Anglican Diocese of Manchester
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Anglican Diocese of Manchester
For other Christian dioceses with Manchester in their name, see Diocese of Manchester (disambiguation).
| Diocese of Manchester | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | York |
| Archdeaconries | Bolton, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 292 |
| Churches | 353 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Manchester Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester |
| Suffragans | Chris Edmondson, Bishop of Bolton Mark Davies, Bishop of Middleton |
| Archdeacons | Cherry Vann, Archdeacon of Rochdale David Bailey, Archdeacon of Bolton Mark Ashcroft, Archdeacon of Manchester David Sharples, Archdeacon of Salford |
| Website | |
| manchester.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of Manchester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, England. Based in the city of Manchester, the diocese covers much of the county of Greater Manchester and small areas of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.
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History
The Diocese of Manchester was founded on 1 September 1847,[1] having previously been part of the Diocese of Chester. It originally covered the historic hundreds of Salford, Blackburn, Leyland and Amounderness. However, with the foundation of the Diocese of Blackburn in 1926, which took the three northern hundreds, Manchester was left with just the hundred of Salford. The final boundary change to the diocese was by annexing Wythenshawe from the Diocese of Chester.[2]
At the same time the diocese was founded, the collegiate church in Manchester was elevated to cathedral status to become the Cathedral Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George where the bishop's throne (cathedra) is located.[3]
Archdeaconries and deaneries
The diocese is divided into four archdeaconries, each divided into a number of deaneries.[4]
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Archdeaconry of Bolton
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Archdeanonry of Rochdale
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Archdeanonry of Salford
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Bishop of Manchester
Main article: Bishop of Manchester
The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the diocese and is assisted by the suffragan bishops of Bolton and Middleton.[2]
- List of Bishops of Manchester [2]
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See also
- Diocese of Salford
- List of churches in Greater Manchester
- Dean of Manchester
- Archdeacon of Manchester
References
- ^ London Gazette: no. 20769. pp. 3157–3160. 31 August 1847. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Manchester and its many bishops. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ Manchester Cathedral official website, Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Churches". Diocese of Manchester. http://www.manchester.anglican.org/churches. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
Further reading
- Dobb, Arthur J. (1978) Like a Mighty Tortoise: the history of the Diocese of Manchester; illustrated by Arthur J. Dobb and Derek Simpson. [Manchester] : [The author] ; Littleborough : [Distributed by] Upjohn and Bottomley (Printers)
- Dobb, Arthur J. et al. (comps.) (2007) The Mighty Tortoise Marches On; or the Seven Stages of Man...chester. (The present study... began by being asked to prepare a presentation on the diocese for the annual national conference of the Central Council for the Care of Churches to be held in Manchester in 2009", preface)
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