Diocese of Derby

Diocese of Derby Dioecesis Derbiensis
The nave of Derby Cathedral
Coat of arms
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Location
Ecclesiastical province	Canterbury
Archdeaconries	Derbyshire Peak and Dales, Derby City and South Derbyshire, East Derbyshire
Statistics
Parishes	255[1]
Churches	332
Information
Cathedral	Derby Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby
Suffragan	Malcolm Macnaughton, Bishop of Repton
Archdeacons	Matthew Trick, Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire Karen Hamblin, Archdeacon of East Derbyshire Nicky Fenton, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales
Website
derby.anglican.org

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.

Bishops

The Bishop of Derby is Libby Lane.^[2] The diocesan Bishop is assisted by a suffragan Bishop of Repton (Malcolm Macnaughton). The provincial episcopal visitor (for traditional Anglo-Catholic parishes in this diocese who have petitioned for alternative episcopal oversight) is the Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet. Derby is one of the few dioceses not to license the provincial episcopal visitor as an honorary assistant bishop.

There is one former bishop licensed as honorary assistant bishops in the diocese:

• 2008–present: retired former Bishop of Sheffield Jack Nicholls lives in Chapel-en-le-Frith and is also licensed in neighbouring Diocese of Manchester.^[3]

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. Jupp is not an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese.

Archdeaconries

Further information: Archdeacons in the Diocese of Derby

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.^[4][5] In 2022, the archdeaconries of Derby and of Chesterfield were dissolved and three new archdeaconries erected: of Derby City and South Derbyshire, of East Derbyshire, and of Derbyshire Peak and Dales.^[6]

References

1. "Church of England Statistics 2002". Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
2. "Bishop Libby Lane named as next Bishop of Derby". Archived from the original on 19 December 2018.
3. "Nicholls, John". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 25 April 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. Youngs Local Administrative Units of England
5. "No. 33290". The London Gazette. 1 July 1927. p. 4207.
6. "New archdeacon appointments". Diocese of Derby. 3 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

External links

• Official website

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