and Westminster Abbey, 1550–56 seat at St Paul's, 1556–present Hertfordshire and Essex moved to Rochester, 1846 York – 625–present Lindisfarne added (bishop of larger diocese also called "Bishop of Northumbria"), 664 larger diocese split in 678 to form: Diocese of York Archbishop, 735–present split to create (with part of Lichfield-and-Coventry) the Diocese of Chester, 1541–present Province of Canterbury until 1542; Province of York since split to create (with part of York) new Diocese of Ripon, 1836–2014 (renamed Ripon and Leeds, 1999) split to form Diocese of Wakefield, 1888–2014 split to form Diocese of Bradford, 1920–2014 Diocese of Leeds, created from former territory of dissolved dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, of Wakefield and of Bradford, 2014–present split to form Diocese of Manchester, 1847–present split to form Diocese of Blackburn, 1926–present split to form Diocese of Liverpool, 1880–present split to form Diocese of Sheffield, 1914–present old Diocese of Ripon, 678 (reunited to York before 700) Bernicia diocese (split 685) Hexham diocese (two parts reabsorbed into York and Lindisfarne, 854) Lindisfarne diocese (see below) East Anglia/Norwich – c. 630–present "Bishop of the East Angles", c. 630–672 seat at Soham, c. 630 (purportedly, briefly before transfer to Dunwich) seat at Dunwich, c. 630–672 split into Elmham/Norwich diocese, 672–present seat at Elmham, 673–1070 seat at Thetford, 1070–1094 seat at Norwich, 1094–present split to form Dunwich diocese, 672–c. 950 suppressed and reunited to Elmham, c. 950 Dorchester (Wessex)/Diocese of Winchester, 634–present seat at Dorchester-upon-Thames until c. 660–680 seat in flux c. 660–680 seat at Winchester since c. 660–680 split to form Selsey/Chichester diocese, 681–present seat at Selsey, 681–685 & 706–1075 suppressed & absorbed by Winchester, 685–706 seat at Chichester since 1075 split off to form Sherborne/Salisbury diocese, 705–present seat at Sherborne until 1075 seat at Old Sarum, 1075–1225 seat at New Sarum since 1225 split off to form Crediton/Exeter diocese, 905–present seat at Tawton until c. 909 seat at Credition, c. 909–1050 seat at Exeter since 1050 absorbed Cornish see, 1027 split to form Diocese of Truro, 1876–present split to form Ramsbury diocese, c. 909–1058 suppressed and reunited to Sherborne split to form the Somerset diocese, c. 909–present Diocese of Wells; seat at Wells, c. 909–1090 Diocese of Bath; seat at Bath, 1090–1197 & 1219–1245 Diocese of Bath and Glastonbury; seat at Glastonbury, 1197–1219 Diocese of Bath and Wells; equal seats at Bath and at Wells, 1245–1539 Diocese of Bath and Wells; seat at Wells, 1539–present