Diocese of Rochester
| Diocese of Rochester | |
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 Rochester Cathedral | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Bromley & Bexley, Rochester, Tonbridge |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Bishops Court | Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester |
The Diocese of Rochester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. It is an ancient diocese, having been established in 604; only the neighbouring Diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England.
The current diocesan boundaries roughly match its pre-19th century extent. In 1845 the Hertfordshire territory of the Diocese of Lincoln was 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 gained part of the Diocese of Winchester, in northernSurrey, which became an independent Diocese of Southwark in 1905.
The area of the diocese incorporates:
- 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 containing a total of seventeen deaneries:
- the Archdeaconry of Bromley & Bexley
- the Archdeaconry of Rochester
- the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge
- comprises the Deaneries of Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
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