The forms part of the
Province Of Canterbury in
England .
It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Diocese of
Lindine founded in
678 . Nowadays it is much diminished in size since it was the largest diocese in Europe. Many changes have been made to its boundaries since
William The Conqueror established it in
1072 , including the removal of the
Diocese Of Peterborough and
Diocese Of Oxford in the
16th Century , which left the diocese with two disconnected fragments, north and south. The southern part was transferred to various other dioceses in the
19th Century , whilst in the north the
Diocese Of Leicester became part of Peterborough (and then independent later on).
The diocese is divided into 23 Deaneries:
- Aveland & Ness with Stamford
- Beltisloe , Bolingbroke
- Calcewaithe & Candleshoe , Christianity , Corringham
- Elloe East, Elloe West
- Graffoe , Grantham , Grimsby & Cleethorpes
- Haverstoe , Holland East, Holland West, Horncastle
- Isle Of Axholme
- Lafford , Lawres , Louthesk , Loveden
- Manlake
- West Wold
- Yarborough
