Diocese of Derby

Diocese of Derby
The nave of Derby Cathedral
Location
Ecclesiastical province Canterbury
Archdeaconries Chesterfield, Derby
Statistics
Parishes 255[1]
Churches 332
Information
Cathedral Derby Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop Bishop of Derby (vacant)
Acting bishop: the Bishop of Repton
Suffragan Jan McFarlane, Bishop of Repton
Archdeacon Christopher Cunliffe, Archdeacon of Derby
Carol Coslett, 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. The diocesan bishop is assisted by the suffragan bishop, the bishop of Repton.

Archdeaconries

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. On 7 July 1927 the archdeaconries of Derby and Chesterfield became the Diocese of Derby.[2][3]

Bishops

The diocesan See is currently vacant. On 29 June 2016, Jan McFarlane was consecrated to the suffragan see of Repton;[4][5] she is also the acting diocesan bishop during the vacancy in See.[6] The provincial episcopal visitor (for traditional Anglo-Catholic parishes in this diocese who have petitioned for alternative episcopal oversight) is Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet. Derby is one of the few dioceses not to license the PEV as an honorary assistant bishop.

There are three former bishops licensed as honorary assistant bishops in the diocese:

Roger Jupp, a former Bishop of Popondetta, returned to parish ministry in England in 2005, and is now Vicar of St Laurence, Long Eaton and priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity, Ilkeston.[10]As yet, Bishop Jupp has not been made an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese.

References

  1. ↑ Church of England Statistics 2002
  2. ↑ Youngs Local Administrative Units of England
  3. ↑ "No. 33290". The London Gazette. 1 July 1927. p. 4207.
  4. ↑ Diocese of Derby — The Bishop of Repton (Accessed 26 February 2016)
  5. ↑ Twitter — Adrian Harris (Accessed 29 June 2016)
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Robert Michael Cawthorn Beak". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Nicholls, John. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Inwood, Richard Neil. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Roger Alan Jupp". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

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

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