Diocese of Blackburn
Coordinates: 53°45′00″N 2°29′06″W / 53.750°N 2.485°W / 53.750; -2.485
Diocese of Blackburn | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | York |
Archdeaconries | Blackburn, Lancaster |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 211 |
Churches | 280 |
Information | |
Cathedral | Blackburn Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn |
Suffragans | Philip North, Bishop of Burnley Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster |
Archdeacons | Michael Everitt, Archdeacon of Lancaster Mark Ireland, Archdeacon of Blackburn |
Website | |
blackburn.anglican.org |
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created on 12 November 1926[1] from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool and Burnley, the cities of Lancaster and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley. The cathedral is Blackburn Cathedral and the current Bishop of Blackburn is Julian Henderson.[2]
The diocesan retreat and conference centre is located at Whalley Abbey in the Ribble Valley, alongside the ruins of the 14th-century Cistercian monastery, dissolved in 1537. The abbey was in private possession until 1923 and has been in the possession of the Diocese of Blackburn since 1926.
Contents
1 Bishops
2 Archdeaconries and deaneries
3 Churches within the diocese
4 References
5 External links
Bishops
Alongside the diocesan Bishop of Blackburn, the diocese has two suffragan bishops: Jill Duff, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster, consecrated in 2018; and Philip North, Bishop suffragan of Burnley, appointed in 2015.
- Since 1994, Michael Vickers, retired area Bishop of Colchester, has been licensed to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the diocese. He lives in Scotforth, Lancaster.[3]
Cyril Ashton, a retired former Bishop suffragan of Doncaster has been licensed since his 2011 retirement to Lancaster.[4]
- Retired former Archbishop of York David Hope lives in Hellifield, N. Yorks (in the neighbouring Diocese of Leeds) and is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in Blackburn diocese.[5]
Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese which reject the ministry of priests who are women) is provided by Philip North, Bishop suffragan of Burnley.
Archdeaconries and deaneries
Diocese | Archdeaconries | Rural Deaneries |
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Diocese of Blackburn | Archdeaconry of Blackburn | Deanery of Accrington |
Deanery of Blackburn with Darwen | ||
Deanery of Burnley | ||
Deanery of Chorley | ||
Deanery of Leyland | ||
Deanery of Pendle | ||
Deanery of Whalley | ||
Archdeaconry of Lancaster | Deanery of Blackpool | |
Deanery of Garstang | ||
Deanery of Kirkham | ||
Deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe | ||
Deanery of Poulton | ||
Deanery of Preston | ||
Deanery of Tunstall |
Churches within the diocese
- St Paul’s Church, Adlington
- St Paul's Church, Caton-with-Littledale
- Bispham Parish Church
- Blackburn Cathedral
- St Andrew's Church, Ashton-on-Ribble
- Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn
- St Mark's Church, Blackburn
- St Silas' Church, Blackburn
- Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool
- St John's Church, Blackpool
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Bolton-by-Bowland
- St John the Baptist's Church, Bretherton
- St James' Church, Briercliffe
- St Peter's Church, Burnley
- Christ Church, Chatburn
- St Laurence's Church, Chorley
- St Helen's Church, Churchtown
- St Bartholomew's Church, Colne
- St Saviour's Church, Cuerden
- St Mark's Church, Dolphinholme
- Euxton Parish Church
- St Paul's Church, Farington
- St Nicholas' Church, Fleetwood
- St Peter's Church, Fleetwood
- St Mary the Virgin's Church, Gisburn
- Christ Church, Glasson
- St Mary's Church, Goosnargh
St Bartholomew's with St John's, Great Harwood
- All Hallows Church, Great Mitton
- St John the Evangelist's Church, Gressingham
- St Ambrose's Church, Grindleton
- St Peter's Church, Heysham
- St Margaret's Church, Hornby
- St John the Evangelist's Church, Hurst Green
- St Michael's Church, Kirkham
- Christ Church, Lancaster
- St. Mary the Virgin, Lancaster (Lancaster Priory)
- St Thomas' Church, Lancaster
- St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham
- St Peter's Church, Mawdesley
- St Wilfrid's Church, Melling
- Holy Trinity Church, Morecambe
- St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle
- Immanuel Church, Oswaldtwistle
- Christ Church, Over Wyresdale
- St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling
- St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde
- St Oswald's Church, Preesall
- All Saints Church, Preston
- St John's Minster, Preston
- St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester
- St Anne's Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea
- St Michael's Church, St Michael's on Wyre
- Church of St Leonard the Less, Samlesbury
- St Paul's Church, Scotforth
- St Anne's Church, Singleton
- St Saviour's Church, Stydd
- St Helen's Church, Waddington
- St Leonard's Church, Walton-le-Dale
- St Oswald's Church, Warton
- St Michael's Church, Weeton
- St Catherine's Church, West Bradford
- St. Mary and All Saints, Whalley
- St Michael's Church, Whittington
- St Anne's Church, Woodplumpton
- St Nicholas' Church, Wrea Green
References
- Church of England Statistics 2002
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^ "Diocese of Blackburn" (Press release). Number10.gov.uk. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
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"Michael Edwin Vickers". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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"Cyril Guy Ashton". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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"David Michael Hope". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
External links
- Official website