Diocese of Portsmouth Dioecesis Portus Magni | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Archdeaconries | Portsdown, the Meon, Isle of Wight |
Headquarters | Peninsular House, Portsmouth |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 133 |
Churches | 173 |
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Denomination | Church of England |
Cathedral | Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury |
Language | English |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Portsmouth |
Archdeacons | Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon of Portsdown Steve Daughtery, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Kathryn Percival, Archdeacon of the Meon |
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The Diocese of Portsmouth is an administrative division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese covers south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The see is based in the City of Portsmouth in Hampshire, where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.