Diocese of Derby

Diocese of Derby
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Canterbury
Archdeaconries	Chesterfield, Derby
Statistics
Parishes	255
Churches	332
Information
Cathedral	Derby Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Dr Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby
Suffragan	Humphrey Southern, Bishop of Repton
Archdeacon	Dr Christopher Cunliffe, Archdeacon of Derby Christine Wilson, Archdeacon of Chesterfield
Website
derby.anglican.org

The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby who has his seat at Derby Cathedral. He is assisted by the Suffragan Bishop of Repton.

The Diocese of Derby contains two archdeaconries: the Archdeaconry of Derby and the Archdeaconry of Chesterfield. The former archdeaconry is divided into the deaneries of Ashbourne, Derby North, Derby South, Duffield, Erewash, Heanor, Longford, Melbourne, and Repton, and the latter into the deaneries of Alfreton, Bakewell and Eyam, Bolsover and Staveley, Buxton, Chesterfield, Glossop, and Wirksworth.

The Archdeaconry of Derby was originally part of the Diocese of Lichfield, but was moved to form part of the Diocese of Southwell when that diocese was created in 1884. In 1927 the archdeaconries of Derby and Chesterfield became the Diocese of Derby.^[1][2]

References

• Church of England Statistics 2002

1. ^ Youngs Local Administrative Units of England
2. ^ London Gazette. July 1, 1927.

External links

• Diocese of Derby

Coordinates: 52°55′29″N 1°28′39″W / 52.9248°N 1.4774°W / 52.9248; -1.4774