Where to find us

The Anglican Communion is a worldwide family of churches located on every continent, and has more than 70 million adherents in 38 Provinces spreading across 161 countries.

The Church of England is the mother church of the Anglican Communion, and covers England, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, the Isles of Scilly and even a small part of Wales. It also includes the Diocese in Europe, which has congregations in the rest of Europe, Morocco, Turkey and the Asian countries of the former Soviet Union. For basic contact details of churches please visit our information sheets page or to access locally produced pages please visit the index of parish websites.

If a parish wishes an entry added or amended please email Webmaster. Please include the diocese name when emailing us, as it is noticeable that this information is often absent from the parish website itself.

There is a page available containing suggestions for those who have, or are considering, developing a parish website.

For information on the Anglican Church in other parts of Britain and Ireland, visit the websites of the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland. For information on the Anglican Church in other parts of the world, visit the Anglican Communion website.

Administrative Structure

The Church of England National Offices
Telephone +44(0)20 7898 1000

The Church of England comprises two Provinces, Canterbury and York. Each province is broken down into dioceses. There are 43 in England (44 including the Diocese in Europe). Each of the English dioceses has a structure of boards and councils responsible for different aspects of the Church's work, eg Ministry, Mission, Education, Social Responsibility.

Click on the diocese name for contact details and, where one exists, Web site.

C = Province of Canterbury
Y = Province of York

Centrally, the Church supports dioceses in those circumstances where doing it once is better than 44 times over. Much of the information generated for this site is produced nationally. Another key national resource available to all is Lambeth Palace Library.