Diocese of Blackburn
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created on 12 November 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool and Burnley, the cities of Lancaster and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley. The cathedral is Blackburn Cathedral and the current Bishop of Blackburn is Julian Henderson.
The diocesan retreat and conference centre is located at Whalley Abbey in the Ribble Valley, alongside the ruins of the 14th-century Cistercian monastery, dissolved in 1537. The abbey was in private possession until 1923 and has been in the possession of the Diocese of Blackburn since 1926.Bishops
Alongside the diocesan Bishop of Blackburn, the diocese has two suffragan bishops: Jill Duff, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster, consecrated in 2018; and Philip North, Bishop suffragan of Burnley, appointed in 2015.
Alternative episcopal oversight is provided by Philip North, Bishop suffragan of Burnley.Archdeaconries and deaneries
Churches within the diocese
- St Paul’s Church, Adlington
- St Paul's Church, Caton-with-Littledale
- Bispham Parish Church
- Blackburn Cathedral
- St Andrew's Church, Ashton-on-Ribble
- Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn
- St Mark's Church, Blackburn
- St Silas' Church, Blackburn
- Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool
- St John's Church, Blackpool
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Bolton-by-Bowland
- St John the Baptist's Church, Bretherton
- St James' Church, Briercliffe
- St Peter's Church, Burnley
- Christ Church, Chatburn
- St Laurence's Church, Chorley
- St Helen's Church, Churchtown
- St Bartholomew's Church, Colne
- St Saviour's Church, Cuerden
- St Mark's Church, Dolphinholme
- Euxton Parish Church
- St Paul's Church, Farington
- St Nicholas' Church, Fleetwood
- St Peter's Church, Fleetwood
- St Mary the Virgin's Church, Gisburn
- Christ Church, Glasson
- St Mary's Church, Goosnargh
- St Bartholomew's with St John's, Great Harwood
- All Hallows Church, Great Mitton
- St John the Evangelist's Church, Gressingham
- St Ambrose's Church, Grindleton
- St Peter's Church, Heysham
- St Margaret's Church, Hornby
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- St Michael's Church, Kirkham
- Christ Church, Lancaster
- St. Mary the Virgin, Lancaster
- St Thomas' Church, Lancaster
- St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham
- St Peter's Church, Mawdesley
- St Wilfrid's Church, Melling
- Holy Trinity Church, Morecambe
- St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle
- Immanuel Church, Oswaldtwistle
- Christ Church, Over Wyresdale
- St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling
- St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde
- St Oswald's Church, Preesall
- All Saints Church, Preston
- St John's Minster, Preston
- St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester
- St Anne's Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea
- St Michael's Church, St Michael's on Wyre
- Church of St Leonard the Less, Samlesbury
- St Paul's Church, Scotforth
- St Anne's Church, Singleton
- St Saviour's Church, Stydd
- St Helen's Church, Waddington
- St Leonard's Church, Walton-le-Dale
- St Oswald's Church, Warton
- St Michael's Church, Weeton
- St Catherine's Church, West Bradford
- St. Mary and All Saints, Whalley
- St Michael's Church, Whittington
- St Anne's Church, Woodplumpton
- St Nicholas' Church, Wrea Green
