Bishopric of Norwich
| Diocese of Norwich | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Lynn, Norfolk, Norwich |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 563 |
| Churches | 656 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Norwich Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Graham James, Bishop of Norwich |
| Suffragans |
Alan Winton, Bishop of Thetford Jonathan Meyrick, Bishop of Lynn |
| Archdeacons |
John Ashe, Archdeacon of Lynn Steven Betts, Archdeacon of Norfolk Karen Hutchinson, Archdeacon of Norwich |
| Website | |
| www.dioceseofnorwich.org | |
The Diocese of Norwich forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of the Bishop of the East Angles founded in 630. In common with many Anglo-Saxon bishoprics it moved, in this case to Elmham in 673. After the Norman invasion it moved to Thetford in 1070 finally moving to Norwich in 1094.
It covers 573 parishes with 656 churches covering all of the county of Norfolk save for the extreme west beyond the River Great Ouse that is part of the diocese of Ely. It includes the deanery of Lothingland (the port of Lowestoft and its immediate hinterland) in the county of Suffolk. This totals an area over 1,800 square miles (4,700 km2) with a population (2008) of some 867,000.
Like most older dioceses, the territory has been gradually reduced. Until the formation of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914, East Suffolk was included, and earlier other areas.
The Bishop of Norwich (Graham James) leads the diocese and is assisted by two suffragan bishops, the bishop of Thetford (Alan Winton) and the bishop of Lynn (Jonathan Meyrick). The suffragan sees of Ipswich and of Thetford were both created by the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 but went into abeyance after one incumbent; Thetford was next filled in 1894 and Ipswich in 1899. The See of Ipswich has been in abeyance since before the diocesan see including that city's name was created; a new second suffragan see – of Lynn – was therefore founded in 1963.
...
Wikipedia