Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Dioecesis Sancti Edmundi et Gippisvicensis
Coat of arms of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Coat of arms
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ArchdeaconriesSudbury, Suffolk, Ipswich
Statistics
Parishes446
Churches482
Information
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
BishopMartin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
SuffraganBishop of Dunwich (vacant)
DeanJoe Hawes, Dean of St Edmundsbury
ArchdeaconsDavid Jenkins, Archdeacon of Sudbury
Sally Gaze, Archdeacon for Rural Mission
Rhiannon King, Archdeacon of Ipswich
Rich Henderson, Archdeacon of Suffolk
Website
cofesuffolk.org

The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft). The cathedral is St Edmundsbury Cathedral, and the bishop is the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is part of the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese was formed on 23 January 1914 from parts of the Diocese of Norwich and the Diocese of Ely.[1]

Though the diocesan offices, the bishops' offices and residences are all in Ipswich – only the cathedral (and its offices) are in Bury St Edmunds – the diocese is nonetheless often referred to as St Edmundsbury diocese.[2] Both the diocese[3] and the diocesan bishop[4] are commonly called "(St) Eds and Ips."

  1. ^ "No. 28795". The London Gazette. 23 January 1914. pp. 588–589.
  2. ^ "Sample letter" (PDF).
  3. ^ Sutton – Who's Who in the Church (Accessed 24 April 2014)
  4. ^ Jeremy Fletcher: General Synod – Monday (Accessed 24 April 2014)