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The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 covering Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, and is one of the largest in England. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter
Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Cathedral, full name Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, is an Anglican cathedral in the city status in the United Kingdom of Exeter, Devon, in the South West England of England and the seat of the bishop of Exeter....
 is the seat of the diocesan bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish
Michael Langrish

Michael Laurence Langrish is a United Kingdom Anglican bishop and currently Bishop of Exeter.Born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Douglas Frank Langrish and Brenda Florence Bassingham was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and Birmingham University, where he received a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in 1967 and a Pos...
 DD, Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The incumbent usually signs his name as Exoniensis or incorporates this in his signature....
. It is part of the Province of Canterbury
Province of Canterbury

The Province of Canterbury, also called the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England. It consists of 30 dioceses, covering roughly the southern two-thirds of England, along with the Channel Islands, the Falkland Islands, a few parishes in Wales, and the mainland of Europe....
. The bishop is assisted in his duties by two suffragan bishops: the Bishop of Crediton
Bishop of Crediton

The Bishop of Crediton was originally a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxons diocese in the 10th and 11th centuries, and is presently a suffragan bishop who assists a diocesan bishop....
 and the Bishop of Plymouth
Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican)

The Anglican Bishop of Plymouth is an Episcopal polity title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter, in the Province of Canterbury, England....
.

The diocese included Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 until 1876, when the former Archdeaconry of Cornwall became the independent Diocese of Truro
Diocese of Truro

The Diocese of Truro forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England....
.

Organisation
The diocese is divided into four archdeaconries.






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The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 covering Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, and is one of the largest in England. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter
Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Cathedral, full name Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, is an Anglican cathedral in the city status in the United Kingdom of Exeter, Devon, in the South West England of England and the seat of the bishop of Exeter....
 is the seat of the diocesan bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish
Michael Langrish

Michael Laurence Langrish is a United Kingdom Anglican bishop and currently Bishop of Exeter.Born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Douglas Frank Langrish and Brenda Florence Bassingham was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and Birmingham University, where he received a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in 1967 and a Pos...
 DD, Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The incumbent usually signs his name as Exoniensis or incorporates this in his signature....
. It is part of the Province of Canterbury
Province of Canterbury

The Province of Canterbury, also called the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England. It consists of 30 dioceses, covering roughly the southern two-thirds of England, along with the Channel Islands, the Falkland Islands, a few parishes in Wales, and the mainland of Europe....
. The bishop is assisted in his duties by two suffragan bishops: the Bishop of Crediton
Bishop of Crediton

The Bishop of Crediton was originally a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxons diocese in the 10th and 11th centuries, and is presently a suffragan bishop who assists a diocesan bishop....
 and the Bishop of Plymouth
Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican)

The Anglican Bishop of Plymouth is an Episcopal polity title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter, in the Province of Canterbury, England....
.

The diocese included Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 until 1876, when the former Archdeaconry of Cornwall became the independent Diocese of Truro
Diocese of Truro

The Diocese of Truro forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England....
.

Organisation


The diocese is divided into four archdeaconries. Special oversight is given to the Bishop of Crediton for the Barnstaple and Exeter archdeaconries, and to the Bishop of Plymouth for the Plymouth and Totnes archdeaconries.

Archdeaconry of Exeter (Archdeacon: The Venerable Penelope Driver)
  • Deanery of Aylesbeare
  • Deanery of Cadbury
    Deanery of Cadbury

    The Deanery of Cadbury represents the Church of England in mid Devon, within the Archdeaconry of Exeter and the Diocese of Exeter....
  • Deanery of Christianity
    Deanery of Christianity (Exeter)

    The Deanery of Christianity is a dean in the Archdeaconry of Exeter, Diocese of Exeter. This deanery covers most of the city of Exeter. It takes the name "Christianity" because there is a tradition that a diocese and a deanery should not share the same name....
  • Deanery of Cullompton
  • Deanery of Honiton
  • Deanery of Kenn
  • Deanery of Ottery
  • Deanery of Tiverton


Archdeaconry of Totnes (Archdeacon: The Venerable John Rawlings)
  • Deanery of Moreton
  • Deanery of Newton Abbot and Ipplepen
  • Deanery of Okehampton
  • Deanery of Torbay
  • Deanery of Totnes
  • Deanery of Woodleigh


Archdeaconry of Barnstaple (Archdeacon: The Venerable David Gunn-Johnson STh MA)
  • Deanery of Barnstaple
    Deanery of Barnstaple

    Rural Dean: The Reverend Paul Hockey BA...
  • Deanery of Hartland
    Deanery of Hartland

    The Deanery of Hartland represents the Church of England in the north west corner of Devon, within the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple and the Diocese of Exeter....
  • Deanery of Holsworthy
  • Deanery of Shirwell
  • Deanery of South Molton
  • Deanery of Torrington


Archdeaconry of Plymouth (Archdeacon: The Venerable Anthony Wilds BA (Dunelm))
  • Deanery of Ivybridge
  • Deanery of Devonport
  • Deanery of Moorside
  • Deanery of Sutton
  • Deanery of Tavistock


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  • - From the Catholic Encyclopedia