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Background and history

The Commission has requested that some of the background material prepared at the start of its work should be made available on this web-site.

‘Diocesan and Episcopal Sees in England: A Background Report for the Dioceses Commission’ by Colin Podmore (2008) . This substantial paper is available from the link here.
The Dioceses of England: Boundaries and Extent, arranged by region (2008): download (1.4MB).
Discrepancies between Diocesan and Local Authority Boundaries: A Preliminary Survey (2008): download.

Earlier reports

The following discussions of suffragan episcopacy are also relevant and it is hoped to make these available as downloads in due course:

Episcopal Ministry: The Report of the Archbishops’ Group on the Episcopate (GS 944, 1990), chapter 11: ‘Episcopacy in the Church of England: delegation and sharing’
Suffragan Bishops: House of Bishops Occasional Paper (GS Misc 733, 2004).