south London area given to Rochester, 1877–1905 similar area formed the Diocese of Southwark, 1905–present split off to form Diocese of Portsmouth, 1927–present split off to form Diocese of Guildford, 1927–present Lindisfarne/Durham – 635–present seat at Lindisfarne, 635–664 & 685–875 united to York, 664–678 united to Bernicia, 678–685 seat at Chester-le-Street, 875–995 seat at Durham, 995–present called Prince-Bishop, c. 1071–c. 1836 split to form Diocese of Carlisle, 1133–present split to form Diocese of Newcastle (upon Tyne), 1882–present Lichfield – 656–present Mercian diocese; seat at Repton, 656–669 Diocese of Lichfield; seat at Lichfield, 669–1075 & 1837–present Archbishop of Lichfield, metropolitan over Worcester, Leicester, Lindsey, Hereford, Elmham and Dunwich, 786–796 (seized from Canterbury) Old Diocese of Chester; seat at Chester, 1075–1102 for new Diocese of Chester, see above Old Diocese of Coventry; seat at Coventry, 1102–1228 (co-cathedral at Chester 1102–?) for new Diocese of Coventry, see below Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield; seats both at Coventry and at Lichfield, 1228–1539 Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; seat at Lichfield, 1539–1837 split to form Hereford diocese, 676–present split to form Lindsey diocese, 678–c. 1010 suppressed and given to the Dorchester (Mercian) diocese, c. 1010 (see below) split to form Worcester diocese, 680–present split to form Gloucester diocese, 1541–1552 & 1554–present Diocese of Gloucester; seat at Gloucester, 1541–1552, 1554–1836 & 1897–present Diocese of Worcester and Gloucester; seats both at Worcester and at Gloucester, 1552–1554 Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; seats both at Gloucester and at Bristol, 1836–1897 split to form Bristol diocese, 1542–present suppressed and merged to Gloucester diocese, 1836–1897 split to form Birmingham diocese, 1905–present split to form new Coventry diocese, 1918–present split to form old Leicester/Dorchester (Mercian)/Lincoln diocese, 681–present seat at Leicester, 681–878 seat at Dorchester-upon-Thames, 878–1072 seat at Lincoln, 1072–present split to form Ely diocese, 1108–present split to form the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 1914–present split to form Peterborough diocese, 1541–present split to form new Leicester diocese, 1926–present split to form Oxford diocese, 1542–present seat at Osney, 1542 seat at Christ Church, 1542–present some territory ceded to Worcester, 1837; some of which became Birmingham and Coventry dioceses, 1905 & 1918 (see above) split to form Southwell diocese, 1884–present Province of Canterbury until 1936; Province of York since called Southwell and Nottingham since 2005 split to form Derby diocese, 1927–present Old Cornish bishopric – c. 920–1027 See at St Germans Called "Bishop of Cornwall" and "Bishop of St Germans" Absorbed by