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Diocese of Salisbury

Dioecesis Sarisberiensis
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CountryEngland
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ArchdeaconriesDorset, Sarum, Sherborne, Wilts
HeadquartersSalisbury
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Parishes459
Churches582
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DenominationChurch of England
CathedralSalisbury Cathedral
LanguageEnglish
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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
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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:

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[13] 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.[14] 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.

Archdeaconries and deaneries

There are twenty-one deaneries within the diocese.[15][16][7]

Churches

Not in a deanery

Deanery of Alderbury

  • Clarendon Churches[17]
    • Alderbury: St Mary the Virgin
    • East Grimstead: Holy Trinity
    • Farley: All Saints
    • Pitton: St Peter
    • West Dean: St Mary the Virgin
    • West Grimstead: St John
    • Whiteparish: All Saints
    • Winterslow: All Saints
    • Winterslow: St John the Baptist
  • Bourne Valley Churches[18]
    • Boscombe: St Andrew
    • Cholderton: St Nicholas
    • Newton Tony: St Andrew
    • Porton: St Nicholas
    • Winterbourne Earls: St Michael & All Angels
    • Winterbourne Gunner: St Mary
  • Forest and Avon Team[19]

Deanery of Blackmore Vale

Deanery of Bradford

  • Atworth with Shaw and Whitley[28]
    • Atworth: St Michael & All Angels
    • Shaw: Christ Church
  • North Bradford on Avon and Villages[29]
  • Bradford Trinity, Westwood and Wingfield[30]
  • Faith in Our Village[31]
    • Broughton Gifford: St Mary the Virgin
    • Great Chalfield: All Saints
    • Holt: St Katharine
  • Canalside Parishes[32]
    • Hilperton Marsh: St Mary Magdalene
    • Hilperton: St Michael & All Angels
    • Semington: St George
    • Whaddon: St Mary the Virgin
  • Melksham Team[33]
  • Three in One Benefice[34]
    • North Bradley: St Nicholas
    • Southwick: St Thomas
    • Steeple Ashton: St Mary the Virgin
  • Studley[35]
    • Studley: St John the Evangelist
  • Trowbridge St James[36]
  • Trowbridge St Thomas[37]
    • Trowbridge: St Thomas the Apostle
    • Trowbridge: Holy Trinity
    • West Ashton: St John the Evangelist
    • Kingfisher Church, Castle Mead (meets in school)

Deanery of Calne

  • Marden Vale Team[38][39]
    • Blackland: St Peter
    • Bremhill: St Martin
    • Calne: Holy Trinity
    • Calne: St Mary the Virgin
    • Derry Hill: Christ Church
    • Foxham: St John the Baptist
  • Lyneham and Woodhill[40]
    • Bradenstoke: St Mary
    • Broad Town: Christ Church
    • Clyffe Pypard: St Peter
    • Hilmarton: St Lawrence
    • Lyneham: St Michael
    • Tockenham: St Giles
  • Oldbury Benefice[41]
    • Calstone Wellington: St Mary the Virgin
    • Cherhill: St James the Great
    • Compton Bassett: St Swithin
    • Heddington: St Andrew
    • Yatesbury: All Saints
  • Royal Wootton Bassett[42]
    • Wootton Bassett: St Bartholomew & All Saints

Deanery of Chalke

  • Chalke Valley Churches[43]
    • Alvediston: St Mary
    • Berwick St John: St John the Baptist
    • Bishopstone: St John the Baptist
    • Bowerchalke: Holy Trinity
    • Britford: St Peter
    • Broad Chalke: All Saints
    • Charlton All Saints: All Saints
    • Coombe Bisset: St Michael & All Angels
    • Ebbesbourne Wake: St John the Baptist
    • Fifield Bavant: St Martin
    • Homington: St Mary the Virgin
    • Nunton: St Andrew
    • Odstock: St Mary
  • Nadder Valley Churches[44][45]
    • Ansty: St James
    • Barford St Martin: St Martin
    • Baverstock: St Editha
    • Chicklade: All Saints
    • Chilmark: St Margaret of Antioch
    • Compton Chamberlayne: St Michael
    • Dinton: St Mary
    • Fonthill Bishop: All Saints
    • Fonthill Gifford: Holy Trinity
    • Fovant: St George
    • Hindon: St John the Baptist
    • Sutton Mandeville: All Saints
    • Swallowcliffe: St Peter
    • Teffont Evias: St Michael
    • Teffont Magna: St Edward the Martyr
    • Tisbury: St John the Baptist
  • West Downland Churches[46]
    • Damerham: St George
    • Martin: All Saints
    • Rockbourne: St Andrew
    • Whitsbury: St Leonard
  • St Bartholomew Benefice[47]
    • Charlton: St John the Baptist
    • Donhead St Andrew: St Andrew
    • Donhead St Mary: St Mary the Virgin
    • East Knoyle: St Mary
    • Sedgehill: St Catherine
    • Semley: St Leonard
  • Wilton Parish[48]
    • Fugglestone: St Peter
    • Netherhampton: St Catherine
    • Wilton: St Mary & St Nicholas

Deanery of Devizes

  • 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 the Baptist
  • 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

Deanery of Guernsey

  • Alderney: St Anne
  • Guernsey: Chapel of St Apollonia
  • 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

  • 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

  • Grouville: St Peter la Roque
  • Jersey: All Saints
  • Jersey: Holy Trinity
  • Jersey: St Andrew
  • Jersey: St Aubin (Albinus)
  • Jersey: St Brelade (Branwalator)
  • Jersey: St Clement
  • Jersey: St George
  • Jersey: St Helier
  • Jersey: St John the Baptist
  • 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 (Audoin)
  • Jersey: St Paul Chapelry
  • Jersey: St Peter
  • Jersey: St Saviour
  • Jersey: St Simon
  • Sark: St Peter
  • St Brelade: Communicare Chapel

Deanery of Lyme Bay

Deanery of Marlborough

  • 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
  • Winterbourne Monkton: St Mary Magdalene
  • Winterbourne Bassett: St Katherine

Deanery of Milton and Blandford

  • 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

  • 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

Deanery of Purbeck

Deanery of Salisbury

Deanery of Sherborne

  • 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

  • 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

Deanery of Wimborne

Closed and former churches

Dedications

St Mary (the Virgin) 105 – All Saints 49 – St Andrew 38 – St Peter 38 – St Michael (& All Angels) 36 – St Nicholas 35 – St John the Baptist 25 – Holy Trinity 25 – St James 20 – St Martin 16 – St John the Evangelist 15 – St George 12 – Christ Church 11 – St Lawrence 9 – St Mary Magdalene 9 – St Catherine 7 – Holy Cross/Rood 7 – St Paul 7 – St Aldhelm 6 – SS Peter & Paul 6 – Holy/St Saviour 6 – St Thomas Becket 6 – St Giles 5 – St Margaret 5 – St Barnabas 4 – St Leonard 4 – St Mark 4 – St Matthew 4 – St Stephen 4 – St Thomas 4 – St Bartholomew 3 – St Francis 3 – St Luke 3 – St Osmund 3 – St Anne 2 – St Clement 2 – St Edward the Martyr 2 – St Gabriel 2 – St John (unspecified) 2 – SS Mary & Nicholas 2 – St Peter ad Vincula 2 – St Philip 2 – SS Simon & Jude 2 – St Swithin 2 – All Saints & St Mary 1 – Holy Angels 1 – St Apollonia 1 – Ascension 1 – Assumption of Mary 1 – St Albinus of Angers 1 – St Audoin 1 – St Augustine of Canterbury 1 – St Bartholomew & All Saints 1 – St Birinus 1 – St Branwalator 1 – St Candida & Holy Cross 1 – St Christopher 1 – SS Cosmas & Damian 1 – St Cuthberga 1 – St Cuthbert 1 – St Denys 1 – St Dunstan 1 – St Editha of Wilton 1 – St Edmund of Canterbury 1 – Emmanuel 1 – St Eustace 1 – Good Shepherd 1 – St Gregory 1 – St Helier 1 – St Hippolytus 1 – St Hubert 1 – SS Juthware & Mary 1 – SS Mary & Bartholomew 1 – SS Mary, Cuthberga & All Saints 1 – SS Mary & James 1 – SS Mary, Katherine & All Saints 1 – SS Mary & Melor 1 – St Mary of the Annunciation 1 – St Mary of the Assumption 1 – St Nicholas of Jerusalem 1 – St Pancras 1 – SS Peter & Andrew 1 – SS Philip & James 1 – St Rumbold 1 – St Sampson 1 – St Simon 1 – Transfiguration 1 – St Wolfrida 1 – No dedication 11

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