Durham Diocese

Founded in 635

Durham, except for an area in the south-west (Ripon and Leeds), and four parishes in the north (Newcastle; Gateshead; South Tyneside; Sunderland; Hartlepool; Darlington; Stockton-on-Tees, north of the Tees.

Population 1,461,000

Area 987 sq m

Full-time Stipendiary Parochial Clergy 171

Benefices 188

Parishes 230

Churches 283

Overseas link diocese: Lesotho

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