Dioceses Commission (Church of England)

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Church of England body commission ecclesiastical administrative body

The Dioceses Commission (Church of England) is the body responsible for reviewing and reorganizing the Church of England’s diocesan structures, including creating, merging, or altering dioceses.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dioceses Commission	1
Dioceses Commission (Church of England) canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church of England body ⓘ commission ⓘ ecclesiastical administrative body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfWork	diocesan boundaries in England ⓘ episcopal sees and diocesan configuration ⓘ
composition	bishops ⓘ clergy ⓘ laity ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decisionProcess	makes recommendations subject to wider church approval ⓘ
domain	diocesan organization ⓘ episcopal oversight structures ⓘ
governedBy	Measures of the General Synod NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	considering the effectiveness of diocesan structures for mission ⓘ consulting dioceses on proposed structural changes ⓘ keeping diocesan boundaries under review ⓘ preparing reorganization schemes for approval ⓘ proposing diocesan reorganization schemes ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility	reorganizing diocesan structures ⓘ reviewing diocesan structures ⓘ
hasObjective	to ensure diocesan structures are effective for mission ⓘ to promote efficient use of Church of England resources through structural review ⓘ
hasPower	abolishing dioceses ⓘ altering diocesan boundaries ⓘ creating dioceses ⓘ merging dioceses ⓘ
hasScope	all dioceses of the Church of England in England ⓘ provincial structures of Canterbury and York ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pastoral Measure 1983 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAction	proposal to merge the dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield ⓘ
operatesWithin	episcopal polity of the Church of England ⓘ
parentOrganization	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	General Synod of the Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of the Diocese of Leeds ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointment ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	internal church governance ⓘ
website	https://www.churchofengland.org ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Diocese of Leeds → legallyCreatedBy → Dioceses Commission (Church of England) ⓘ

Archbishops’ Appointments Secretary → collaboratesWith → Dioceses Commission (Church of England) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dioceses Commission