Anglican Diocese of Liverpool

Coordinates: 53°23′51″N 2°58′23″W / 53.39750°N 2.97306°W

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Diocese of Liverpool Dioecesis Liverpolitana

Coat of arms
Location
Ecclesiastical province	York
Archdeaconries	Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton, St Helens and Warrington
Statistics
Parishes	211
Churches	257
Information
Cathedral	Liverpool Cathedral
Language	English
Current leadership
Bishop	John Perumbalath, Bishop of Liverpool
Suffragan	Bev Mason, Bishop of Warrington
Archdeacons	Pete Spiers, Archdeacon of Knowsley and Sefton Simon Fisher, Archdeacon of St Helens and Warrington Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, Archdeacon of Liverpool
Website
liverpool.anglican.org

The diocese of Liverpool is a diocese of the Church of England in North West England. The diocese covers Merseyside north of the River Mersey, south-west Lancashire, western Greater Manchester, and part of northern Cheshire. Liverpool Cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Liverpool, currently John Perumbalath, and the diocesan offices are also located in Liverpool.^[1] The bishop is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the bishop of Warrington.

What is now the diocese of Liverpool was historically part of the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, and became part of the newly created diocese of Chester in 1541.^[2] The diocese of Liverpool was established on 9 April 1880.^[3]

Bishops

The diocese's House of Bishops comprises the diocesan Bishop of Liverpool (John Perumbalath),^[4] the suffragan Bishop of Warrington (Bev Mason), and the honorary assistant bishop (since 1999) and pro-vice chancellor emeritus at Liverpool Hope University, Ian Stuart^[5]^[6] (a former Assistant Bishop of North Queensland.) Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priestesses) is provided by the provincial episcopal visitor (PEV) the Bishop suffragan of Beverley, Glyn Webster. He is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there.

There are two retired bishops living in the diocese:^[7]

Cyril Ashton, a retired former Bishop suffragan of Doncaster, has been a licensed as an honorary assistant bishop since his 2011 retirement to Lancaster, Lancashire (in Blackburn diocese, where he is also licensed.)
Frank Sargeant, former Bishop at Lambeth lives in Salford, Greater Manchester (and is also licensed in that diocese.)

In May 2016, it was announced that Susan Goff, Suffragan Bishop of Virginia, had been licensed as an honorary assistant bishop (called "Assisting Bishop of Liverpool") in the diocese, as part of the companion link with the American Episcopalian Diocese of Virginia.^[8] In response, the Diocese of Akure, Nigeria, has indicated that they wish to end their part of the companion link.^[9]

Archdeaconries and deaneries

Diocese	Archdeaconries	Rural Deaneries
Diocese of Liverpool	Archdeaconry of Liverpool	Deanery of Liverpool North
		Deanery of Liverpool South
		Deanery of Toxteth and Wavertree
		Deanery of Walton
		Deanery of West Derby
	Archdeaconry of St Helens & Warrington	Deanery of St Helens
		Deanery of Warrington
		Deanery of Widnes
		Deanery of Winwick
		Deanery of Wigan
	Archdeaconry of Knowsley & Sefton	Deanery of Huyton
		Deanery of North Meols
		Deanery of Sefton North¹
		Deanery of Sefton South²
		Deanery of Ormskirk

¹named Sefton until 2012

²named Bootle until 2017

References

Church of England Statistics 2002 Archived 3 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine

^ "St James House Staff". Diocese of Liverpool. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
^ Joyce M., Horn; David M., Smith; Mussett, Patrick (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 33–34
^ "No. 24832". The London Gazette. 9 April 1880. p. 2435.
^ "Announcing the next Bishop of Liverpool". Diocese of Liverpool. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "The Diocese of Liverpool – Bishops". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
^ The Diocese of Liverpool – Diocesan Synod
^ Diocesan Synod Membership – March 2013 (Accessed 24 April 2014)
^ Diocese of Liverpool — Historic Appointment of Bishop Susan Goff as Assisting Bishop of Liverpool (Accessed 5 June 2015)
^ Diocese of Liverpool — The Diocese of Liverpool and the Anglican Communion (Accessed 5 June 2015)

External links

Diocese of Liverpool official website

Anglican dioceses in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands

Church of England
(list of dioceses)

Province of Canterbury	Bath and Wells Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Coventry Derby Ely Europe Exeter Gloucester Guildford Hereford Leicester Lichfield Lincoln London Norwich Oxford Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Salisbury Southwark Truro Winchester Worcester
Province of York	Blackburn Carlisle Chester Durham Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Sheffield Sodor and Man Southwell and Nottingham York

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Church of Ireland

Province of Armagh	Armagh Clogher Connor Derry and Raphoe Down and Dromore Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Province of Dublin	Cashel and Ossory Cork, Cloyne and Ross Dublin and Glendalough Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe Meath and Kildare

v t e Diocese of Liverpool
Liverpool Cathedral Bishop's Lodge, Woolton St James' House, Liverpool
Office holders	John Perumbalath, Bishop of Liverpool Bev Mason, Bishop of Warrington AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sue Jones, Dean of Liverpool Pete Spiers, Archdeacon of Knowsley and Sefton Simon Fisher, Archdeacon of St Helens and Warrington Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, Archdeacon of Liverpool
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Wigan and West Lancashire

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