Diocese of Sheffield
| Diocese of Sheffield Church of England | |
| Province: | York |
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.jpg) Sheffield Cathedral | |
| Bishop: | Dr Peter Wilcox |
| Cathedral: | Sheffield Cathedral |
| Organisation | |
| Archdeaconries: | Sheffield and Rotherham; Doncaster |
| No. of parishes: | 175 |
| No. of churches: | 221 |
| Details | |
| Website: | sheffield.anglican.org |
The Diocese of Sheffield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, covering the city of Sheffield and surrounding parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a few parishes in other ridings and across in northern Lincolnshire.
The Bishop of Sheffield leads the diocese, and his seat is at Sheffield Cathedral.
Organisation
The diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Sheffield, and he is assisted throughout the diocese by a suffragan, the Bishop of Doncaster. Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) is provided by the Bishop of Beverley.
The Diocese is divided into 12 deaneries, split between two archdeaconries:
- Archdeaconry of Sheffield and Rotherham (originally Archdeaconry of Sheffield) [1] (Archdeacon: Malcolm Chamberlain)[2]
- Attercliffe
- Ecclesall
- Ecclesfield
- Hallam
- Laughton
- Rotherham
- Archdeaconry of Doncaster (Archdeacon: Steve Wilcockson) [3]
- Adwick-le-Street
- Doncaster
- Snaith & Hatfield
- Tankersley
- Wath
- West Doncaster
Bishops
| Bishops of Sheffield | |||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1914 | 1939 | Leonard Burrows | Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lewes. |
| 1939 | 1962 | Leslie Hunter | |
| 1962 | 1971 | John Taylor | Formerly Principal of Wycliffe Hall |
| 1972 | 1979 | Gordon Fallows | Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract. Died in office. |
| 1980 | 1997 | David Lunn | |
| 1997 | 2008 | Jack Nicholls | Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lancaster. |
| 2008 | 6 July 2016 | Steven Croft | Oxford.[4] |
| 2017 | present | Peter Wilcox | Formerly Dean of Liverpool. Elected 5 May, consecrated 22 June 2017 |
| Source(s):[5][6] | |||
Outside links
References
- ↑ Diocesan Yearbook 2007-08
- ↑ http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=89179
- ↑ Diocese of Sheffield, Accessed 1 February 2012
- ↑ Diocese of Oxford — Legal ceremony brings Bishop Steven a step closer & Diocese of Oxford — Letter from Bishop Steven (Both accessed 8 July 2016)
- ↑ "Historical successions: Sheffield". Crockford's Clerical Directory. http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=813. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003, ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 273. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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