luke's Church, Brislington">Brislington (St Luke)</a>, Hartcliffe (St Andrew), Hengrove (Christ Church), Knowle (Holy Nativity), Knowle (St Martin), Knowle West (St Barnabas), <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Redcliffe" title="St Mary Redcliffe">Redcliffe (St Mary the Virgin)</a>, Southville (St Paul's), Stockwood (Christ the Servant), <a href="/wiki/St._Augustine%27s_Church,_Whitchurch,_Bristol" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Augustine's Church, Whitchurch, Bristol">Whitchurch (St Augustine)</a>, Whitchurch (St Nicholas), Windmill Hill (St Michael & All Angels), Withywood Church </p><p><b>Deanery of Bristol West:</b> Abbots Leigh (Holy Trinity), Almondsbury (St Mary the Virgin), Alveston (St Helen), Aust (St John), Avonmouth (St Andrew), <a href="/wiki/Church_of_All_Saints,_Clifton" title="Church of All Saints, Clifton">Clifton (All Saints)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Clifton_Down" title="Christ Church, Clifton Down">Clifton (Christ Church)</a>, Compton Greenfield (All Saints), Elberton (St John), <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Henbury" title="St Mary's Church, Henbury">Henbury (St Mary the Virgin)</a>, Henleaze (St Peter), Lawrence Weston (St Peter), Leigh Woods (St Mary the Virgin), Littleton-on-Severn (St Mary of Malmesbury), Olveston (St Mary the Virgin), Pilning (St Peter), Sea Mills (St Edyth), Shirehampton (St Mary), Southmead (St Stephen), Stoke Bishop (St Mary Magdalene), <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Westbury_on_Trym" title="Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym">Westbury-on-Trym (Holy Trinity)</a>, Westbury Park (St Alban) </p><p><b>City Deanery:</b> Barton Hill (St Luke), Bishopston (Good Shepherd), Bishopston St Michael & All Angels, Bristol St Aidan, Bristol St Bartholomew with St Andrew, <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_with_St_Ewen,_Bristol" title="Christ Church with St Ewen, Bristol">Bristol Christ Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Matthew%27s_Church,_Cotham" title="St Matthew's Church, Cotham">Bristol St Matthew</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas_Church,_Bristol" title="St Nicholas Church, Bristol">Bristol St Nicholas</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Philip_and_St_Jacob,_Bristol" title="St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol">Bristol SS Philip & Jacob</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Stephen%27s_Church,_Bristol" title="St Stephen's Church, Bristol">Bristol St Stephen</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Clifton,_Bristol" title="St Paul's Church, Clifton, Bristol">Clifton St Paul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotham_Church" title="Cotham Church">Cotham (St Saviour with St Mary)</a>, Easton All Hallows, Easton Holy Trinity, Eastville (St Anne), Fishponds All Saints, Fishponds St John, Fishponds St Mary, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Trinity_with_St_Edmund" title="Church of the Holy Trinity with St Edmund">Horfield Holy Trinity</a>, Horfield St Gregory the Great, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Holy_Trinity,_Hotwells" title="Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells">Hotwells (Holy Trinity)</a>, Lockleaze (St Mary Magdalene), Redland Parish Church, St Paul's (St Agnes), Two Mile Hill (St Michael the Archangel), Whitehall (St Ambrose) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archdeaconry_of_Malmesbury">Archdeaconry of Malmesbury</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Bristol&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Archdeaconry of Malmesbury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Deanery of Chippenham:</b> Biddestone (St Nicholas), Bowden Hill (St Anne), <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Thomas_%C3%A0_Becket,_Box" title="Church of St Thomas à Becket, Box">Box (St Thomas a Becket)</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Castle_Combe" title="St Andrew's Church, Castle Combe">Castle Combe (St Andrew)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chapel_Plaister" title="Chapel Plaister">Chapel Plaister</a> (Pilgrims' Chapel), <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Chippenham" title="St Andrew's Church, Chippenham">Chippenham St Andrew</a>, Chippenham St Paul, Chippenham St Peter, Cold Ashton (Holy Trinity), Colerne (St John the Baptist), Corsham (St Bartholomew), Ditteridge (St Christopher), Gastard (St John the Baptist), Grittleton (St Mary the Virgin), Hardenhuish (St Nicholas), Kington St Michael (St Michael), <a href="/wiki/St_Cyriac%27s_Church,_Lacock" title="St Cyriac's Church, Lacock">Lacock (St Cyriac)</a>, Langley Burrell (St Peter), Littleton Drew (All Saints), Marshfield (St Mary the Virgin), Neston (SS Phillip & James), Nettleton (St Mary the Virgin), North Wraxall (St James), Slaughterford (St Nicholas), Tormarton (St Mary Magdalene), Tytherton Lucas (St Nicholas), West Kington (St Mary the Virgin), West Littleton (St James), Yatton Keynell (St Margaret) </p><p><b>Deanery of Kingswood and South Gloucestershire:</b> Abson (St James the Great), Bitton (St Mary), Bradley Stoke Christ the King, Bradley Stoke Holy Trinity, Coalpit Heath (St Saviour), Downend (Christ Church), Doynton (Holy Trinity), Dyrham (St Peter), Filton (St Peter), Frampton Cotterell (St Peter), Frenchay (St John the Baptist), Hanham (Christ Church), Hanham Abbots (St George), Iron Acton (St James the Less), Kingswood All Souls, Kingswood Ascension, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Kingswood" title="Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood">Kingswood Holy Trinity</a>, Longwell Green (All Saints), Mangotsfield (St James), Oldland (St Anne), Patchway (St Chad), Pucklechurch (St Thomas a Becket), Soundwell (St Stephen), <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Holy_Trinity,_Stapleton" title="Church of Holy Trinity, Stapleton">Stapleton (Holy Trinity)</a>, Stoke Gifford (St Michael), Syston (St Anne), Wapley (St Peter), Warmley (St Barnabas), Westerleigh (St James the Great), Wick (St Bartholomew), <a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_Winterbourne" title="St Michael's Church, Winterbourne">Winterbourne (St Michael the Archangel)</a>, Winterbourne Down (All Saints), Yate St Mary, Yate St Nicholas </p><p><b>Deanery of North Wiltshire:</b> Alderton (St Giles), Ashley (St James), Ashton Keynes (Holy Cross), Brokenborough (St John the Baptist), Brinkworth (St Michael & All Angels), Charlton (St John the Baptist), Christian Malford (All Saints), Corston (All Saints), <a href="/wiki/St_Sampson%27s_Church,_Cricklade" title="St Sampson's Church, Cricklade">Cricklade (St Sampson)</a>, Crudwell (All Saints), Dauntsey (St James the Great), Easton Grey Parish Church, Foxley Parish Church, Garsdon (All Saints), Great Somerford (SS Peter & Paul), Hankerton (Holy Cross), Hullavington (St Mary Magdalene), Kington Langley (St Peter), Latton (St John the Baptist), Lea (St Giles), <a href="/wiki/All_Saints_Church,_Leigh" title="All Saints Church, Leigh">Leigh (All Saints)</a>, Little Somerford (St John the Baptist), Luckington (SS Mary & Ethelbert), <a href="/wiki/Malmesbury_Abbey" title="Malmesbury Abbey">Malmesbury (SS Peter & Paul)</a>, Minety (St Leonard), Norton (All Saints), Oaksey (All Saints), Rodbourne (Holy Rood), Seagry (St Mary the Virgin), <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Cross,_Sherston" title="Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston">Sherston Magna (Holy Cross)</a>, Stanton St Quintin (St Giles), Sutton Benger (All Saints), Tytherton Kellaways (St Giles) </p><p><b>Deanery of Swindon:</b> Bishopstone (St Mary the Virgin), Blunsdon (St Andrew), Broad Blunsdon (St Leonard), Hannington (St John the Baptist), Haydon Wick (St John), Highworth (St Michael), Hinton Parva (St Swithun), Lyddington (All Saints), Lydiard Millicent (All Saints), Lydiard Tregoze (St Mary), <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Purton" title="St Mary's Church, Purton">Purton (St Mary)</a>, Rodbourne Cheney (St Mary), Sevenhampton (St James), Shaw (Holy Trinity), South Marston (St Mary Magdalene), Stanton Fitzwarren (St Leonard), Stratton (St Margaret), Swindon All Saints, Swindon St Aldhelm, Swindon St Andrew, <a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Church,_Even_Swindon" title="St Augustine's Church, Even Swindon">Swindon St Augustine of Canterbury</a>, Swindon St Barnabas, <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Swindon" title="Christ Church, Swindon">Swindon Christ Church</a>, Swindon St John the Baptist, Swindon St Luke, <a 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