Diocese of Birmingham Dioecesis Birminghamiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Archdeaconries | Aston, Birmingham |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 162 |
Churches | 195 |
Information | |
Denomination | Church of England |
Established | 1905 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Church of St Philip |
Language | English |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Michael Volland, Bishop of Birmingham |
Suffragan | Esther Prior, Bishop-designate of Aston |
Archdeacons | Jenny Tomlinson, Archdeacon of Birmingham Phelim O'Hare, Archdeacon of Aston |
Website | |
https://www.cofebirmingham.com/ |
The Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese founded in 1905 in the Church of England's Province of Canterbury, covering the north-west of the traditional county of Warwickshire, the south-east of the traditional county of Staffordshire and the north-east of the traditional county of Worcestershire (now the central section of the West Midlands and small parts of south Staffordshire, north Warwickshire and north Worcestershire) in England.