User:DBD/ABCD/Archdeaconries of the Church of England
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Current archdeaconries
[edit]Timeline of changes to and new archdeaconries
[edit]| Year | Events | No. of archdeaconries at end of year |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient foundations (c. 1050–1250) | Bath, Taunton and Wells in Bath & Wells Diocese; Canterbury in Canterbury Diocese; Chichester and Lewes in Chichester Diocese; Durham and Northumberland in Durham Diocese; Barnstaple, Cornwall, Exeter and Totnes in Exeter Diocese; Hereford and Shropshire in Hereford Diocese; Chester, Coventry, Derby, Salop and Stafford in Lichfield Diocese; Bedford, Buckingham, Ely, Huntingdon, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Oxford and Stow in Lincoln Diocese; Colchester, Essex, London and Middlesex in London Diocese; Norfolk, Norwich, Sudbury and Suffolk in Norwich Diocese; Rochester in Rochester Diocese; Berkshire, Dorset, Salisbury and Wilts in Salisbury Diocese; Surrey and Winchester in Winchester Diocese; Gloucester and Worcester in Worcester Diocese; Cleveland, East Riding, Nottingham, Richmond and York in York Diocese; Anglesey, Bangor and Merioneth in Bangor Diocese; Llandaff in Llandaff Diocese; St Asaph in St Asaph Diocese; Brecon, Cardigan, Carmarthen and St Davids in St Davids Diocese | 59 |
| 1109 | Ely transferred from Lincoln to the new Ely Diocese | |
| 1133 | Carlisle created in new Carlisle Diocese (from parts of Durham and York Dioceses) | |
| pre-1246 | Westminster created (unique title within Westminster Abbey) | 60 |
| pre-1248 | Man created in Sodor & Man Diocese | 61 |
| c. 1415 | St Albans created in London Diocese | 62 |
| 1540 | Middlesex transferred from London to the new Westminster Diocese | |
| 1541 | Chester and Richmond transferred from Lichfield and York respectively to the new Chester Diocese; Northampton transferred from Lincoln to the new Peterborough Diocese; Gloucester transferred from Worcester to the new Gloucester Diocese | |
| 1542 | Dorset transferred from Salisbury to the new Bristol Diocese | |
| 1546 | Oxford transferred from Lincoln to the new Oxford Diocese | |
| 1550 | Westminster Diocese abolished and Middlesex transferred back to London Diocese | |
| 1836 | Dorset transferred from Bristol to Salisbury Diocese; remaining areas of Bristol Diocese merge with Gloucester Diocese (including Gloucester archdeaconry) to form the new Bristol & Gloucester Diocese; Bristol created in Bristol & Gloucester Diocese; Berkshire transferred from Salisbury to Oxford Diocese; Richmond transferred from Chester to the new Ripon Diocese; Craven created in Ripon Diocese | 64 |
| 1837 | Bedford and Huntingdon transferred from Lincoln to Ely Diocese; Sudbury transferred from Norwich to Ely Diocese; Coventry transferred from Lichfield to Worcester Diocese; Buckingham transferred from Lincoln to Oxford Diocese; Nottingham transferred from York to Lincoln Diocese | |
| 1839 | Leicester transferred from Lincoln to Peterborough Diocese | |
| 1841 | Maidstone created in Canterbury Diocese | 65 |
| 1842 | Lindisfarne created in Durham Diocese; Gibraltar and Malta created in new Gibraltar Diocese (from areas previously under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London) | 68 |
| 1843 | Manchester created in Chester Diocese; Salisbury becomes known as Sarum | 69 |
| 1844 | Monmouth created in Llandaff Diocese; Montgomery created in St Asaph Diocese; Anglesey (Bangor Diocese) discontinued; Bangor (Bangor Diocese) renamed Bangor & Anglesey | 70 |
| 1846 | Colchester, Essex and St Albans transferred from London to Rochester Diocese | |
| 1847 | Manchester transferred from Chester to the new Manchester Diocese; Lancaster created in Manchester Diocese (though not filled until 1870); Liverpool and Westmorland created in Chester Diocese (though latter not filled until 1856) | 73 |
| 1856 | Westmorland transferred from Chester to Carlisle Diocese | |
| 1871 | Isle of Wight created in Winchester Diocese | 74 |
| 1875 | Oakham created in Peterborough Diocese | 75 |
| 1876 | Cornwall transferred from Exeter to the new Truro Diocese; Shropshire (Hereford Diocese) renamed Ludlow | |
| 1877 | Colchester, Essex and St Albans transferred from Rochester to the new St Albans Diocese; Stoke created in Lichfield Diocese; Blackburn created in Manchester Diocese | 77 |
| 1878 | Bodmin created in Truro Diocese; Southwark created in Rochester Diocese (from areas transferred from Winchester & London dioceses in 1877) | 79 |
| 1879 | Kingston created in Rochester Diocese | 80 |
| 1880 | Liverpool transferred from Chester to the new Liverpool Diocese; Warrington created in Liverpool Diocese; Macclesfield created in Chester Diocese | 82 |
| 1882 | Lindisfarne and Northumberland transferred from Durham to the new Newcastle Diocese; Cirencester created in Bristol & Gloucester Diocese; Auckland created in Durham Diocese | 84 |
| 1884 | Derby and Nottingham transferred from Lincoln to the new Southwell Diocese; Sheffield created in York Diocese; Furness created in Carlisle Diocese | 86 |
| 1888 | Halifax and Huddersfield created in new Wakefield Diocese (from parts of Ripon Diocese) | 88 |
| 1890 | Wrexham created in St Asaph Diocese | 89 |
| 1892 | Birmingham created in Worcester Diocese | 90 |
| 1894 | Ripon created in Ripon Diocese; Lynn created in Norwich Diocese | 92 |
| 1897 | Bristol & Gloucester Diocese split; Bristol transferred to the new Bristol Diocese; Cirencester and Gloucester transferred to the new Gloucester Diocese | |
| 1904 | North Wilts created in Bristol Diocese | 93 |
| 1905 | Southwark and Kingston transferred from Rochester to the new Southwark Diocese; Birmingham transferred from Worcester to the new Birmingham Diocese | |
| 1906 | Lewisham created in Southwark Diocese; Aston created in Birmingham Diocese; Tonbridge created in Rochester Diocese | 96 |
| 1910 | Rochdale created in Manchester Diocese; Chesterfield created in Southwell Diocese; Warwick created in Worcester Diocese | 98 |
| 1912 | Hampstead created in London Diocese; Hastings created in Chichester Diocese; Newark created in Southwell Diocese | 102 |
| 1913 | Doncaster created in York Diocese | 103 |
| 1914 | Essex and Colchester transferred from St Albans to the new Chelmsford Diocese; Sudbury and Suffolk transferred from Ely and Norwich respectively to the new St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocese; Bedford transferred from Ely to St Albans Diocese; Sheffield and Doncaster transferred from York to the new Sheffield Diocese | |
| 1915 | Wisbech created in Ely Diocese | 104 |
| 1916 | Sherborne created in Salisbury Diocese | 105 |
| 1918 | Coventry and Warwick transferred from Worcester to the new Coventry Diocese; Plymouth created in Exeter Diocese | 106 |
| 1919 | Craven transferred from Ripon to the new Bradford Diocese; Cirencester (Gloucester Diocese) renamed Cheltenham; North Wilts (Bristol Diocese) renamed Swindon | . |
| 1920 | All Welsh archdeaconries transferred to the Church in Wales | 95 |
| 1921 | Dudley created in Worcester Diocese; Bradford created in Bradford Diocese; Loughborough created in Peterborough Diocese; Ripon (Ripon Diocese) moved to Leeds | 98 |
| 1922 | Southend created in Chelmsford Diocese; Essex (Chelmsford Diocese) renamed West Ham | 99 |
| 1925 | Portsmouth created in Winchester Diocese | 100 |
| 1926 | Blackburn and Lancaster transferred from Manchester to the new Blackburn Diocese; Leicester and Loughborough transferred from Peterborough to the new Leicester Diocese | |
| 1927 | Isle of Wight and Portsmouth transferred from Winchester to the new Portsmouth Diocese; Surrey transferred from Winchester to the new Guildford Diocese; Chesterfield and Derby transferred from Southwell to the new Derby Diocese; Halifax and Huddersfield (Wakefield Diocese) moved to Pontefract and Halifax respectively; Basingstoke created in Winchester Diocese | 101 |
| 1928 | Dorking created in Guildford Diocese | 102 |
| 1930 | Croydon created in Canterbury Diocese | 103 |
| 1931 | Ipswich created in St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocese | 104 |
| 1933 | Lindsey created in Lincoln Diocese | 105 |
| 1935 | The Aegean created in Gibraltar Diocese | 106 |
| 1951 | Hackney created in London Diocese | 107 |
| 1955 | Bromley created in Rochester Diocese | 108 |
| 1959 | Furness (Carlisle Diocese) discontinued; Westmorland (Carlisle Diocese) renamed Westmorland & Furness; West Cumberland created in Carlisle Diocese | 108 |
| 1970 | Northolt created in London Diocese | 109 |
| 1972 | Riviera created in Gibraltar Diocese | 110 |
| 1973 | Wandsworth created in Southwark Diocese | 111 |
| 1975 | Hastings (Chichester Diocese) discontinued; Lewes (Chichester Diocese) renamed Lewes & Hastings; Horsham created in Chichester Diocese | 111 |
| 1977 | Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands created in Gibraltar Diocese | 112 |
| 1979 | Northern France and Switzerland created in Gibraltar Diocese | 114 |
| 1980 | Stafford (Lichfield Diocese) moved to Lichfield; Gibraltar Diocese renamed Diocese in Europe; Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (Diocese in Europe) renamed North-West Europe; Scandinavia created in Gibraltar Diocese | 115 |
| 1982 | Bolton created in Manchester Diocese; Prisons created | 117 |
| 1985 | Croydon transferred from Canterbury to Southwark Diocese | |
| 1986 | Kingston (Southwark Diocese) moved to Reigate; Lambeth created in Southwark Diocese | 118 |
| 1987 | Army created | 119 |
| 1989 | Charing Cross created in London Diocese | 120 |
| 1993 | Harlow created in Chelmsford Diocese | 121 |
| 1994 | Lindsey (Lincoln Diocese) discontinued; Stow (Lincoln Diocese) renamed Stow & Lindsey; The Aegean (Diocese in Europe) renamed Eastern | 120 |
| 1995 | Riviera (Diocese in Europe) discontinued | 119 |
| 1997 | Hertford created in St Albans Diocese; Sunderland created in Durham Diocese; Walsall created in Lichfield Diocese; Malta (Diocese in Europe) renamed Italy & Malta; Northern France (Diocese in Europe) renamed France | 122 |
| 1998 | Royal Navy created | 123 |
| 1999 | Portsmouth (Portsmouth Diocese) split into Portsdown and The Meon; Sheffield (Sheffield Diocese) renamed Sheffield & Rotherham; Swindon (Bristol Diocese) renamed Malmesbury; Ripon Diocese renamed Ripon & Leeds | 124 |
| 2000 | Winchester and Basingstoke (Winchester Diocese) moved to Bournemouth and Winchester respectively | |
| 2002 | Bromley (Rochester Diocese) renamed Bromley & Bexley | |
| 2005 | Wisbech (Ely Diocese) discontinued; Huntingdon and Ely (Ely Diocese) renamed Huntingdon & Wisbech and Cambridge respectively; Southwell Diocese renamed Southwell & Nottingham; Scandinavia (Diocese in Europe) renamed Germany & Northern Europe | 123 |
| 2006 | Royal Air Force created | 124 |
| 2008 | Lewisham (Southwark Diocese) renamed Lewisham & Greenwich | |
| 2009 | Salford created in Manchester Diocese | 125 |
| 2011 | Ashford created in Canterbury Diocese | 126 |
| 2013 | Southend (Chelmsford Diocese) moved to Chelmsford; Barking, Southend and Stansted created in Chelmsford Diocese; Boston created in Lincoln Diocese | 130 |
| 2014 | All archdeaconries within the abolished dioceses of Ripon & Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield (Bradford, Craven, Halifax, Leeds, Pontefract, Richmond) moved to new merged Leeds Diocese; Craven (Leeds Diocese) discontinued; Richmond (Leeds Diocese) renamed Richmond & Craven; Dorchester created in Oxford Diocese; Lewes & Hastings (Chichester Diocese) renamed Hastings; Brighton & Lewes created in Chichester Diocese; Generous Giving & Stewardship created in York Diocese | 132 |
| 2015 | Knowsley & Sefton and Wigan & West Lancashire created in Liverpool Diocese; Warrington (Liverpool Diocese) renamed St Helens & Warrington; Mission Resources created in Leeds Diocese | 135 |
| 2016 | Mission Resources (Leeds Diocese) discontinued | 134 |
| 2017 | Generous Giving & Stewardship (York Diocese) discontinued | 133 |
| 2019 | Rural Mission created in St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocese | 134 |
| 2022 | Derby and Chesterfield (Derby Diocese) discontinued; Derby City and South Derbyshire, East Derbyshire and Derbyshire Peak and Dales created in Derby Diocese | 135 |
| 2024 (date TBC) | Wigan & West Lancashire (Liverpool Diocese) discontinued | 134 |