Diocese of Lincoln

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Diocese of Lincoln
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Canterbury
Archdeaconries	Lincoln, Stow and Lindsey, Boston
Statistics
Parishes	515
Churches	640
Information
Cathedral	Lincoln Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Christopher Lowson, Bishop of Lincoln
Suffragans	Bishop of Grantham (Vacant) Bishop of Grimsby (Vacant)
Archdeacons	Jane Sinclair, Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey Tim Barker, Archdeacon of Lincoln Justine Allain Chapman, Archdeacon of Boston
Website
lincoln.anglican.org

The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.

History

The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Diocese of Lindine (or Lindsey) founded in 678. The see of Lindsey was united with the bishopric of Dorchester in the early 11th century. The diocese was then the largest in England, extending from the River Thames to the Humber Estuary. In 1072, Bishop Remigius de Fécamp under William the Conqueror moved the see to Lincoln, although the Bishops of Lincoln retained significant landholdings within Oxfordshire. Because of this historic link, for a long time Banbury remained a peculiar of the Bishop of Lincoln.

The dioceses of Oxford and Peterborough were created in 1541 out of parts of the diocese, which left the diocese with two disconnected fragments, north and south. In 1837 the southern part was transferred to other dioceses: Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire to the Diocese of Ely, Hertfordshire to the Diocese of Rochester and Buckinghamshire to the Diocese of Oxford. Also in 1837 the county of Leicestershire was transferred from Lincoln to Peterborough (and became the independent Diocese of Leicester in 1927). The Archdeaconry of Nottingham was transferred to the Lincoln diocese at the same time.

In 1884, the Archdeaconry of Nottingham was detached to form a part of the new Diocese of Southwell.

Present

By virtue of the 2009 scheme of delegation,^[1] whilst the Bishop of Lincoln exercises general oversight, the Bishops of Grimsby and Grantham^[2] were seen as leaders in mission in the north and south of the Diocese respectively until that scheme lapsed upon the 6 April 2013 retirement of the Bishop of Grimsby, which will be followed by a review of roles of bishops in the diocese.^[3] The suffragan See of Grantham was created in 1905, and the See of Grimsby in 1935.

In addition to the two sees, the diocese is divided into three archdeaconries and 22 deaneries. On 22 April 2013, it was announced that a third archdeacon had been appointed pending a pastoral reorganisation. The changes to the archdeaconries enacted by the resulting pastoral scheme were announced on 15 November:^[4]

Archdeaconry of Lincoln: Bolingbroke; Calcewaithe and Candleshoe; Christianity; Graffoe; Horncastle; Lafford; Louthesk
Archdeaconry of Stow and Lindsey: Isle of Axholme; Corringham; Grimsby and Cleethorpes; Haverstoe; Lawres; Manlake; West Wold; Yarborough
Archdeaconry of Boston: (Aveland & Ness with) Stamford; Beltisloe; Elloe East; Elloe West; Grantham; Holland; Loveden

The diocese produces a bi-monthly newspaper called Crosslincs which is edited by the Diocesan Communications Officer.

References

Church of England Statistics 2002

↑ "Instrument Delegating the functions of the Bishop of Lincoln in order to give effect to a Collaborative Working Agreement approved by the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Lincoln on 8th July 2009 and made pursuant to Section 13 Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007". Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 29 May 2012. "The Office of Diocesan Bishop ensures the territorial integrity of the Diocese so that within the area of the Diocese there is scope for other areas to be formed as Parishes, Deaneries, Archdeaconries and areas of Episcopal oversight – the Sees of Grimsby and Grantham are examples of the latter."
↑ "Diocese of Lincoln Who's Who". Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 21 May 2011. "The Area Bishops"
↑ Diocese of Lincoln – Diocesan Profile 2013 (Accessed 28 March 2013)
↑ Diocese of Lincoln – New Archdeaconries (Accessed 29 November 2013)

External links

Diocese of Lincoln website
"Lincoln (2)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.

v t e Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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v t e Diocese of Lincoln

Lincoln Cathedral Edward King House Old Palace, Lincoln

Office holders	The Bishop of Lincoln, Christopher Lowson The Bishop suffragan of Grantham (Vacant) The Bishop suffragan of Grimsby (Vacant) AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Lincoln, Philip Buckler The Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey, Jane Sinclair The Archdeacon of Lincoln, Tim Barker The Archdeacon of Boston, Justine Allain Chapman

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Christianity Deanery of Lafford

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Huntingdon (c. 1075–1837; moved to Ely) Archdeacon of Northampton (1092–1541; became Peterborough) Archdeacon of Oxford (c. 1092–1541; became Oxford) Archdeacon of Bedford (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Buckingham (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Leicester (1092–1837; moved to Peterborough) Archdeacon of Nottingham (1837–1884; moved to Southwell) Archdeacon of Lindsey (1933–1994; merged back to Stow)

Coordinates: 53°14′03″N 0°32′12″W / 53.2343°N 0.5367°W / 53.2343; -0.5367

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Diocese of Lincoln

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