Diocese of York
The
Diocese of York is an administrative division of the
Church of England, part of the
Province of York. It covers an area in
Yorkshire - the
City of York itself, the eastern part of
North Yorkshire, and the
East Riding.
It is headed by the
Archbishop of York, and its cathedral is
York Minster. The Diocese is divided into three
archdeaconries of
Cleveland in the north (with a
Bishop of Whitby), the
East Riding (with a
Bishop of Hull), and in the south-west the
Archdeaconry of York (with a
Bishop of Selby).
The Diocese was once much larger, covering
Yorkshire,
Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire.
In
1836 the western part (corresponding broadly to
West Yorkshire) was split into the
Ripon, which has since been subdivided into the Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds,
Bradford, and
Wakefield. In
1884 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire became part of the new
Diocese of Southwell, from which Derbyshire was split off again in
1927 to form the
Diocese of Derby. In
1914 the
Diocese of Sheffield (covering
South Yorkshire) was split off as an independent diocese.
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Church of England Statistics 2002*
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