The Diocese

Diocese

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 of Sheffield

Sheffield

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is an administrative division of the Church of England

Church of England

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, part of the Province of York

Province of York

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The Diocese of Sheffield was formed on January 23, 1914, by the division from the Diocese of York

Diocese of York

The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire....

 (along with that part of the Diocese of Southwell in the city of Sheffield). It covers most of the County of South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

 (except Barnsley

Barnsley

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), with a small part of the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

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, one parish in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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 and one in North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

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 – an area of almost 576 square miles (1,491.8 km²). It is headed by the Bishop of Sheffield

Bishop of Sheffield

The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York.The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. The only suffragan bishop of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing the diocese...

 and its Cathedral

Cathedral

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 is Sheffield Cathedral

Sheffield Cathedral

Sheffield Cathedral is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was elevated to cathedral status when the diocese was created in 1914...

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The diocese is linked with the Diocese of Argentina.. Since 1990 it has been linked with the Evangelical Church in Germany

Evangelical Church in Germany

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's Hattingen-Witten District in Westphalia.

The Diocese is subdivided into 12 deaneries

Dean (religion)

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, split between two archdeacon

Archdeacon

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ries:

• Archdeaconry of Sheffield and Rotherham (originally Archdeaconry of Sheffield) (Archdeacon:Martyn Snow)
  • Attercliffe
  • Ecclesall
  • Ecclesfield
  • Hallam
  • Laughton
  • Rotherham
• Archdeaconry of Doncaster (Archdeacon: to end 2011 Bob Fitzharris, Jan 2012 onwards Archdeacon designate Steve Wilcockson)
  • Adwick-le-Street
  • Doncaster
  • Snaith & Hatfield
  • Tankersley
  • Wath
  • West Doncaster

External links

• The diocese's home page