Diocesan information and resources


Church Explorer
This most northern part of England has a rich Christian inheritance. Not surprisingly, the Diocese is blessed with many beautiful churches, 245 in all, served by 200 clergy , over 100 licensed Readers and a growing number of women and men in the developing local ministry teams. Try one of these three possible options to help you quickly locate the church and associated readers and clergy.

if you are looking for one of the many local parish or deanery website's that are now coming on line, then start here.....
you may find the advance search using our on-line directory useful - .......your starting point could be a persons name, or a combination of their parish location or the name of the church.
if it's someone in a parish and you already know their approximate location then you may find it convenient to start your search by selecting a location from one of the diocesan or deanery map sets.