For the modern titular see, see Roman Catholic Bishop of Lindisfarne.
Diocese of Durham
Dioecesis Dunelmensis
Coat of arms
Location
Country
United Kingdom
Ecclesiastical province
York
Archdeaconries
Auckland, Durham, Sunderland
Statistics
Parishes
249
Churches
292
Information
Denomination
Church of England
Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
Language
English
Current leadership
Bishop
Bishop of Durham (vacant; acting: the Bishop of Jarrow)
Suffragan
Sarah Clark, Bishop of Jarrow
Archdeacons
Rick Simpson, Archdeacon of Auckland Bob Cooper, Archdeacon of Sunderland Libby Wilkinson, Archdeacon-designate of Durham
Website
durham.anglican.org
The diocese of Durham is a diocese of the Church of England in North East England. The boundaries of the diocese are the historic boundaries of County Durham, meaning it includes the part of Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne and contemporary County Durham north of the River Tees. It contains 249 parishes and 292 churches. Durham Cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Durham, and the diocesan offices are located just outside the city at Stonebridge. The bishop lives in Bishop Auckland and has offices in Auckland Castle.
The diocese is the successor to the diocese of Lindisfarne, founded in 635, which moved its seat to Chester-le-Street in 882 and subsequently moved again to Durham in 995. Most of Northumberland and the part of Tyne and Wear north of the Tyne were part of the diocese until 1882, when the diocese of Newcastle was created.
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North East England. Since 2021 it has been part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. Durham School was an all-boys institution from its foundation...
Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert ofDurham in Durham. The cathedral is the mother church of the DioceseofDurham and seat of the...
Middleham, County Durham, in the succeeding year. For twenty years he was chaplain to Bishop Shute Barrington, in the DioceseofDurham. In 1808 he received...
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position of public preacher in the Dioceseof St Albans. On 12 December 2016, Arora was announced as the next vicar of St Nicholas' Church, Durham in the...
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created in 1537 in the DioceseofDurham, and takes its name from the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland. After the death of the only bishop in...
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1133. The diocese was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the DioceseofDurham. It was extended in 1856 taking over part of the Dioceseof Chester...
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valuable gifts. Individual dioceses also held considerable assets: the DioceseofDurham possessed such vast wealth and temporal power that its bishop became...
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