| Diocese of Manchester | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | York |
| Archdeaconries | Bolton, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 292 |
| Churches | 353 |
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| Cathedral | Manchester Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester |
| Suffragans | Chris Edmondson, Bishop of Bolton Mark Davies, Bishop of Middleton |
| Archdeacons | Cherry Vann, Archdeacon of Rochdale David Bailey, Archdeacon of Bolton Mark Ashcroft, Archdeacon of Manchester David Sharples, Archdeacon of Salford |
| Website | |
| manchester.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of Manchester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, England. Based in the city of Manchester, the diocese covers much of the county of Greater Manchester and small areas of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.
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The Diocese of Manchester was founded in 1847, having previously been part of the Diocese of Chester. It originally covered the historic hundreds of Salford, Blackburn, Leyland and Amounderness. However, with the foundation of the Diocese of Blackburn in 1926, which took the three northern hundreds, Manchester was left with just the hundred of Salford. The final boundary change to the diocese was by annexing Wythenshawe from the Diocese of Chester.[1]
At the same time the diocese was founded, the collegiate church in Manchester was elevated to cathedral status to become the Cathedral Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George where the bishop's throne (cathedra) is located.[2]
The diocese is divided into four archdeaconries, each divided into a number of deaneries.[3]
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Archdeaconry of Bolton
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Archdeanonry of Rochdale
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Archdeanonry of Salford
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The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the diocese and is assisted by the suffragan bishops of Bolton and Middleton.[1]
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