Diocese of Salisbury

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Diocese of Salisbury

Dioecesis Sarisberiensis
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Flag of the Diocese of Salisbury
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Location
CountryEngland
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ArchdeaconriesDorset, Sarum, Sherborne, Wilts
HeadquartersSalisbury
Statistics
Parishes459
Churches582
Information
DenominationChurch of England
CathedralSalisbury Cathedral
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
BishopStephen Lake, Bishop of Salisbury
SuffragansKaren Gorham, Bishop of Sherborne
Andrew Rumsey, Bishop of Ramsbury
ArchdeaconsAlan Jeans, Archdeacon of Sarum
Antony MacRow-Wood, Archdeacon of Dorset
Sue Groom, Archdeacon of Wilts
Penny Sayer, Archdeacon of Sherborne
Website
www.salisbury.anglican.org
Map of the dioceses of the Church of England showing Salisbury diocese in red

The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the historic county of Dorset (which excludes the deaneries of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which fall within the Diocese of Winchester as they were historically in Hampshire), and most of Wiltshire (excepting an area in the north and Swindon). The diocese is led by Stephen Lake, Bishop of Salisbury, and by the diocesan synod. The bishop's seat is at Salisbury Cathedral.

History
See also: Old Sarum and Old Sarum Cathedral, Salisbury, and Salisbury Cathedral.

Roman Catholic

The Diocese of Sherborne (founded c. AD 705) was the origin of the present diocese; St Aldhelm was its first Bishop of Sherborne. The Diocese of Ramsbury was created from the northwestern territory of the Bishop of Winchester in 909.[1]

Herman of Wilton was appointed bishop of Ramsbury, covering Wiltshire and Berkshire, by Edward the Confessor in 1045. In or after 1059 he was also appointed Sherborne, covering Dorset, uniting the two dioceses. In 1075 he obtained approval to move the see to Old Sarum.[2] Disputes between the bishops Herbert and Richard Poore and the sheriffs of Wiltshire led to the removal of the see in the 1220s to a new site. This was chartered as the city of New Sarum by King Henry III in 1227,[3] but it was not until the 14th century that the office was described (by Robert Wyvil) as the Bishop of Sarum (episcopus Sarum).[4] The diocese, like the city, is now known as Salisbury. The archdeaconry around Salisbury, however, retains the name of Sarum.

Anglican

Reforms within the Church of England led to the annexation of Dorset from the abolished diocese of Bristol in 1836; Berkshire, however, was removed the same year and given to Oxford.

In 1925 and 1974, new suffragan bishops were appointed to assist the Bishop of Salisbury; the new offices were titled the bishops of Sherborne and Ramsbury, respectively.[1] Until 2009[5] the bishops operated under an episcopal area scheme established in 1981, with each suffragan bishop having a formal geographical area of responsibility, and being known as "area bishops". The Bishop of Ramsbury had oversight of the diocese's parishes in Wiltshire, while the Bishop of Sherborne had oversight of the diocese's parishes in Dorset. This scheme was replaced to reflect the increased working across the whole diocese by all three bishops. The two suffragans may now legally function anywhere in the diocese, and the Bishop of Salisbury may delegate any of his functions to them.

The diocese is also divided into four archdeaconries, two for each county. These are further subdivided into deaneries and parishes. Changes were made to the allocation of parishes to deaneries in 1951.[6] In 2022, the deaneries of Guernsey and Jersey were attached to the diocese.[7]

Bishops
Main article: Bishop of Salisbury

The diocesan Bishop of Salisbury is assisted across the diocese by two suffragans – the Bishop of Sherborne and the Bishop of Ramsbury. The provincial episcopal visitor (since February 2023), for traditional Anglo Catholic parishes in this diocese, who have petitioned for alternative episcopal oversight)[8] is Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry.[9]

There are several former bishops licensed as honorary assistant bishops in the diocese:

Archdeaconries and deaneries

There are twenty-one deaneries within the diocese.[13][14][7]

Sarum Use

The Sarum Rite (more properly called Sarum Use) was a variant of the Roman Rite widely used for the ordering of Christian public worship, including the Mass and the Divine Office. It was established by Saint Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury in the 11th century[15] and was originally the local form used in the Cathedral and Diocese of Salisbury; it later became prevalent throughout southern England and came to be used throughout most of England, Wales, Ireland and later Scotland until the reign of Queen Mary.[16] Although abandoned after the 16th century, it was also a notable influence on the pattern of Anglican liturgy represented in the Book of Common Prayer. Occasional interest in and attempts at restoration of the liturgy by Anglicans and Roman Catholics have not produced a general revival, however.

References
  1. The Diocese of Salisbury. "The History of the Diocese" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Church of England (Salisbury), 2015. Accessed 3 Jan 2015.
  2. Barrow, Julia (2004). "Hermann (d. 1078)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13084. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 28 February 2019. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. Easton, James. A Chronology of Remarkable Events Relative to the City of New Sarum, with the Year, and the Name of the Mayor in whose Time they occurred: Chiefly collected from the authentic Sources of the City Records, and Manuscripts of Citizens, From A.D. 1227 to 1823, a Period of 596 Years, Including the Prices of Wheat and Barley from an Early Æra: To which are added, Their annual Average Prices for 28 Years, Being from 1796 to 1823, 5th ed., p. 1. J. Easton (Salisbury), 1824.
  4. Victoria History of Wiltshire, Vol. VI, pp. 93–94.
  5. Salisbury Diocesan Synod minutes – 99th session, 7 November 2009 Archived 24 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine p. 3 (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  6. "No. 39201". The London Gazette. 13 April 1951. pp. 2065–2066.
  7. "About". Deanery of Guernsey. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  8. Beddowes, Brian. "Welcome". The See of Oswestry. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  9. "The Consecration of the first Bishop of Oswestry". See of Oswestry. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  10. "Hallatt, David Marrison". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 21 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. "Price, Peter Bryan". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 21 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. "Ind, William". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. "Map of Salisbury Diocese". The Diocese of Salisbury. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. "Deaneries". The Diocese of Salisbury. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  15. "Catholic Encyclopedia: Sarum Rite". Newadvent.org. 1 February 1912. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  16. "Photostats of Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria 2565, Sarum Missal". Bodley.ox.ac.uk. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
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