Diocese of Leicester

Diocese of Leicester

Dioecesis Leicestriensis
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Leicester
Coat of arms
Flag of the Diocese of Leicester
Flag
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ArchdeaconriesLeicester, Loughborough
Statistics
Parishes234
Churches324
Information
CathedralLeicester Cathedral, 680–c. 870 & 1927–present
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
BishopMartyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester
SuffraganSaju Muthalaly, Bishop of Loughborough
ArchdeaconsClaire Wood, Archdeacon of Loughborough
Richard Worsfold, Archdeacon of Leicester
Website
leicester.anglican.org

The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese based in Leicester and including the current county of Leicestershire.[1] The cathedral is Leicester Cathedral, where the Bishop of Leicester has his episcopal chair.

The diocese is divided into two archdeaconries, the Archdeaconry of Leicester in the east of the county and the Archdeaconry of Loughborough in the west. The former is divided into the rural deaneries of City of Leicester; Framland (Melton Mowbray); Gartree First and Second; and Goscote. The latter is divided into the rural deaneries of Akeley East, South and West; Guthlaxton; and Sparkenhoe East and West.

The diocese owns a retreat house at Launde Abbey near East Norton.

  1. ^ The County of Rutland was administered by Leicestershire from 1974 to 1997 but remained in the Diocese of Peterborough and continued to form part of the Archdeaconry of Oakham