Diocese of Derby

The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby whose seat (cathedra) is at Derby Cathedral. The diocesan bishop is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Repton.

Diocese of Derby
The nave of Derby Cathedral
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ArchdeaconriesChesterfield, Derby
Statistics
Parishes255[1]
Churches332
Information
CathedralDerby Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopLibby Lane, Bishop of Derby
SuffraganBishop of Repton, vacant; bishop-designate: Malcolm Macnaughton
ArchdeaconsCarol Coslett, Archdeacon of Chesterfield
Peter Walley, Acting Archdeacon of Derby
Website
derby.anglican.org

Archdeaconries

The Diocese of Derby contains two archdeaconries: the Archdeaconry of Derby, which is divided into the deaneries of Derby City, Dove and Derwent, Mercia, and South East Derbyshire; and the Archdeaconry of Chesterfield, which is divided into the deaneries of Carsington, Hardwick, North East Derbyshire, and Peak.[2]

The Archdeaconry of Derby was originally part of the Diocese of Lichfield, but was moved to form part of the Diocese of Southwell when that diocese was created in 1884. On 7 July 1927 the archdeaconries of Derby and Chesterfield became the Diocese of Derby.[3][4]

Bishops

The Bishop of Derby is Libby Lane.[5] The diocesan Bishop is usually assisted by a suffragan Bishop of Repton (currently vacant). The provincial episcopal visitor (for traditional Anglo-Catholic parishes in this diocese who have petitioned for alternative episcopal oversight) is Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet. Derby is one of the few dioceses not to license the provincial episcopal visitor as an honorary assistant bishop.

There are three former bishops licensed as honorary assistant bishops in the diocese:

Roger Jupp, a former Bishop of Popondetta, returned to parish ministry in England in 2005. He was vicar of St Laurence’s Church, Long Eaton, from 2012 until retiring in 2018. Bishop Jupp is not an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese.

References
  1. Church of England Statistics 2002
  2. https://derby.anglican.org/en/about-us/deaneries.html
  3. Youngs Local Administrative Units of England
  4. "No. 33290". The London Gazette. 1 July 1927. p. 4207.
  5. http://www.derby.anglican.org/en/news/stories/bishop-libby-lane-next-bishop-of-derby.html
  6. "Robert Michael Cawthorn Beak". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  7. "Nicholls, John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 25 April 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  8. "Inwood, Richard Neil". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 25 April 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

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