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Diocese of Rochester
Province	Canterbury
Bishop	Bishop of Rochester
Cathedral	Rochester Cathedral
Archdeaconries	Bromley & Bexley, Rochester, Tonbridge
Suffragan Bishop(s)	Tonbridge
Parishes	218
Churches	264
Website	http://www.rochester.anglican.org/

The Diocese of Rochester is ancient, having been established in 604; only the neighbouring Diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England. The diocese is located in South-East England and forms part of the Province of Canterbury.

The Rochester diocese includes 264 churches with parishes in:

• the western part of the county of Kent
• the London Borough of Bexley
• the London Borough of Bromley

The diocese is divided into three archdeaconries:

• the Archdeaconry of Bromley and Bexley (Archdeacon: The Venerable Paul Wright)
• the Archdeaconry of Rochester (Archdeacon: The Venerable Peter Lock)
• the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge (Archdeacon: The Venerable Clive Mansell)

The current territory of the diocese roughly matches its pre-19th century extent. In 1845 the Hertfordshire parts of the Diocese of Lincoln were added to Rochester, followed in 1846 by Essex from the Diocese of London. In 1877 Essex and Hertfordshire became the new Diocese of St Albans. It also picked up part of the Diocese of Winchester, in northern Surrey, which became an independent Diocese of Southwark in 1905.

The current diocesan bishop, the Bishop of Rochester, is the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali. There is also a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Tonbridge, the Right Reverend Brian Castle.

References

• Church of England Statistics 2002

See also

• Bishop of Rochester
• Rochester Cathedral

External links

• Diocesan website
• Church In Society is a community charity associated with the diocese of Canterbury and Rochester

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Coordinates: 51°23′20″N 0°30′12″E / 51.38889°N 0.50333°E / 51.38889; 0.50333