Diocese of Lincoln

Coordinates: 53°14′03″N 0°32′12″W / 53.2343°N 0.5367°W / 53.2343; -0.5367
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For the American Catholic diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln.

Diocese of Lincoln

Dioecesis Lincolniensis
Archdeacon of Boston
Gavin Kirk, Archdeacon of Lincoln
Aly Buxton, Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey
Website
www.lincoln.anglican.org

The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.

History

Dioceses of Henry VIII. Lincoln is the large green area, with Oxford and Peterborough marked subdivisions.

The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation

peculiar of the Bishop of Lincoln. The modern diocese remains notoriously extensive, having been reportedly referred to by Bob Hardy, Bishop of Lincoln, as "2,000 square miles of bugger all" in 2002.[1]

The dioceses of Oxford and Peterborough were created in 1541 out of parts of the diocese, which left the diocese with two disconnected fragments, north and south. In 1837 the southern part was transferred to other dioceses: Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire to the Diocese of Ely, Hertfordshire to the Diocese of Rochester and Buckinghamshire to the Diocese of Oxford. Also in 1837, the county of Leicestershire was transferred from Lincoln to Peterborough (and became the independent Diocese of Leicester in 1927). The Archdeaconry of Nottingham was transferred to the Lincoln diocese at the same time.

In 1884, the Archdeaconry of Nottingham was detached to form a part of the new

Diocese of Southwell
.

Organisation

Bishops

By virtue of the 2009 scheme of delegation,[2] whilst the Bishop of Lincoln exercises general oversight, the Bishops of Grimsby and of Grantham[3] were seen as leaders in mission in the north and south of the Diocese respectively until that scheme lapsed upon the 6 April 2013 retirement of the Bishop of Grimsby, which was followed by a review of roles of bishops in the diocese.[4] The suffragan See of Grantham was created in 1905, and the See of Grimsby in 1935. It would seem that the decision to not fill the suffragan see of Grantham was taken at some point,[5] but later reversed.

honorary assistant bishops
:

A map of the deaneries in the Diocese of Lincoln

Archdeaconries

The diocese is divided into three archdeaconries and 22 deaneries. On 22 April 2013, it was announced that a third archdeacon had been appointed pending a pastoral reorganisation. The changes to the archdeaconries enacted by the resulting pastoral scheme were announced on 15 November:[12]

The diocese produces a bi-monthly newspaper, Crosslincs.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lincolnshire Echo — Thousands attend emotional farewell to the Bishop of Lincoln (Accessed 18 June 2016)
  2. ^ "Instrument Delegating the functions of the Bishop of Lincoln in order to give effect to a Collaborative Working Agreement approved by the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Lincoln on 8th July 2009 and made pursuant to Section 13 Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007". Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 29 May 2012. The Office of Diocesan Bishop ensures the territorial integrity of the Diocese so that within the area of the Diocese there is scope for other areas to be formed as Parishes, Deaneries, Archdeaconries and areas of Episcopal oversight – the Sees of Grimsby and Grantham are examples of the latter.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Diocese of Lincoln Who's Who". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2011. The Area Bishops
  4. ^ Diocese of Lincoln – Diocesan Profile 2013 Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 28 March 2013)
  5. ^ Diocese of Lincoln – Who's Who (Archived, 16 October 2013) (Accessed 2 April 2014)
  6. ^ "Gillion, Alan Robert". Who's Who (December 2019 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 April 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Tustin, David". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ crosslincs (Diocese of Lincoln newspaper) – No. 38, Lent 2013 Archived 24 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  9. ^ "Rossdale, David Douglas James". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ BBC News – Bishop of Grantham Tim Ellis steps down (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  11. ^ "Ellis, Timothy William". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ Diocese of Lincoln – New Archdeaconries Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 29 November 2013)

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