Diocese of Chichester
50°50′11″N 0°46′51″W / 50.8363°N 0.7808°W
Diocese of Chichester Dioecesis Cicestrensis | |
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Nave of Chichester Cathedral | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Chichester, Horsham, Hastings, Brighton & Lewes |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 365 |
| Churches | 500 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Chichester Cathedral (1075–present) Selsey Abbey (681–1075) |
| Language | English |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Martin Warner |
| Suffragans | Ruth Bushyager, Bishop of Horsham Will Hazlewood, Bishop of Lewes |
| Archdeacons | Martin Lloyd Williams, Archdeacon of Brighton & Lewes Angela Martin, Archdeacon of Horsham Tom Carpenter, Archdeacon-designate of Chichester Archdeacon of Hastings (vacant) |
| Website | |
| chichester.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. It was founded in 681 as the ancient Diocese of Selsey, which was based at Selsey Abbey, until the see was translated to Chichester in 1075. The cathedral is Chichester Cathedral and the diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Chichester. The diocese is in the Province of Canterbury.