Diocese of Sheffield

53°22′55″N 1°28′12″W / 53.382°N 1.470°W / 53.382; -1.470

Diocese of Sheffield

Dioecesis Sheffieldensis
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Sheffield
Coat of arms
Flag of the Diocese of Sheffield
Flag
Location
CountryEngland
Ecclesiastical provinceYork
ArchdeaconriesSheffield and Rotherham, Doncaster
Statistics
Parishes175
Churches221
Information
DenominationChurch of England
CathedralSheffield Cathedral
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
BishopPete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield
SuffraganSophie Jelley, Bishop of Doncaster
ArchdeaconsMalcolm Chamberlain, Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham
Javaid Iqbal, Archdeacon of Doncaster
Website
sheffield.anglican.org

The Diocese of Sheffield is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York.

The Diocese of Sheffield was created under George V on 23 January 1914,[1] by the division from the Diocese of York (along with that part of the Diocese of Southwell in the city of Sheffield). It covers most of the County of South Yorkshire (except Barnsley), with a small part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, one parish in North Yorkshire and one in North Lincolnshire – an area of almost 576 square miles (1,490 km2). It is headed by the Bishop of Sheffield and its Cathedral is Sheffield Cathedral. The diocese is linked with the Diocese of Argentina.[2] Since 1990 it has been linked with the Protestant Church in Germany's Hattingen-Witten District in Westphalia.[3]

  1. ^ "No. 28795". The London Gazette. 23 January 1914. p. 588.
  2. ^ "SHEFFIELD/ARGENTINA DIOCESAN LINK > HISTORY OF THE LINK". www.sheffield-diocese.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Church Twinning". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2008.

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