Diocese of Chichester

The Diocese of Chichester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.

History
The diocese was created in 1075 as a replacement for the Diocese of Selsey, which had been based at Selsey Abbey from 681.

The present area of the diocese covers:
 * Sussex

Archdeaconries and deaneries
The diocese is divided into three Archdeaconries containing a total of twenty-one deaneries:
 * the Archdeaconry of Chichester
 * comprises the Deaneries of Arundel and Bognor; Brighton; Chichester; Hove; and Worthing
 * the Archdeaconry of Horsham
 * comprises the Deaneries of Cuckfield; East Grinstead; Horsham; Hurst; Midhurst; Petworth; Storrington; and Westbourne
 * the Archdeaconry of Lewes & Hastings
 * comprises the Deaneries of Battle and Bexhill; Dallington; Eastbourne; Hastings; Lewes and Seaford; Rotherfield; Rye; and Uckfield