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Diocese of Worcester
ProvinceCanterbury
Diocesan BishopBishop of Worcester
CathedralWorcester Cathedral
Archdeaconries Dudley, Worcester
Suffragan Bishop(s)Bishop of Dudley
Parishes180
Churches282
Diocesan website


The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.

The diocese was founded in around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury.

Covering an area of 671 square miles it has parishes in: In 2005 the diocese has 190 parishes with 281 churches and 163 stipendiary clergy.

The diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries:
  • the Archdeaconry of Worcester
  • the Archdeaconry of Dudley
From its foundation the diocese included southern and western Warwickshire (an area known as Felden). In 1837 the north and east of Warwickshire (Arden) which formed the archdeaconry of Coventry in the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry was transferred to the diocese of Worcester. In 1905 an area in northern Warwickshire was split off as the Diocese of Birmingham, and in 1918 an area approximating to the rest of Warwickshire was created the Diocese of Coventry.

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List of Anglican dioceses in the United Kingdom and Ireland
 Church of England
Province of Canterbury
Bath & Wells Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar in Europe Gloucester Guildford Hereford Leicester Lichfield Lincoln London Norwich Oxford Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester Saint Albans Saint Edmundsbury & Ipswich Salisbury Southwark Truro Winchester Worcester
Province of York
Blackburn Bradford Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Ripon & Leeds Sheffield Sodor & Man Southwell & Nottingham Wakefield York
 Church in Wales
Bangor Llandaff Monmouth Saint Asaph Saint David's Swansea & Brecon
 Scottish Episcopal Church
Aberdeen & Orkney Argyll & the Isles Brechin Edinburgh Glasgow & Galloway Moray, Ross & Caithness Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane
 Church of Ireland
Province of Armagh
Armagh Clogher Connor Derry and Raphoe Down & Dromore Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh Tuam, Killala & Achonry
Province of Dublin
Cashel & Ossory Cork, Cloyne & Ross Dublin Limerick & Killaloe Meath & Kildare
Anglican Communion

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A bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, assistant bishops, coadjutor bishops, Auxiliary Bishops, or metropolitans or primates.
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The Bishop of Worcester is the ordinary in the see of Worcester and has his seat in Worcester Cathedral. The diocese covers the county of Worcestershire, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, and parts of the City of Wolverhampton.
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Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England; situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. Its official name is The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Worcestershire

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      Diocese of Lichfield

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      Diocesan Bishop Bishop of Lichfield
      Cathedral Lichfield Cathedral

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      Province Canterbury
      Diocesan Bishop Bishop of Birmingham
      Cathedral Cathedral Church of Saint Philip

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      Churches 195
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