What is Diocese of Exeter?
[[File:Exeter Cathedral 2923rw.jpg|thumb|Exeter Cathedral]] The '''Diocese of Exeter''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Church of England]] including the whole of [[Devon]], and it is one of the largest in England. The head of the diocese is the bishop, The Right Reverend Mike Harrison, and the cathedral is in the city of [[Exeter]]. It is part of the [[Province of Canterbury]]. Two other bishops and four archdeacons help the bishop of the diocese oversee all the Anglican parishes and congregations of Devon. There are 506 parishes in this diocese. Before the founding of the [[Diocese of Truro]] in 1876 the whole of Cornwall was also part of the Diocese of Exeter. ==Further information== * [http://www.exeter.anglican.org/ exeter.anglican.org Diocese of Exeter official website] *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05708a.htm Ancient Diocese of Exeter] - From the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' [[Category:Organisations based in Devon]] [[Category:Anglicanism]] {{UK-stub}}