Diocese of Hereford

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Diocese of Hereford
Province Canterbury
Bishop Bishop of Hereford
Cathedral Hereford Cathedral
Archdeaconries Hereford, Ludlow
Parishes 347
Churches 425 
Diocesan website

The Diocese of Hereford is a Church of England diocese based in Hereford, covering Herefordshire, southern Shropshire and a few parishes within Worcestershire in England; and a few parishes within Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales. The cathedral is Hereford Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Hereford. The diocese is one of the oldest in England (created in 676). It is part of the Province of Canterbury.

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  • Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
  • Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London

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Church of England Dioceses in the Province of Canterbury

Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Canterbury | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | St Albans | St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester

Church of England Dioceses in the Province of York

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