Diocese of St Albans
| Diocese of Saint Albans | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Bedford, Hertford, St Albans |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 335 |
| Churches | 411 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | St Albans Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans |
| Suffragans |
Richard Atkinson, Bishop of Bedford Michael Beasley, Bishop of Hertford |
| Archdeacons |
Paul Hughes, Archdeacon of Bedford Jonathan Smith, Archdeacon of St Albans Janet Mackenzie, Archdeacon of Hertford |
| Website | |
| stalbans.anglican.org | |
Coordinates: 51°45′07″N 0°20′20″W / 51.752°N 0.339°W
The Diocese of St Albans forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England and is part of the wider Church of England, in turn part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The diocese is home to more than 1.6 million people and comprises the historic Counties of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, or in terms of local government areas, Bedfordshire, Luton, Hertfordshire and parts of the London Borough of Barnet. It therefore ranges from small rural communities in villages and hamlets to major urban centres like Luton, Bedford, Watford and Hemel Hempstead, and includes suburban areas on London's outer reaches.
The new diocese was founded relatively recently by an Order in Council on 4 May 1877, implementing the Bishopric of St Albans Act 1875.
The diocese was established from parts of the large Diocese of Rochester, extending the new bishop's jurisdiction over more than 600 parishes in the two counties of Essex and Hertfordshire.
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