of Richborough, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese to facilitate his work there. The Bishop of Peterborough has also been commissioned as assistant bishop in the diocese so that he can exercise pastoral care in several old Huntingdonshire parishes now within the Peterborough unitary authority: including Stanground, Orton, Woodston, Yaxley and Fletton. Archdeaconries and deaneries The archdeaconry of Wisbech was active from 1915 to 2005. The following changes to deaneries have taken place: the deaneries of Fordham and Quy merged in 2002 to form the deanery of Fordham and Quy the deaneries of Wisbech and Lynn Marshland merged in 2002 to form the deanery of Wisbech Lynn Marshland the deaneries of Fincham and Feltwell were merged in 2004 to form the deanery of Fincham and Feltwell. the deaneries of Shelford and Linton were merged in 2009 to form the deanery of Granta. the deanery of Cambridge was split in 2006 into the deaneries of Cambridge North and Cambridge South. the deanery of Leightonstone was merged into the deanery of Huntingdon in 2004. *including Cathedral and St Peter's Ely Churches Outside deanery structures Bourn Deanery Closed churches in this area Cambridge North Deanery Churches in this area no longer used for regular worship Cambridge South Deanery Churches in this area no longer used for regular worship Ely Deanery Closed churches in the area Fincham and Feltwell Deanery Closed churches in the area Fordham and Quy Deanery Closed churches in this area Granta Deanery Closed churches in this area Huntingdon Deanery Closed churches in the area March Deanery North Stowe Deanery Closed churches in this area St Ives Deanery Closed churches in the area St Neots Deanery Closed churches in this area Shingay Deanery Wisbech Lynn Marshland Deanery Closed churches in this area Yaxley Deanery Closed churches in this area Dedications This table is drawn from the above lists. Posts occupied by Church of England clergy within the area of the diocese Diocesan news publications See also Lands and Liberties of the Church at Ely References External links Church of England Statistics 2002 Summary diocesan statistics 2008/09 1109 establishments in England Ely Ely, Cambridgeshire