Diocese of Leicester

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Anglican diocese Church of England diocese

The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese in the East Midlands, centered on the city of Leicester and its surrounding area.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
See of Loughborough 1
medieval Diocese of Leicester 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican diocese ⓘ
Church of England diocese ⓘ
archdeaconTitle Archdeacon of Leicester ⓘ
Archdeacon of Loughborough ⓘ
associatedWith Leicester Cathedral Richard III reinterment ⓘ
bishopTitle Bishop of Leicester ⓘ
cathedral Leicester Cathedral ⓘ
cathedralCity Leicester ⓘ
christianDenominationFamily Anglican Communion ⓘ
churchesCountApprox 330 ⓘ
churchmanship Anglo-Catholic ⓘ
Broad church ⓘ
Evangelical ⓘ
churchProvince Province of Canterbury ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription Gules a cinquefoil ermine pierced of the field ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature cinquefoil ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFrom Diocese of Peterborough ⓘ
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Southwell
currentDiocesanBishop Martyn Snow ⓘ
currentSuffraganBishop Saju Muthalaly ⓘ
dateEstablished 12 November 1926 ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
diocesanBishopTitle Bishop of Leicester ⓘ
established 1926 ⓘ
governingBody Diocesan Synod of Leicester ⓘ
hasArchdeaconry Archdeaconry of Leicester ⓘ
Archdeaconry of Loughborough ⓘ
hasBishopResidence Bishop’s Lodge, Leicester ⓘ
hasPredecessor Diocese of Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: medieval Diocese of Leicester
hasSuffraganSee Diocese of Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: See of Loughborough
language English ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Western Christian ⓘ
locatedIn East Midlands ⓘ
medievalSeeTransferredTo Diocese of Lincoln ⓘ
missionFocus fresh expressions of church ⓘ
parish-based ministry ⓘ
parishesCountApprox 320 ⓘ
partOf Church of England ⓘ
region Leicester ⓘ
surface form: City of Leicester

Leicestershire ⓘ
rite Anglican ⓘ
seeCity Leicester ⓘ
suffraganBishopTitle Bishop of Loughborough ⓘ
territoryIncludes Leicester ⓘ
surface form: City of Leicester

County of Leicestershire ⓘ
parts of Rutland ⓘ
website https://www.leicester.anglican.org ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Canterbury → hasDiocese → Diocese of Leicester ⓘ
Diocese of Leicester → hasPredecessor → Diocese of Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval Diocese of Leicester
Diocese of Leicester → hasSuffraganSee → Diocese of Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: See of Loughborough