Diocese of Salisbury

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Diocese of Salisbury

Dioecesis Sarisberiensis
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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
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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[edit]

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

Roman Catholic[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Churches[edit]

Not in a deanery[edit]

Deanery of Alderbury[edit]

  • Alderbury: St Mary the Virgin
  • Boscombe: St Andrew
  • Bramshaw: St Peter
  • Cholderton: St Nicholas
  • Downton: St Laurence
  • East Grimstead: Holy Trinity
  • Farley: All Saints
  • Landford: St Andrew
  • Morgan's Vale: St Birinus
  • Newton Tony: St Andrew
  • Pitton: St Peter
  • Plaitford: St Peter
  • Porton: St Nicholas
  • Redlynch: St Mary
  • West Dean: St Mary the Virgin
  • West Grimstead: St John
  • Whiteparish: All Saints
  • Winterbourne Earls: St Michael & All Angels
  • Winterbourne Gunner: St Mary
  • Winterslow: All Saints
  • Winterslow: St John

Deanery of Blackmore Vale[edit]

Deanery of Bradford[edit]

  • Atworth: St Michael & All Angels
  • Bradford-on-Avon: Christ Church
  • Bradford-on-Avon: Holy Trinity
  • Broughton Gifford: St Mary the Virgin
  • Great Chalfield: All Saints
  • Hilperton Marsh: St Mary
  • Hilperton: St Michael & All Angels
  • Holt: St Katharine
  • Keevil: St Leonard
  • Melksham: St Andrew
  • Melksham: St Barnabas
  • Melksham: St Michael & All Angels
  • Monkton Farleigh: St Peter
  • North Bradley: St Nicholas
  • Semington: St George
  • Shaw: Christ Church
  • Southwick: St Thomas
  • South Wraxall: St James
  • Steeple Ashton: St Mary the Virgin
  • Studley: St John the Evangelist
  • Trowbridge: St James
  • Trowbridge: St Thomas
  • Trowbridge: The Trinity
  • West Ashton: St John
  • Westwood: St Mary the Virgin
  • Whaddon: St Mary the Virgin
  • Wingfield: St Mary
  • Winsley: St Nicholas

Deanery of Calne[edit]

  • Blackland: St Peter
  • Bradenstoke: St Mary
  • Bremhill: St Martin
  • Broad Town: Christ Church
  • Calne: Holy Trinity
  • Calne: St Mary the Virgin
  • Calstone Wellington: St Mary the Virgin
  • Cherhill: St James the Great
  • Clyffe Pypard: St Peter
  • Compton Bassett: St Swithin
  • Derry Hill: Christ Church
  • Foxham: St John the Baptist
  • Heddington: St Andrew
  • Hilmarton: St Lawrence
  • Lyneham: St Michael
  • Tockenham: St Giles
  • Wootton Bassett: St Bartholomew & All Saints
  • Yatesbury: All Saints

Deanery of Chalke[edit]

  • Alvediston: St Mary
  • Ansty: St James
  • Barford: St Martin
  • Baverstock: St Editha
  • Berwick St John: St John
  • Bishopstone: St John the Baptist
  • Bowerchalke: Holy Trinity
  • Britford: St Peter
  • Broadchalke: All Saints
  • Charlton: All Saints
  • Charlton: St John the Baptist
  • Chicklade: All Saints
  • Chilmark: St Margaret of Antioch
  • Compton Chamberlayne: St Michael
  • Coombe Bisset: St Michael & All Angels
  • Damerham: St George
  • Dinton: St Mary
  • Donhead St Andrew: St Andrew
  • Donhead St Mary: St Mary the Virgin
  • East Knoyle: St Mary
  • Ebbesbourne Wake: St John the Baptist
  • Fifield Bavant: St Martin
  • Fonthill Bishop: All Saints
  • Fonthill Gifford: Holy Trinity
  • Fovant: St George
  • Fugglestone: St Peter
  • Hindon: St John the Baptist
  • Homington: St Mary the Virgin
  • Martin: All Saints
  • Netherhampton: St Catherine
  • Nunton: St Andrew
  • Odstock: St Mary
  • Rockbourne: St Andrew
  • Sedgehill: St Catherine
  • Semley: St Leonard
  • Sutton Mandeville: All Saints
  • Swallowcliffe: St Peter
  • Teffont Evias: St Michael
  • Teffont Magna: St Edward
  • Tisbury: St John the Baptist
  • Whitsbury: St Leonard
  • Wilton: St Mary & St Nicholas

Deanery of Devizes[edit]

  • All Cannings: All Saints
  • Bishop's Cannings: St Mary the Virgin
  • Bishop's (West) Lavington: All Saints
  • Bratton: St James the Great
  • Bromham: St Nicholas
  • Bulkington: Christ Church
  • Chirton: St John the Baptist
  • Coulston: St Thomas of Canterbury
  • Devizes: St John
  • Devizes: St Mary
  • Devizes: St Peter
  • Easterton: St Barnabas
  • Edington: St Mary, St Katharine & All Saints
  • Erlestoke: Holy Saviour
  • Etchilhampton: St Andrew
  • Great Cheverell: St Peter
  • Little Cheverell: St Peter
  • Marden: All Saints
  • Market Lavington: St Mary of the Assumption
  • Potterne: St Mary the Virgin
  • Poulshot: St Peter
  • Rowde: St Matthew
  • Sandy Lane: St Mary & St Nicholas
  • Seend: Holy Cross
  • Southbroom: St James
  • Stert: St James
  • Urchfont: St Michael & All Angels
  • Wilsford: St Nicholas
  • Worton: Christ Church

Deanery of Dorchester[edit]

Deanery of Guernsey[edit]

  • Alderney: St Anne
  • Guernsey: Chapel of St Apolline
  • Guernsey: Holy Trinity
  • Guernsey: Sainte Marie du Castel
  • Guernsey: St André de la Pommeraye
  • Guernsey: Ste Marguerite de la Foret
  • Guernsey: St John the Evangelist
  • Guernsey: St Martin
  • Guernsey: St Matthew
  • Guernsey: St Michel du Valle
  • Guernsey: St Peter Port
  • Guernsey: St Philippe de Torteval
  • Guernsey: St Pierre du Bois
  • Guernsey: St Sampson
  • Guernsey: St Saviour
  • Guernsey: St Stephen
  • St Sampson: l'Islet, St Mary

Deanery of Heytesbury[edit]

  • Bishopstrow: St Aldhelm
  • Boreham: St John the Evangelist
  • Bourton: St George
  • Boyton: St Mary the Virgin
  • Brixton Deverill: St Michael
  • Brokers Wood: All Saints
  • Chapmanslade: St Philip & St James
  • Codford: St Mary
  • Codford: St Peter
  • Corsley: St Margaret of Antioch
  • Dilton Leigh: Holy Saviour
  • Dilton Marsh: Holy Trinity
  • Heytesbury: St Peter & St Paul
  • Horningsham: St John the Baptist
  • Kilmington: St Mary the Virgin
  • Kingston Deverill: St Mary
  • Knook: St Margaret
  • Longbridge Deverill: St Peter & St Paul
  • Maiden Bradley: All Saints
  • Mere: St Michael the Archangel
  • Norton Bavant: All Saints
  • Sherrington: St Cosmas & St Damian
  • Stourton: St Peter
  • Sutton Veny: St John the Evangelist
  • Tytherington: St James
  • Upton Lovell: St Augustine of Canterbury
  • Upton Scudamore: St Mary the Virgin
  • Warminster: Christ Church
  • Warminster: St Denys
  • Westbury: All Saints
  • West Knoyle: St Mary the Virgin
  • Zeals: St Martin

Deanery of Jersey[edit]

  • Grouville: St Peter la Roque
  • Jersey: All Saints
  • Jersey: Holy Trinity
  • Jersey: St Andrew
  • Jersey: St Aubin
  • Jersey: St Brelade
  • Jersey: St Clement
  • Jersey: St George
  • Jersey: St Helier
  • Jersey: St John
  • Jersey: St Lawrence
  • Jersey: St Luke
  • Jersey: St Mark
  • Jersey: St Martin
  • Jersey: St Martin de Grouville
  • Jersey: St Martin, Gouray
  • Jersey: St Mary
  • Jersey: St Matthew
  • Jersey: St Nicholas Greve D'Azette
  • Jersey: St Ouen
  • Jersey: St Paul Chapelry
  • Jersey: St Peter
  • Jersey: St Saviour
  • Jersey: St Simon
  • Sark: St Peter
  • St Brelade: Communicare Chapel

Deanery of Lyme Bay[edit]

Deanery of Marlborough[edit]

  • Aldbourne: St Michael
  • Avebury: St James
  • Axford: St Michael
  • Baydon: St Nicholas
  • Broad Hinton: St Peter ad Vincula
  • Chilton Foliat: St Mary
  • Chisledon with Draycot Folliat: Holy Cross
  • East Kennet: Christ Church
  • Froxfield: All Saints
  • Fyfield: St Nicholas
  • Marlborough: St Mary the Virgin
  • Mildenhall: St John the Baptist
  • Ogbourne: St Andrew
  • Ogbourne: St George
  • Overton: St Michael & All Angels
  • Preshute: St George
  • Ramsbury: Holy Cross
  • Winterborne Monkton: St Mary Magdalene
  • Winterbourne Bassett: St Katherine

Deanery of Milton and Blandford[edit]

  • Almer: St Mary
  • Ashmore: St Nicholas
  • Blandford Forum: St Peter & St Paul
  • Blandford St Mary: St Mary
  • Bloxworth: St Andrew
  • Charlton Marshall: St Mary the Virgin
  • Chettle: St Mary
  • Durweston: St Nicholas
  • Farnham: St Laurence
  • Fontmell Magna: St Andrew
  • Gussage: St Andrew
  • Iwerne Courtney (or Shroton) : St Mary
  • Iwerne Minster: St Mary
  • Langton Long: All Saints
  • Milton Abbas: St Catherine’s Chapel
  • Milton Abbas: St James
  • Morden: St Mary
  • Pentridge: St Rumbold
  • Pimperne: St Peter
  • Sixpenny Handley: St Mary
  • Spetisbury: St John the Baptist
  • Stourpaine: Holy Trinity
  • Sturminster Marshall: St Mary
  • Sutton Waldron: St Bartholomew
  • Tarrant Gunville: St Mary
  • Tarrant Hinton: St Mary
  • Tarrant Keynston: All Saints
  • Tarrant Monkton: All Saints
  • Tarrant Rushton: St Mary
  • Tollard Royal: St Peter ad Vincula
  • Turnworth: St Mary
  • Winterborne Clenston: St Nicholas
  • Winterborne Houghton: St Andrew
  • Winterborne Kingston: St Nicholas
  • Winterborne Stickland: St Mary
  • Winterborne Whitechurch: St Mary
  • Winterbourne Zelstone: St Mary

Deanery of Pewsey[edit]

  • Alton Barnes: St Mary the Virgin
  • Beechingstoke: St Stephen
  • Burbage: All Saints
  • Buttermere: St James the Great
  • Charlton: St Peter
  • Chute: St Nicholas
  • Collingbourne Ducis: St Andrew
  • Collingbourne Kingston: St Mary
  • East Grafton: St Nicholas
  • Easton Royal: Holy Trinity
  • Great Bedwyn: St Mary
  • Ham: All Saints
  • Huish: St Nicholas
  • Little Bedwyn: St Michael
  • Manningford Bruce: St Peter
  • Milton Lilbourne: St Peter
  • North Newnton: St James
  • Oare: Holy Trinity
  • Pewsey: St John the Baptist
  • Rushall: St Matthew
  • Savernake Forest: St Katharine
  • Shalbourne: St Michael & All Angels
  • Stanton St Bernard: All Saints
  • Tidcombe: St Michael
  • Upavon: St Mary the Virgin
  • Wilcot: Holy Cross
  • Woodborough: St Mary Magdalene
  • Wootton Rivers: St Andrew

Deanery of Poole and North Bournemouth[edit]

Deanery of Purbeck[edit]

Deanery of Salisbury[edit]

  • Bemerton: St Andrew
  • Bemerton: St John the Evangelist
  • Bemerton: St Michael & All Angels
  • Fisherton Anger: St Paul
  • Harnham: All Saints
  • Harnham: St George
  • Laverstock: St Andrew
  • Salisbury: St Francis
  • Salisbury: St Mark
  • Salisbury: St Martin
  • Salisbury: St Thomas a Beckett
  • Stratford sub Castle: St Lawrence

Deanery of Sherborne[edit]

  • Batcombe: St Mary Magdalene
  • Beer Hackett: St Michael
  • Bishop's Caundle: (Dedication unknown)
  • Bradford Abbas: St Mary the Virgin
  • Castleton: St Mary Magdalene
  • Cattistock: St Peter & St Paul
  • Caundle Marsh: St Peter & St Paul
  • Chetnole: St Peter
  • Chilfrome: Holy Trinity
  • Corscombe: St Mary
  • East Chelborough: St James
  • Evershot: St Osmund
  • Folke: St Lawrence
  • Frome St Quinton: St Mary
  • Frome Vauchurch: St Francis
  • Glanvilles Wootton: St Mary the Virgin
  • Halstock: St Juthware and St Mary
  • Hermitage: St Mary the Virgin
  • Hilfield: St Nicholas
  • Holnest: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Holwell: St Laurence
  • Leigh: St Andrew
  • Lillington: St Martin
  • Longburton: St James
  • Maiden Newton: St Mary
  • Melbury Bubb: St Mary the Virgin
  • Melbury Osmund: St Osmund
  • Nether Compton: St Nicholas
  • Oborne: St Cuthbert
  • Over Compton: St Michael
  • Poyntington: All Saints
  • Pulham: St Thomas a Beckett
  • Rampisham: St Michael & All Angels
  • Ryme Intrinseca: St Hippolytus
  • Sandford Orcas: St Nicholas
  • Sherborne: Abbey Church of St Mary
  • Sherborne: St Paul
  • Thornford: St Mary Magdalene
  • Trent: St Andrew
  • West Chelborough: St Andrew
  • Wraxall: St Mary
  • Yetminster: St Andrew

Deanery of Stonehenge[edit]

  • Amesbury: St Mary & St Melor
  • Berwick: St James
  • Bulford: St Leonard
  • Chitterne: All Saints & St Mary
  • Chitterne: St Mary
  • Durnford: St Andrew
  • Durrington: All Saints
  • Enford: All Saints
  • Figheldean: St Michael & All Angels
  • Fittleton: All Saints
  • Great Wishford: St Giles
  • Little Langford: St Nicholas of Myra
  • Ludgershall: St James
  • Milston: St Mary
  • Netheravon: All Saints
  • Orcheston: St Mary
  • Shrewton: St Mary
  • South Newton: St Andrew
  • Stapleford: St Mary
  • Steeple Langford: All Saints
  • Stockton: St John the Baptist
  • Tidworth: Holy Trinity
  • Tilshead: St Thomas a Becket
  • Wilsford: St Michael
  • Winterborne Stoke: St Peter
  • Woodford: All Saints
  • Wylye: St Mary the Virgin

Deanery of Weymouth and Portland[edit]

Deanery of Wimborne[edit]

Closed and former churches[edit]

Sarum Use[edit]

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[20] 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.[21] 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[edit]

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  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.
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  16. ^ "The Parish of Wyke Regis, All Saints with St Edmunds". The Parish of Wyke Regis. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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