Diocese of Derby

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.

Diocese of Derby

Dioecesis Derbiensis
The nave of Derby Cathedral
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Derby
Coat of arms
Flag of the Diocese of Derby
Flag
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ArchdeaconriesDerbyshire Peak and Dales, Derby City and South Derbyshire, East Derbyshire
Statistics
Parishes255[1]
Churches332
Information
CathedralDerby Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopLibby Lane, Bishop of Derby
SuffraganMalcolm Macnaughton, Bishop of Repton
ArchdeaconsMatthew Trick, Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire
Karen Hamblin, Archdeacon of East Derbyshire
Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales (vacant)
Website
derby.anglican.org

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:

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

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]

Until 2022 the Diocese of Derby contained these two archdeaconries: the Archdeaconry of Derby was divided into the deaneries of Derby City, Dove and Derwent, Mercia, and South East Derbyshire; and the Archdeaconry of Chesterfield, was divided into the deaneries of Carsington, Hardwick, North East Derbyshire, and Peak.[6]

Archdeacons of Derby, 2022

On 6 June 2022, the Bishop of Derby dissolved the two existing Archdeaconries of Derby and of Chesterfield in order to erect three new Archdeaconries: of Derby City and South Derbyshire, of East Derbyshire, and of Derbyshire Peak and Dales.[7] On 12 June, she collated Carol Coslett (hitherto Archdeacon of Chesterfield) as Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales; Matthew Trick as Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire; and Karen Hamblin as Archdeacon of East Derbyshire.[8] Coslett retired during February 2023.[9]


References
  1. Church of England Statistics 2002
  2. "Bishop Libby Lane named as next Bishop of Derby". Archived from the original on 19 December 2018.
  3. "Nicholls, John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 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. "Deaneries - Diocese of Derby".
  7. "New archdeacon appointments". Diocese of Derby. 3 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  8. "Collation of archdeacons". Diocese of Derby. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. "Announcements (Section: 5 January 2023)". Diocese of Derby. 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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