Diocese of Lichfield
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq mi) of several counties: almost all of Staffordshire, northern Shropshire, a significant portion of the West Midlands, and very small portions of Warwickshire and Powys (Wales).
Diocese of Lichfield Dioecesis Lichfeldensis | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Lichfield, Stoke, Salop, Walsall |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 429 |
| Churches | 582 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Lichfield Cathedral |
| Language | English |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield |
| Suffragans | Sarah Bullock, area Bishop of Shrewsbury Matthew Parker, area Bishop of Stafford Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry (AEO) area Bishop of Wolverhampton (vacant) |
| Archdeacons | Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Lichfield Julian Francis, Archdeacon of Walsall Megan Smith, Archdeacon of Stoke Archdeacon of Salop (vacant) |
| Website | |
| lichfield.anglican.org | |
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