Diocese of Blackburn
| 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 |
Geoff Pearson, Bishop of Lancaster Philip North, Bishop of Burnley |
| Archdeacons | Michael Everitt, Archdeacon of Lancaster Mark Ireland, Archdeacon of Blackburn |
| Website | |
| blackburn.anglican.org | |
Coordinates: 53°45′00″N 2°29′06″W / 53.750°N 2.485°W
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created on 12 November 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and 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.
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.
Alongside the diocesan Bishop of Blackburn, the Diocese has two suffragan bishops, Geoff Pearson, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster, appointed in 2007 and Philip North, Bishop suffragan of Burnley, appointed in 2015.
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