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Diocese of Derby: Facts and Statistics

Here are some facts and figures about the Diocese of Derby.

  • All the Anglican (Church of England) churches in the UK fall into either the province of Canterbury, or the province of York. The Diocese of Derby is in the Canterbury province. Read more about the Church of England and how it is structured on www.cofe.anglican.org
  • The geographical boundaries of the Diocese of Derby and the County of Derbyshire are virtually identical.
  • The geographical area of the Diocese is around 997 square miles.
  • Its population is around 1,056,000 (the City of Derby is around 261,400).
    (Source- Population of local authorities from Census date 2021)
  • There are 255 parishes.
  • There are 330 Church of England churches in the diocese.
  • There are 220 licensed clergy (150 stipendiary 70 NSM).
  • There are 70+ licensed lay readers.
  • Derby was founded as a city in 1977.
  • The Collegiate and Parish Church of All Saints became a Cathedral on Thursday, 7 July, 1927, although not hallowed until Friday, 27 October, 1927. It cost £10,000 to adapt the church into a Cathedral.
  • The Diocese is divided into three Archdeaconries: Derbyshire Peak and Dales, East Derbyshire and Derby City and South Derbyshire.
  • The Diocese is divided further into eight Deaneries: Peak, Carsington, and Dove and Derwent in Derbyshire Peak and Dales; North East, Hardwick, and South East in East Derbyshire; Derby City and Mercia in the Archdeaconry of Derby City and South Derbyshire. 
  • Since the Diocese was legally inaugurated in 1927, there have been eight diocesan bishops
    • Edmund Pearce - 1927 - 1936
    • Alfred Rawlinson - 1936- 1959
    • Geoffrey Allen - 1959 - 1969
    • Cyril Bowles - 1969 - 1988
    • Peter Dawes - 1988 - 1995
    • Jonathan Bailey - 1995 - 2005
    • Alastair Redfern - 2005 - 2018
    • Libby Lane - 2019 - present
  • There have been two suffragan (or assistant) Bishops of Derby (when Derby was part of the Southwell Diocese before 1927):
    • Edward Ash Were - appointed 1889
    • Charles Thomas Abraham - appointed 1909
  • There have been seven Bishops of Repton:
    • William Warren Hunt - 1965 - 1977
    • Stephen Edmund Verney - 1977 - 1985
    • Francis Henry Arthur Richmond -1986 - 1999
    • David Christopher Hawtin - 1999 - 2007
    • Humphrey Southern -  2007 - 2015
    • Jan McFarlane -  2016 - 2020
    • Malcolm Macnaughton -  2021 - present
Last modified on Friday, 11 August 2023 10:47