Anglican Diocese of Southwark
Diocese of Southwark Dioecesis Southwarcensis | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham & Greenwich, Reigate, Southwark, Wandsworth |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 300 |
| Churches | 370 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Southwark Cathedral |
| Language | English |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark |
| Suffragans | Rosemarie Mallett, area Bishop of Croydon Martin Gainsborough, area Bishop of Kingston Alastair Cutting, area Bishop of Woolwich |
| Archdeacons | Simon Gates, Archdeacon of Lambeth Jonathan Sedgwick, Archdeacon of Southwark Greg Prior, Archdeacon of Croydon Chigor Chike, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich Bridget Shepherd, Archdeacon of Wandsworth Geoff Dumbreck, Archdeacon-designate of Reigate |
| Website | |
| southwark.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of Southwark (/ˈsʌðərk/ ⓘ SUDH-ərk) is one of the 42 dioceses of the Church of England, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. It was created on 1 May 1905 from part of the ancient Diocese of Rochester that was served by a suffragan bishop of Southwark from 1891 to 1905. Before 1877, most of the area was part of the ancient Diocese of Winchester, with a small part near the southern end of the London Bridge being part of the ancient Diocese of London.
The cathedral parish is the 13th century, gothic Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie.