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The Diocese of Portsmouth is an administrative division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese covers south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The see is in the City of Portsmouth in Hampshire, where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury.
Founded in 1927 under King George V, from part of the Diocese of Winchester, the diocese consists of the three Archdeaconries of Portsdown (comprising the Deaneries of Portsmouth and Havant), the Meon (comprising the Deaneries of Fareham, Gosport, Petersfield and Bishop's Waltham) and the Isle of Wight (comprising the Deaneries of East Wight and West Wight).
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