The Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, and is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Warwick. The diocese covers Coventry and Warwickshire.

The diocese is divided into two archdeaconries, Warwick and Coventry. Warwick archdeaconry is then divided into the deaneries of Shipston, Fosse, Alcester, Southam and Warwick & Leamington, whilst Coventry archdeaconry is divided into the deaneries of Rugby, Nuneaton, Kenilworth, and Coventry South, East and North.

The diocese was formed on 6 September 1918 from part of the Diocese of Worcester.

An ancient diocese exists (now called the Diocese of Lichfield) which had the title the "Diocese of Coventry" from 1102 until 1228, then "Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield" until 1539, then "Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry" until 1837, when Coventry itself was passed to the Diocese of Worcester. There were then two Bishops suffragan of Coventry in that diocese, 1891–1903.

Bishops The diocesan Bishop of Coventry (Sophie Jelley) is assisted by a Bishop suffragan of Warwick (vacant). The provincial episcopal visitor (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) is the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there.

David Evans, a former Bishop of Peru and Bolivia, has been licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in the diocese since 2003; returned to England in 1988 and retired to Warwick in 2010.

2023–25 vacancy From 6 November 2023 until 31 December 2024, Ruth Worsley (Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells) was also part-time Acting Bishop of Coventry; and from 9 November 2023, Saju Muthalaly (Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester) was also part-time Assistant Bishop of Coventry. From 1 January 2025, retired bishop Tim Thornton became acting diocesan bishop.

Archdeaconries and archdeacons While the diocese is divided into archdeaconries and has archdeacons like other dioceses, Coventry diocese is unique in that the two do not correlate. In 2010, the post of Archdeacon of Warwick was replaced by that of Archdeacon Missioner (Morris Rodham was appointed) and statutory oversight over the archdeaconry of Warwick was delegated to the Archdeacon of Coventry (then Ian Watson). Following Watson's retirement in 2012, John Green was appointed as Acting Archdeacon of Coventry pending his installation into the new role of Archdeacon Pastor, which duly occurred on 9 December 2012.Coventry Diocese – A New Archdeacon for Coventry and Warwickshire These arrangements follow the Bishop's 2009 document Signposts for the Future, and the creation of the two posts of Archdeacon Missioner and Archdeacon Pastor are consistent with the suggested "transitional period" after which there will be only one archdeacon in the diocese. Rodham and Green remained, legally, collated to the Archdeaconries of Warwick and of Coventry.National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #26, July 2017 (Accessed 9 September 2017) Green retired at the end of August 2017, and Clive Hogger joined him as Acting Archdeacon for July and August, then remained Acting Archdeacon after Green's retirement.Diocese of Coventry — Appointment of Acting Archdeacon (Accessed 9 September 2017) Sue Field was collated Archdeacon Pastor and Archdeacon of Coventry on 18 March 2018;Diocese of Coventry — Hundreds welcome our new Archdeacon Pastor (Accessed 25 March 2018) Barry Dugmore was collated Archdeacon Missioner and Archdeacon of Warwick on 6 October 2019. Field was required to resign in January 2023 following disciplinary proceedings.

List of churches LocationChurch Alcester St. Nicholas, Butter Street Alderminster St. Mary and Holy Cross Allesley All Saints, Birmingham Road Allesley Park St. Christopher, Winsford Avenue Alveston St. James Ansley St. Lawrence, Church End Ansty St. James Arley St. Wilfrid, Rectory Road Arrow The Holy Trinity Ashow The Assumption of our Lady Astley St. Mary the Virgin, Nuthurst Lane Aston Cantlow St. John Baptist Atherstone St. Mary, Market Square Attleborough Holy Trinity, Fifield Close Baginton St. John Baptist, Church Road Barcheston St. Martin Barford St. Peter, Church Street Barton-on-the-Heath St. Lawrence Bearley St. Mary the Virgin, Church Lane Beaudesert St. Nicholas Bedworth All Saint's Berkswell St. John Baptist, Church Lane Bidford on Avon St. Laurence, Church Street Bilton St. Mark, Church Walk Binley St. Bartholomew, Brinklow Road Binton St. Peter Birdingbury St. Leonard, Frankton Road Bishop's Itchington St. Michael Bishops Tachbrook St. Chad, Church Hill Bourton St. Peter Brailes St. George, High Street Brinklow St. John Baptist Brownsover Christ Church, Helvellyn Way Bubbenhall St. Giles Budbrooke St. Michael, Church Hill Bulkington St. James, School Road Burmington St. Barnabas and St. Nicholas Burton Dassett All Saints Burton Hastings St. Botolph Butlers Marston St. Peter and St. Paul Caldecote St. Theobald and St. Chad Camp Hill St. Mary and St. John Canley St. Stephen Charlecote St. Leonard Cherington St. John Baptist Chesterton St. Giles Cheylesmore Christ Church Chilvers Coton All Saints Church Lawford St. Peter Churchover The Holy Trinity Claverdon St. Michael and All Angels Clifford Chambers St. Helen Clifton-upon-Dunsmore St. Mary Combroke St. Mary and St. Margaret Copston Magna St. John Corley Coughton St. Peter Coventry St. Alban Coventry St. Anne and All Saints Coventry St. Margaret, Ball Hill Coventry St. Peter Hillfields Coventry Holy Trinity Coventry St. George Coventry St. John Baptist Coventry St. Mary Magdalen Coventry St. Michael (Cathedral) Cubbington St. Mary Darlingscott St. George Dunchurch St. Peter Earlsdon St. Barbara Eastern Green St. Andrew Ettington Holy Trinity and St. Thomas of Canterbury Exhall St. Giles Farnborough St. Botolph Fenny Compton St. Peter and St. Clare Fillongley St. Mary and All Saints Finham St. Martin in the Fields Flecknoe St. Mark Fletchamstead St. James Foleshill St. Laurence Foleshill St. Paul Frankton St. Nicholas Gaydon with Chadshunt St. Giles Grandborough St. Peter Great Alne St. Mary Magdalen Halford St. Mary Hampton Lucy St. Peter ad Vincula Harborough Magna All Saints Harbury Holy Trinity Haselor St. Mary and All Saints Haseley St. Mary Hatton with Haseley Holy Trinity Henley-in-Arden St. John the Baptist Hillmorton St. John the Baptist Holbrooks St. Luke Honiley St. John the Baptist Honington All Saints Hunningham St. Margaret Idlicote St. James the Great Ilmington St. Mary Kenilworth St. John Kenilworth St. Nicholas Kenilworth St. Barnabas Keresley St. Thomas Kineton St. Peter Kinwarton St. Mary the Virgin Ladbroke All Saints Langley St. Mary Leamington St. John Baptist Leamington Hastings All Saints Leamington Priors All Saints Leamington Priors St. Mary Leamington Priors St. Paul Leamington Spa Holy Trinity Leamington Spa St. Mark Leek Wootton All Saints Lighthorne St. Laurence Lillington St. Mary Magdalene Long Compton St. Peter and St. Paul Long Itchington Holy Trinity Longford St. Thomas Long Lawford St. John Lower Shuckburgh St. John the Baptist Lowsonford St. Luke Loxley St. Nicholas Luddington All Saints Mancetter St. Peter Mappleborough Green Holy Ascension Marton St. Esprit Meriden & Great Packington St. Laurence Monks Kirby St. Edith's Moreton Morrell Holy Cross Morton Bagot Holy Trinity Napton on the Hill St. Lawrence New Arley St. Michael Newbold-on-Avon St. Botolph Newbold on Stour St. David Newbold Pacey St. George Newton The Good Shepherd North End All Saints Norton Lindsey Holy Trinity Nuneaton St. Mary Nuneaton St. Nicolas Offchurch St. Gregory Old Milverton St. James Oldberrow St. Mary Oxhill St. Lawrence Pailton St. Denys Pillerton Hersey with Pillerton Priors St. Mary Potters Green St. Philip Preston Bagot All Saints Preston-on-Stour St. Mary Princethorpe St Cuthbert Priors Hardwick St. Mary Priors Marston St. Leonard Radford (North) St. Francis of Assisi Radford Semele St. Nicholas Radford St. Nicholas Radway St. Peter Ratley St. Peter ad Vincula Rowington St. Lawrence the Martyr Rugby St Matthew Rugby St Oswalds Rugby Overslade Church Ryton on Dunsmore St. Leonard Salford Priors St. Matthew Sambourne Mission Church Sherbourne All Saints Shilton St. Andrew Shipston on Stour St. Edmund Shottery St. Andrew Shotteswell St. Laurence Snitterfield St. James the Great Southam St. James Spernall St. Paul Stockingford St. Paul Stockton St. Michael Stoneleigh St. Mary Stratford upon Avon Holy Trinity Stretton-on-Dunsmore All Saints Stretton on Fosse St. Peter Studley Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Styvechale St. James Sutton under Brailes St. Thomas a Becket Temple Grafton St. Andrew Thurlaston St. Edmund Tiddington St. Peter Tidmington Tile Hill St. Oswald Tredington St. Gregory Tysoe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ufton St. Michael and All Angels Ullenhall St. Mary the Virgin Walsgrave on Sowe St. Mary Walton D'Eivile St. James Wappenbury St. John Baptist Warmington St. Michael Warwick Christ Church Warwick All Saints Warwick Collegiate Church of St Mary Warwick St. Nicholas Wasperton St. John the Baptist Weddington St. James Weethley Hamlet St. James Wellesbourne St. Peter Weston under Wetherley St. Michael Westwood St. John the Baptist Whatcote St. Peter Whichford St. Michael Whitchurch St. Mary Whitley St. James Whitnash St. Margaret Willenhall St. John the Divine Willey St. Leonard Willoughby St. Nicholas Withybrook All Saints Wixford St. Milburga Wolford St. Michael Wolston St. Margaret Wolverton St. Mary the Virgin Wolvey St. John the Baptist Wood End St. Chad Wootton Wawen St. Peter Wormleighton St. Peter Wyken St. Mary Magdalene Wyken Croft Risen Christ

References Church of England Statistics 2002

External links Diocese of Coventry