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{{For|the medieval diocese based in Chester|Diocese of Lichfield}}
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{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Diocese
| name = Chester
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| coat = Diocese of Chester arms.svg
| coat_size = 150px
| flag = Flag of the Diocese of Chester.svg
| flag_size = 150px
| province = [[Province of York|York]]
| parishes = 275
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| bishop = [[Mark Tanner]], [[Bishop of Chester]]
| cathedral = [[Chester Cathedral]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| archdeaconries = Chester, Macclesfield
| suffragans = {{ublist|[[
| archdeacons = {{ublist|[[Michael Gilbertson (priest)|Michael Gilbertson]], [[Archdeacon of Chester]]
| website = [http://www.chester.anglican.org/ chester.anglican.org]
}}
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===Ancient diocese===
Before the sixteenth century the city possessed a bishop and a cathedral, though only intermittently. Even before the [[Norman conquest]] the title "[[Bishop of Chester]]" is found in documents applied to prelates who would be more correctly described as [[Bishop of Mercia]], or [[Bishop of Lichfield]]. After the [[Council of London (1075)|Council of London]] in 1075 had decreed the transfer of all episcopal chairs to cities, [[Peter, Bishop of Lichfield]], removed his seat from Lichfield to Chester, and became known as Bishop of Chester. There he chose [[St John the Baptist's Church, Chester|The Collegiate Church of St John the Baptist]] as his cathedral. The next bishop, however, transferred (1102) the see to Coventry on account of the rich monastery there, though he retained the episcopal palace at Chester. The [[Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield]] was of enormous extent, and it was probably found convenient to have something analogous to a cathedral at Chester, even though the ''cathedra'' itself were elsewhere; accordingly the church of St John ranked as a cathedral for a considerable time, and had its own dean and chapter of secular canons down to the time of the Reformation.
The chief ecclesiastical foundation in Chester was the Benedictine [[monastery of St Werburgh]], the great church of which finally became the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The site had been occupied even during the Christian period of the Roman occupation by a church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, and rededicated to St Werburgh and St Oswald during the Saxon period. The church was served by a small chapter of secular canons until 1093, when [[Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester]], converted it into a major Benedictine monastery, in which foundation he had the co-operation of [[St Anselm]], then Prior of Bec, who sent Richard, one of his monks, to be the first abbot. A new Norman church was built by him and his successors. The monastery, though suffering loss of property both by the depredations of the Welsh and the inroads of the sea, prospered, and in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries the monks transformed their Norman church into a gothic building which, though not be reckoned among the greatest cathedrals of England, yet is not unworthy of its rank, and affords a valuable study in the evolution of Gothic architecture. It has been said of it that "at every turn it is satisfying in small particulars and disappointing in great features". The last of the abbots was John, or Thomas, Clark, who resigned his abbey, valued at £1,003 5s. 11d. per annum, to the king.<ref>[[Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Chester]]</ref>
===1541 to 1836===
The diocese was created, during the [[English Reformation|Reformation]], on 14 August 1541<ref>{{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Joyce M. |first=Horn |last2=David M. |first2=Smith |last3=Mussett |first3=Patrick |period=1541–1857 |volume=11 |pages=33–34}}</ref> from the Chester archdeaconry of the [[Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry]], covering [[Cheshire]] and [[Lancashire]], and the [[Archdeacon of Richmond
===Since 1836===
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==Present day==
The Bishop of Chester is assisted by two [[suffragan bishops]], the [[Bishop of
There are two archdeaconries, Chester and Macclesfield, which are further divided into 18 deaneries.<ref name=deaneries>{{cite web|title=Chester Diocese: Links |publisher=Chester Diocese |url=http://www.chester.anglican.org/diocese/links/ |access-date=2008-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224175035/http://www.chester.anglican.org/diocese/links/ |archive-date=2008-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are consequently two archdeacons: the [[
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|'''Cheadle'''
|Macclesfield
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* St Michael & All Angels, Bramhall
* All Hallows, Cheadle
* St Cuthbert, Cheadle
* [[St Mary's Church, Cheadle|St Mary, Cheadle]]
* St Philip's Mission Church, Cheadle
* All Saints, Cheadle Hulme
* St Andrew, Cheadle Hulme
* Emmanuel, Cheadle Hulme
* Christ Church, Colshaw
* St James, Gatley
* St Chad, Handforth
* St Catherine, Heald Green
* St Martin, Higher Poynton
* [[St George's Church, Poynton|St George, Poynton]]
|<ref name=deaneries />
Cheadle deanery was originally part of Stockport deanery at least as late as 1974.<ref name=phillandphill />
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==Bishops==
[[File:Bishops and readers (52415124747) (bishops cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Bishops of the diocese in 2022 (L to R: [[Sam Corley|Corley]], [[Mark Tanner|Tanner]], [[Julie Conalty|Conalty]])]]
The diocesan Bishop of Chester [[Mark Tanner]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diocese of Chester {{!}} Bishops|url=https://www.chester.anglican.org/diocese/bishops/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=www.chester.anglican.org}}</ref> is supported by two suffragan bishops:
*1997–present: [[Willie Pwaisiho]], a former [[Bishop of Malaita]], is now Rector of [[Gawsworth]].<ref>{{Crockford
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