Diocese of Coventry

Dioecesis Coventriensis
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Coventry
Coat of arms
Flag of the Diocese of Coventry
Flag
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ArchdeaconriesWarwick, Coventry
Statistics
Parishes199
Churches245
Information
CathedralCoventry Cathedral
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
BishopRuth Worsley, Acting Bishop of Coventry and Bishop of Taunton
SuffraganBishop of Warwick (vacant; Saju Muthalaly, Bishop of Loughborough is part-time Assistant Bishop of Coventry)
ArchdeaconsBarry Dugmore, Archdeacon Missioner (Archdeacon of Warwick)
Archdeacon Pastor/Archdeacon of Coventry (vacant)
Website
Official website

The Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, and is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Warwick. The diocese covers Coventry and Warwickshire.

The diocese is divided into two archdeaconries, Warwick and Coventry. Warwick archdeaconry is then divided into the deaneries of Shipston, Fosse, Alcester, Southam and Warwick & Leamington, whilst Coventry archdeaconry is divided into the deaneries of Rugby, Nuneaton, Kenilworth, and Coventry South, East and North.[1]

The diocese was formed on 6 September 1918 from part of the Diocese of Worcester.[2]

An ancient diocese exists (now called the Diocese of Lichfield) which had the title the "Diocese of Coventry" from 1102 until 1228, then "Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield" until 1539, then "Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry" until 1837, when Coventry itself was passed to the Diocese of Worcester. There were then two Bishops suffragan of Coventry in that diocese, 18911903.

Bishops

Usually, the diocesan Bishop of Coventry, is assisted by a Bishop suffragan of Warwick, but both Sees are currently vacant. Since 6 November 2023, Ruth Worsley (Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells) is also part-time Acting Bishop of Coventry;[3] and since 9 November, Saju Muthalaly (Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester) has also been part-time Assistant Bishop of Coventry.[4] The provincial episcopal visitor (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) is the Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there.

David Evans, a former Bishop of Peru and Bolivia, has been licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in the diocese since 2003; returned to England in 1988 and retired to Warwick in 2010.[5]

Archdeaconries and archdeacons

While the diocese is divided into archdeaconries and has archdeacons like other dioceses, Coventry diocese is unique in that the two do not correlate. In 2010, the post of Archdeacon of Warwick was replaced by that of Archdeacon Missioner (Morris Rodham was appointed) and statutory oversight over the archdeaconry of Warwick was delegated to the Archdeacon of Coventry (then Ian Watson).[6] Following Watson's retirement in 2012, John Green was appointed as Acting Archdeacon of Coventry pending his installation into the new role of Archdeacon Pastor, which duly occurred on 9 December 2012.[7] These arrangements follow the Bishop's 2009 document Signposts for the Future, and the creation of the two posts of Archdeacon Missioner and Archdeacon Pastor are consistent with the suggested "transitional period" after which there will be only one archdeacon in the diocese.[8] Rodham and Green remained, legally, collated to the Archdeaconries of Warwick and of Coventry.[9] Green retired at the end of August 2017, and Clive Hogger joined him as Acting Archdeacon for July and August, then remained Acting Archdeacon after Green's retirement.[10] Sue Field was collated Archdeacon Pastor and Archdeacon of Coventry on 18 March 2018;[11] Barry Dugmore was collated Archdeacon Missioner and Archdeacon of Warwick on 6 October 2019.[12] Field was required to resign in January 2023 following disciplinary proceedings.[13]

List of churches

Location Church
AlcesterSt. Nicholas, Butter Street
AlderminsterSt. Mary and Holy Cross
AllesleyAll Saints, Birmingham Road
Allesley ParkSt. Christopher, Winsford Avenue
AlvestonSt. James
AnsleySt. Lawrence, Church End
AnstySt. James
ArleySt. Wilfrid, Rectory Road
ArrowThe Holy Trinity
AshowThe Assumption of our Lady
AstleySt. Mary the Virgin, Nuthurst Lane
Aston CantlowSt. John Baptist
AtherstoneSt. Mary, Market Square
AttleboroughHoly Trinity, Fifield Close
BagintonSt. John Baptist, Church Road
BarchestonSt. Martin
BarfordSt. Peter, Church Street
Barton-on-the-HeathSt. Lawrence
BearleySt. Mary the Virgin, Church Lane
BeaudesertSt. Nicholas
BedworthAll Saint's
BerkswellSt. John Baptist, Church Lane
Bidford on AvonSt. Laurence, Church Street
BiltonSt. Mark, Church Walk
BinleySt. Bartholomew, Brinklow Road
BintonSt. Peter
BirdingburySt. Leonard, Frankton Road
Bishop's ItchingtonSt. Michael
Bishops TachbrookSt. Chad, Church Hill
BourtonSt. Peter
BrailesSt. George, High Street
BrinklowSt. John Baptist
BrownsoverChrist Church, Helvellyn Way
BubbenhallSt. Giles
BudbrookeSt. Michael, Church Hill
BulkingtonSt. James, School Road
BurmingtonSt. Barnabas and St. Nicholas
Burton DassettAll Saints
Burton HastingsSt. Botolph
Butlers MarstonSt. Peter and St. Paul
CaldecoteSt. Theobald and St. Chad
Camp HillSt. Mary and St. John
CanleySt. Stephen
CharlecoteSt. Leonard
CheringtonSt. John Baptist
ChestertonSt. Giles
CheylesmoreChrist Church
Chilvers CotonAll Saints
Church LawfordSt. Peter
ChurchoverThe Holy Trinity
ClaverdonSt. Michael and All Angels
Clifford ChambersSt. Helen
Clifton-upon-DunsmoreSt. Mary
CombrokeSt. Mary and St. Margaret
Copston MagnaSt. John
Corley
CoughtonSt. Peter
CoventrySt. Alban
CoventrySt. Anne and All Saints
CoventrySt. Margaret, Ball Hill
CoventrySt. Peter Hillfields
CoventryHoly Trinity
CoventrySt. George
CoventrySt. John Baptist
CoventrySt. Mary Magdalen
CoventrySt. Michael (Cathedral)
CubbingtonSt. Mary
DarlingscottSt. George
DunchurchSt. Peter
EarlsdonSt. Barbara
Eastern GreenSt. Andrew
EttingtonHoly Trinity and St. Thomas of Canterbury
ExhallSt. Giles
FarnboroughSt. Botolph
Fenny ComptonSt. Peter and St. Clare
FillongleySt. Mary and All Saints
FinhamSt. Martin in the Fields
FlecknoeSt. Mark
FletchamsteadSt. James
FoleshillSt. Laurence
FoleshillSt. Paul
FranktonSt. Nicholas
Gaydon with ChadshuntSt. Giles
GrandboroughSt. Peter
Great AlneSt. Mary Magdalen
HalfordOur Blessed Lady
Hampton LucySt. Peter ad Vincula
Harborough MagnaAll Saints
HarburyHoly Trinity
HaselorSt. Mary and All Saints
HaseleySt. Mary
Hatton with HaseleyHoly Trinity
Henley-in-ArdenSt. John the Baptist
HillmortonSt. John the Baptist
HolbrooksSt. Luke
HonileySt. John the Baptist
HoningtonAll Saints
HunninghamSt. Margaret
IdlicoteSt. James the Great
IlmingtonSt. Mary
KenilworthSt. John
KenilworthSt. Nicholas
KenilworthSt. Barnabas
KeresleySt. Thomas
KinetonSt. Peter
KinwartonSt. Mary the Virgin
LadbrokeAll Saints
LangleySt. Mary
LeamingtonSt. John Baptist
Leamington HastingsAll Saints
Leamington PriorsAll Saints
Leamington PriorsSt. Mary
Leamington PriorsSt. Paul
Leamington SpaHoly Trinity
Leamington SpaSt. Mark
Leek WoottonAll Saints
LighthorneSt. Laurence
LillingtonSt. Mary Magdalene
Long ComptonSt. Peter and St. Paul
Long ItchingtonHoly Trinity
LongfordSt. Thomas
Long LawfordSt. John
Lower ShuckburghSt. John the Baptist
LowsonfordSt. Luke
LoxleySt. Nicholas
LuddingtonAll Saints
MancetterSt. Peter
Mappleborough GreenHoly Ascension
MartonSt. Esprit
Meriden & Great PackingtonSt. Laurence
Monks KirbySt. Edith's
Moreton MorrellHoly Cross
Morton BagotHoly Trinity
Napton on the HillSt. Lawrence
New ArleySt. Michael
Newbold-on-AvonSt. Botolph
Newbold on StourSt. David
Newbold PaceySt. George
NewtonThe Good Shepherd
North EndAll Saints
Norton LindseyHoly Trinity
NuneatonSt. Mary
NuneatonSt. Nicolas
OffchurchSt. Gregory
Old MilvertonSt. James
OldberrowSt. Mary
OxhillSt. Lawrence
PailtonSt. Denys
Pillerton Hersey with Pillerton PriorsSt. Mary
Potters GreenSt. Philip
Preston BagotAll Saints
Preston-on-StourSt. Mary
PrincethorpeSt Cuthbert
Priors HardwickSt. Mary
Priors MarstonSt. Leonard
Radford (North)St. Francis of Assisi
Radford SemeleSt. Nicholas
RadfordSt. Nicholas
RadwaySt. Peter
RatleySt. Peter ad Vincula
RowingtonSt. Lawrence the Martyr
RugbySt Matthew
RugbySt Oswalds
RugbyOverslade Church
Ryton on DunsmoreSt. Leonard
Salford PriorsSt. Matthew
SambourneMission Church
SherbourneAll Saints
ShiltonSt. Andrew
Shipston on StourSt. Edmund
ShotterySt. Andrew
ShotteswellSt. Laurence
SnitterfieldSt. James the Great
SouthamSt. James
SpernallSt. Paul
StockingfordSt. Paul
StocktonSt. Michael
StoneleighSt. Mary
Stratford upon AvonHoly Trinity
Stretton-on-DunsmoreAll Saints
Stretton on FosseSt. Peter
StudleyNativity of Blessed Virgin Mary
StyvechaleSt. James
Sutton under BrailesSt. Thomas a Becket
Temple GraftonSt. Andrew
ThurlastonSt. Edmund
TiddingtonSt. Peter
Tidmington
Tile HillSt. Oswald
TredingtonSt. Gregory
TysoeAssumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
UftonSt. Michael and All Angels
UllenhallSt. Mary the Virgin
Walsgrave on SoweSt. Mary
Walton D'EivileSt. James
WappenburySt. John Baptist
WarmingtonSt. Michael
WarwickChrist Church
WarwickAll Saints
WarwickCollegiate Church of St Mary
WarwickSt. Nicholas
WaspertonSt. John the Baptist
WeddingtonSt. James
Weethley HamletSt. James
WellesbourneSt. Peter
Weston under WetherleySt. Michael
WestwoodSt. John the Baptist
WhatcoteSt. Peter
WhichfordSt. Michael
WhitchurchSt. Mary
WhitleySt. James
WhitnashSt. Margaret
WillenhallSt. John the Divine
WilleySt. Leonard
WilloughbySt. Nicholas
WithybrookAll Saints
WixfordSt. Milburga
WolfordSt. Michael
WolstonSt. Margaret
WolvertonSt. Mary the Virgin
WolveySt. John the Baptist
Wood EndSt. Chad
Wootton WawenSt. Peter
WormleightonSt. Peter
WykenSt. Mary Magdalene
Wyken CroftRisen Christ

References

  1. Archived 12 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "No. 30887". The London Gazette. 6 September 1918. p. 10533.
  3. "Acting Bishop of Coventry". Diocese of Coventry. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. "Bishop Saju to support Coventry Diocese during Vacancy-in-See". Diocese of Leicester. 13 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. "Evans, David Richard John". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 25 April 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Coventry Diocese – Background Notes to the Appointment of an Archdeacon Missioner (October 2009)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  7. Coventry Diocese – A New Archdeacon for Coventry and Warwickshire Archived 12 January 2013 at archive.today
  8. "Coventry Diocese – Signposts for the Future (2009)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  9. National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #26, July 2017 (Accessed 9 September 2017)
  10. Diocese of Coventry — Appointment of Acting Archdeacon (Accessed 9 September 2017)
  11. Diocese of Coventry — Hundreds welcome our new Archdeacon Pastor (Accessed 25 March 2018)
  12. "Choral Evensong and licensing of Barry Dugmore as Archdeacon Missioner – Coventry Cathedral". www.coventrycathedral.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019.
  13. "CDM Penalties imposed (under sections: 16 | 30 | 31 )". Church of England. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

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