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The 'Diocese of York' is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers an area in Yorkshire - the City of York itself, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and the East Riding.
It is headed by the Archbishop of York, and its cathedral is York Minster. The Diocese is divided into three archdeaconries of Cleveland in the north (with a Bishop of Whitby), the East Riding (with a Bishop of Hull), and in the south-west the Archdeaconry of York (with a Bishop of Selby).
The Diocese was once much larger, covering Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

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History

In 1836 the western part (corresponding broadly to West Yorkshire) was split into the Ripon diocese, which has since been subdivided into the Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, Bradford, and Wakefield. In 1884 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire became part of the new Diocese of Southwell, from which Derbyshire was split off again in 1927 to form the Diocese of Derby. In 1914 the Diocese of Sheffield (covering South Yorkshire) was split off as an independent diocese.

References

★ Church of England Statistics 2002

External link

★ Diocese page