Diocese of Salisbury | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Archdeaconries | Dorset, Sarum, Sherborne, Wilts |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 459 |
Churches | 582 |
Information | |
Cathedral | Salisbury Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Nick Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury |
Suffragans |
Ed Condry, Bishop of Ramsbury Karen Gorham, Bishop of Sherborne |
Archdeacons |
Alan Jeans, Archdeacon of Sarum Paul Taylor, Archdeacon of Sherborne Antony MacRow-Wood, Archdeacon of Dorset Sue Groom, Archdeacon of Wilts |
Website | |
salisburyanglican.org.uk |
Coordinates: 51°03′54″N 1°47′53″W / 51.065°N 1.798°W
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of Dorset (excepting the deaneries of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which fall within the Diocese of Winchester), and most of Wiltshire (excepting a part in the north and Swindon). The diocese is led by the Bishop of Salisbury (Nick Holtam) and the diocesan synod. The bishop's seat is at Salisbury Cathedral.
The Diocese of Sherborne (founded c. AD 705) was the origin of the present diocese; St Aldhelm was its first Bishop of Sherborne. The Diocese of Ramsbury was created from the northwestern territory of the Bishop of Winchester in 909.