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This page is a list of Church of England Dioceses, along with their geographic location and the foundation dates of those founded in the modern era, i.e. since the reign of Henry VIII. The dioceses fall into two provinces along geographic lines: Canterbury, and York — these are shown in the table as C and Y.
| Prov.
| Diocese
| Territory
| Cathedral
| Founded
|
| C
| Bath and Wells (Bishop)
| Somerset
| Wells Cathedral |
|
| C
| Birmingham (Bishop)
| West Midlands metropolitan county (except Coventry and Wolverhampton), North Warwickshire
| Birmingham Cathedral
| 1906, from Worcester
|
| Y
| Blackburn (Bishop)
| Lancashire (except West Lancashire and part of Ribble Valley)
| Blackburn Cathedral
| 1926, from Manchester
|
| Y
| Bradford (Bishop)
| Bradford, Craven, part of Ribble Valley
| Bradford Cathedral
| 1920, from Ripon
|
| C
| Bristol (Bishop)
| Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, part of North Wiltshire
| Bristol Cathedral |
|
| C
| Canterbury (Archbishop)
| Eastern Kent
| Canterbury Cathedral |
|
| Y
| Carlisle (Bishop)
| Cumbria
| Carlisle Cathedral |
|
| C
| Chelmsford (Bishop)
| Essex, London boroughs formerly within Essex
| Chelmsford Cathedral
| 1914, from St Albans
|
| Y
| Chester (Bishop)
| Cheshire (except Warrington), Wirral, part of Stockport
| Chester Cathedral |
|
| C
| Chichester (Bishop)
| Sussex
| Chichester Cathedral |
|
| C
| Coventry (Bishop)
| Coventry, Warwickshire (except North Warwickshire)
| Coventry Cathedral
| 1918, from Lichfield
|
| C
| Derby (Bishop)
| Derbyshire
| Derby Cathedral
| 1927, from Southwell
|
| Y
| Durham (Bishop)
| County Durham (except Teesdale), Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne
| Durham Cathedral |
|
| C
| Ely (Bishop)
| Cambridgeshire (except Peterborough)
| Ely Cathedral |
|
| C
| Exeter (Bishop)
| Devon
| Exeter Cathedral |
|
| C
| Gibraltar (Bishop)
| Continental Europe
| Gibraltar Cathedral |
|
| C
| Gloucester (Bishop)
| Gloucestershire (except South Gloucestershire)
| Gloucester Cathedral |
|
| C
| Guildford (Bishop)
| Surrey (except Tandridge), part of East Hampshire
| Guildford Cathedral
| 1927, from Winchester
|
| C
| Hereford (Bishop)
| Herefordshire, South-Western Shropshire
| Hereford Cathedral |
|
| C
| Leicester (Bishop)
| Leicestershire
| Leicester Cathedral
| 1927, from Peterborough
|
| C
| Lichfield (Bishop)
| Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, North-Eastern Shropshire
| Lichfield Cathedral |
|
| C
| Lincoln (Bishop)
| Lincolnshire
| Lincoln Cathedral |
|
| Y
| Liverpool (Bishop)
| Merseyside (except Wirral), Warrington, West Lancashire
| Liverpool Cathedral
| 1880, from Chester
|
| C
| London (Bishop)
| Middlesex
| St Paul's Cathedral |
|
| Y
| Manchester (Bishop)
| Greater Manchester (except part of Stockport)
| Manchester Cathedral
| 1847, from Chester
|
| Y
| Newcastle (Bishop)
| Northumberland, Tyne and Wear north of the River Tyne
| Newcastle Cathedral
| 1882, from Durham
|
| C
| Norwich (Bishop)
| Norfolk
| Norwich Cathedral |
|
| C
| Oxford (Bishop)
| Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Spelthorne)
| Oxford Cathedral |
|
| C
| Peterborough (Bishop)
| Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Rutland
| Peterborough Cathedral |
|
| C
| Portsmouth (Bishop)
| South-Eastern Hampshire, the Isle of Wight
| Portsmouth Cathedral
| 1927, from Winchester
|
| Y
| Ripon and Leeds (Bishop)
| Leeds, Western North Yorkshire, Teesdale
| Ripon Cathedral
| 1836, from York
|
| C
| Rochester (Bishop)
| Western Kent
| Rochester Cathedral |
|
| C
| St Albans (Bishop)
| Hertfordshire (except part of Broxbourne), Bedfordshire, part of Barnet
| St Albans Cathedral
| 1877, from London
|
| C
| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bishop)
| Suffolk
| Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
| 1914, from Ely and Norwich
|
| C
| Salisbury (Bishop)
| Wiltshire (except Swindon and part of North Wiltshire), Dorset
| Salisbury Cathedral |
|
| Y
| Sheffield (Bishop)
| Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster
| Sheffield Cathedral
| 1914, from York
|
| Y
| Sodor and Man
| The Isle of Man
| Peel Cathedral |
|
| C
| Southwark (Bishop)
| Greater London south of the River Thames, Tandridge
| Southwark Cathedral
| 1905, from Rochester
|
| Y
| Southwell (Bishop)
| Nottinghamshire
| Southwell Minster
| 1884, from York
|
| C
| Truro (Bishop)
| Cornwall
| Truro Cathedral
| 1876, from Exeter
|
| Y
| Wakefield (Bishop)
| Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees, Calderdale
| Wakefield Cathedral
| 1888, from Ripon
|
| C
| Winchester (Bishop)
| Northern and Western Hampshire, the Channel Islands
| Winchester Cathedral |
|
| C
| Worcester (Bishop)
| Worcestershire
| Worcester Cathedral |
|
| Y
| York (Archbishop)
| City of York, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Eastern North Yorkshire
| York Minster |
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