Diocese of Blackburn
Coordinates: 53°45′00″N 2°29′06″W / 53.750°N 2.485°W
| Diocese of Blackburn | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | York |
| Archdeaconries | Blackburn, Lancaster |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 211 |
| Churches | 280 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Blackburn Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Bishop of Blackburn (Bishop-designate: Julian Henderson) |
| Suffragans | John Goddard, Bishop of Burnley Geoff Pearson, Bishop of Lancaster |
| Archdeacons | John Hawley, Archdeacon of Blackburn Michael Everitt, Archdeacon of Lancaster |
| Website | |
| blackburn.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created on 12 November 1926[1] from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley. The cathedral is Blackburn Cathedral and the Diocesan See is currently vacant following the retirement of The Rt Revd Nicholas Reade, Bishop of Blackburn, appointed in 2004. On 1 March 2013, Julian Henderson was named his appointed successor.[2]
The Diocese has two Suffragan Bishops, The Rt Revd John Goddard, Bishop of Burnley, appointed in 2000, and The Rt Revd Geoff Pearson, Bishop of Lancaster, appointed in 2007.
The Diocesan retreat and conference centre is located at Whalley Abbey in the Ribble Valley, alongside the ruins of the 14th century Cistercian monastery, dissolved in 1537. The Abbey was in private possession until 1923 and has been in the possession of the Diocese of Blackburn since 1926.
Churches within the Diocese
- Blackburn Cathedral
- Bispham Parish Church
- Euxton Parish Church
- Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn
- St Mark's Church, Blackburn
- St Silas' Church, Blackburn
- Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool
- St John's Church, Blackpool
- St John the Baptist's Church, Bretherton
- St James' Church, Briercliffe
- St Peter's Church, Burnley
- Christ Church, Chatburn
- St Helen's Church, Churchtown
- St Bartholomew's Church, Colne
- St Saviour's Church, Cuerden
- St Paul's Church, Farington
- St Nicholas' Church, Fleetwood
- St Peter's Church, Fleetwood
- Christ Church, Glasson
- St Mary's Church, Goosnargh
- St Bartholomew's with St John's, Great Harwood
- St John the Evangelist's Church, Gressingham
- St Peter's Church, Heysham
- St Margaret's Church, Hornby
- St Michael's Church, Kirkham
- St. Mary the Virgin, Lancaster (Lancaster Priory)
- St Thomas' Church, Lancaster
- St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham
- St Peter's Church, Mawdesley
- St Wilfrid's Church, Melling
- Holy Trinity Church, Morecambe
- St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle
- Immanuel Church, Oswaldtwistle
- Christ Church, Over Wyresdale
- St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling
- St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde
- St Oswald's Church, Preesall
- St John's Minster, Preston
- St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester
- St Anne's Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea
- St Michael's Church, St Michael's on Wyre
- Church of St Leonard the Less, Samlesbury
- St Paul's Church, Scotforth
- St Anne's Church, Singleton, Lancashire
- St Saviour's Church, Stydd
- St Leonard's Church, Walton-le-Dale
- St Oswald's Church, Warton
- St Michael's Church, Weeton
- St. Mary and All Saints, Whalley
- St Anne's Church, Woodplumpton
- St Nicholas' Church, Wrea Green
Honorary assistant bishops
As of September 2011, the honorary assistant bishops of the diocese include the Rt Revd Alan Winstanley, former Bishop of Bolivia and Peru (Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America).[3] In September 2011, it was announced that Winstanley will move to Exeter diocese (where, presumably, he will become an honorary assistant bishop, vacating that role in Blackburn).[4]
References
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 33220. p. 7321. 12 November 1926. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Diocese of Blackburn" (Press release). Number10.gov.uk. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ Diocese of Blackburn Person details
- ^ Church Times #7749, 23 September 2011 – Appointments, p. 26
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