Diocese of Coventry explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Coventry
Latin:	Dioecesis Coventriensis
Coat:	Diocese of Coventry arms.svg
Coat Size:	150px
Flag:	Flag of the Diocese of Coventry.svg
Flag Size:	150px
Province:	Canterbury
Parishes:	199
Churches:	245
Bishop:	Ruth Worsley, Acting Bishop of Coventry and Bishop of Taunton
Cathedral:	Coventry Cathedral
Language:	English
Archdeaconries:	Warwick, Coventry
Suffragan:	Bishop of Warwick (vacant; Saju Muthalaly, Bishop of Loughborough is part-time Assistant Bishop of Coventry)
Archdeacons:	Barry Dugmore, Archdeacon Missioner 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.

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, 1891 - 1903.

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;^[2] and since 9 November, Saju Muthalaly (Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester) has also been part-time Assistant Bishop of Coventry.^[3] 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.

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).^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] Rodham and Green remained, legally, collated to the Archdeaconries of Warwick and of Coventry.^[7] 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.^[8] Sue Field was collated Archdeacon Pastor and Archdeacon of Coventry on 18 March 2018;^[9] Barry Dugmore was collated Archdeacon Missioner and Archdeacon of Warwick on 6 October 2019.^[10] Field was required to resign in January 2023 following disciplinary proceedings.^[11]

List of churches

Location	Church
	St. Nicholas, Butter Street
	St. Mary and Holy Cross
	All Saints, Birmingham Road
	St. Christopher, Winsford Avenue
	St. James
	St. Lawrence, Church End
	St. James
	St. Wilfrid, Rectory Road
	The Holy Trinity
	The Assumption of our Lady
	St. Mary the Virgin, Nuthurst Lane
	St. John Baptist
	St. Mary, Market Square
	Holy Trinity, Fifield Close
	St. John Baptist, Church Road
	St. Martin
	St. Peter, Church Street
	St. Lawrence
	St. Mary the Virgin, Church Lane
	St. Nicholas
	All Saint's
	St. John Baptist, Church Lane
	St. Laurence, Church Street
	St. Mark, Church Walk
	St. Bartholomew, Brinklow Road
	St. Peter
	St. Leonard, Frankton Road
	St. Michael
	St. Chad, Church Hill
	St. Peter
	St. George, High Street
	St. John Baptist
	Christ Church, Helvellyn Way
	St. Giles
	St. Michael, Church Hill
	St. James, School Road
	St. Barnabas and St. Nicholas
	All Saints
	St. Botolph
	St. Peter and St. Paul
	St. Theobald and St. Chad
Camp Hill	St. Mary and St. John
	St. Stephen
	St. Leonard
	St. John Baptist
	St. Giles
	Christ Church
	All Saints
	St. Peter
	The Holy Trinity
	St. Michael and All Angels
	St. Helen
	St. Mary
	St. Mary and St. Margaret
	St. John

	St. Peter
	St. Alban
	St. Anne and All Saints
	St. Margaret, Ball Hill
	St. Peter Hillfields
	Holy Trinity
	St. George
	St. John Baptist
	St. Mary Magdalen
	St. Michael (Cathedral)
	St. Mary
	St. George
	St. Peter

	St. Andrew
	Holy Trinity and St. Thomas of Canterbury
	St. Giles
	St. Botolph
	St. Peter and St. Clare
	St. Mary and All Saints
	St. Martin in the Fields
	St. Mark
	St. James
	St. Laurence
	St. Paul
	St. Nicholas
Gaydon with Chadshunt	St. Giles
	St. Peter
	St. Mary Magdalen
	Our Blessed Lady
	St. Peter ad Vincula
	All Saints
	Holy Trinity
	St. Mary and All Saints
	St. Mary
	Holy Trinity
	St. John the Baptist
	St. John the Baptist
	St. Luke
	St. John the Baptist
	All Saints
	St. Margaret
	St. James the Great
	St. Mary
	St. John
	St. Nicholas
	St. Barnabas
	St. Thomas
	St. Peter
	St. Mary the Virgin
	All Saints
	St. Mary
	St. John Baptist
	All Saints
	All Saints
	St. Mary

	Holy Trinity
	St. Mark
	All Saints
	St. Laurence
	St. Mary Magdalene
	St. Peter and St. Paul
	Holy Trinity
	St. Thomas
	St. John
	St. John the Baptist
	St. Luke
	St. Nicholas
	All Saints
	St. Peter
	Holy Ascension
	St. Esprit
	St. Laurence
	St. Edith's
	Holy Cross
	Holy Trinity
	St. Lawrence
	St. Michael
	St. Botolph
	St. David
	St. George
	The Good Shepherd
	All Saints
	Holy Trinity
	St. Mary
	St. Nicolas
	St. Gregory
	St. James
	St. Mary
	St. Lawrence
	St. Denys
	St. Mary
	St. Philip
	All Saints
	St. Mary
	St Cuthbert
	St. Mary
	St. Leonard
	St. Francis of Assisi
	St. Nicholas
	St. Nicholas
	St. Peter
	St. Peter ad Vincula
	St. Lawrence the Martyr
	St Matthew
	St Oswalds
	Overslade Church
	St. Leonard
	St. Matthew
	Mission Church
	All Saints
	St. Andrew
	St. Edmund
	St. Andrew
	St. Laurence
	St. James the Great
	St. James
	St. Paul
	St. Paul
	St. Michael
	St. Mary
	Holy Trinity
	All Saints
	St. Peter
	Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary
	St. James
	St. Thomas a Becket
	St. Andrew
	St. Edmund
	St. Peter

	St. Oswald
	St. Gregory
	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	St. Michael and All Angels
	St. Mary the Virgin
	St. Mary
	St. James
	St. John Baptist
	St. Michael
	Christ Church
	All Saints
	Collegiate Church of St Mary
	St. Nicholas
	St. John the Baptist
	St. James
	St. James
	St. Peter
	St. Michael
	St. John the Baptist
	St. Peter
	St. Michael
	St. Mary
	St. James
	St. Margaret
	St. John the Divine
	St. Leonard
	St. Nicholas
	All Saints
	St. Milburga
	St. Michael
	St. Margaret
	St. Mary the Virgin
	St. John the Baptist
	St. Chad
	St. Peter
	St. Peter
	St. Mary Magdalene
	Risen Christ

References

Church of England Statistics 2002

http://sh1.ke2k.org/~admin884/p_p/dean_maps.htm
Web site: Diocese of Coventry . Acting Bishop of Coventry . https://web.archive.org/web/20231221205815/https://coventry.anglican.org/bishop-of-coventry/bishop-of-coventry.php . 21 December 2023 . 21 December 2023 .
Web site: Diocese of Leicester . Bishop Saju to support Coventry Diocese during Vacancy-in-See . https://web.archive.org/web/20231116174744/https://leicester.anglican.org/news/bishop-saju-to-support-coventry-diocese-during-vacancy-in-see . 13 September 2023 . 16 November 2023 . 21 December 2023 .
Web site: Coventry Diocese – Background Notes to the Appointment of an Archdeacon Missioner (October 2009) . 12 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425124513/http://www.coventrydiocese.org/upload/file/091008%20Background%20Notes%20to%20the%20Appointment%20of%20an%20Archdeacon%20Missioner%20Final%20Version.pdf . 25 April 2012 . dead .
http://www.coventry.anglican.org/news/stories/archdeaconpastor/ Coventry Diocese – A New Archdeacon for Coventry and Warwickshire
Web site: Coventry Diocese – Signposts for the Future (2009) . 12 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170909233330/http://coventrydiocese.org/upload/file/Signposts%20for%20the%20Future(1).pdf . 9 September 2017 . dead .
https://www.churchofengland.org/media/4024387/news-bulletin-26.pdf National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #26, July 2017
http://www.dioceseofcoventry.org/index.php?page_ref=1061&item=275 Diocese of Coventry — Appointment of Acting Archdeacon
http://www.dioceseofcoventry.org/index.php?page_ref=1061&item=329 Diocese of Coventry — Hundreds welcome our new Archdeacon Pastor
Web site: Choral Evensong and licensing of Barry Dugmore as Archdeacon Missioner – Coventry Cathedral . www.coventrycathedral.org.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001150709/http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/wpsite/eventinfo/event/choral-evensong-and-licensing-of-barry-dugmore-as-archdeacon-missioner/ . 2019-10-01.
Web site: Church of England . CDM Penalties imposed (under sections: 16 30 31) . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131150600/https://www.churchofengland.org/about/leadership-and-governance/legal-resources/clergy-discipline/cdm-penalties-imposed-under . 31 January 2023 . 10 March 2023 .

External links

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