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is an administrative division of the

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, part of the

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. The Diocese of Sheffield was created under

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on 23 January 1914, by the division from the

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(along with that part of the

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in the city of Sheffield). It covers most of the County of

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(except

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), with a small part of the

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, one parish in

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and one in

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– an area of almost . It is headed by the

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and its

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. The diocese is linked with the Diocese of Argentina. Since 1990 it has been linked with the

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's Hattingen-Witten District in Westphalia.

Organisation

Bishops

The diocesan Bishop of Sheffield (

Pete Wilcox Peter Jonathan Wilcox (born 1961) is a British Anglican bishop. Since June 2017, he has been the bishop of Sheffield in the Church of England. He was previously the dean of Liverpool from 2012 to 2017. Early life and education Wilcox was born ...

) is the ordinary of the diocese and is assisted throughout the diocese by a Bishop suffragan of Doncaster (currently vacant; bishop-designate:

Sophie Jelley Sophie Rebecca Jelley ( Capitanchik; born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2020, she has been Bishop of Doncaster in the Diocese of Sheffield. Biography Jelley was raised in Brighton and studied theology and religious studie ...

Alternative episcopal oversight A provincial episcopal visitor (PEV), popularly known as a flying bishop, is a Church of England bishop assigned to minister to many of the clergy, laity and parishes who on grounds of theological conviction, "are unable to receive the ministry of ...

(for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) is provided by the

provincial episcopal visitor A provincial episcopal visitor (PEV), popularly known as a flying bishop, is a Church of England bishop assigned to minister to many of the clergy, laity and parishes who on grounds of theological conviction, "are unable to receive the ministry of ...

(PEV) the Bishop suffragan of Beverley,

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. He is licensed as an

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of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there. Besides Webster,

David Hawtin David Christopher Hawtin (born 7 June 1943) was the fourth Bishop of Repton from 1999 to 2006; and from then on an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Sheffield. Early life and education Hawtin was born on 7 June 1943. He was educated at ...

, former Bishop suffragan of Repton has lived in Greenhill since 2007 and is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop.

Archdeaconries and deaneries

The Diocese is subdivided into twelve

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, split between two

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ries: *including Cathedral

List of churches

Outside deanery structures

Deanery of Adwick-le-Street

Deanery of Doncaster

Deanery of West Doncaster

¹in Crockfords this church is part of the Adwick-le-Street deanery

Deanery of Snaith and Hatfield

Deanery of Tankersley

Deanery of Wath

Deanery of Attercliffe

¹in Crockfords these churches are placed in Ecclesall Deanery

Deanery of Ecclesall

¹these four clergy are also licensed as curates in each other's benefices

Deanery of Ecclesfield

Website
www.ecclesfielddeanery.co.uk

Deanery of Hallam

¹these clergy are also licensed as curates in each other's benefices

Deanery of Laughton

Deanery of Rotherham

References

Bibliography

Church of England Statistics 2002

External links

The diocese's home page
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