Welcome to the Norwich Diocesan Registry web site
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The Anglican Diocese of Norwich was founded in 1094. It covers all of the County of Norfolk, apart from a small area in the extreme west of the county, which lies in the Diocese of Ely, plus the Waveney area of north east Suffolk, with a population of approximately 833,000. The Diocese has 577 parishes, with some 209 benefices and 648 church buildings.
Some useful links to other web sites:
Diocese of Norwich:
www.norwich.anglican.org
Norwich Cathedral:
www.cathedral.org.uk
The Church of England:
www.cofe.anglican.org
Index of Diocesan Registries:
www.diocesanregistry.co.uk
The Work of the Diocesan Registry
Each Diocese of the Church of England has two Legal Officers, the Chancellor and the Registrar, who may have deputies. The following are the main areas of work undertaken by the Registrar at the Diocesan Registry:
- Advice
- The giving of advice to the Bishops and all other clergy, to diocesan boards and committees, and to Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councils, and dealing with general enquiries from members of the public in relation to marriage, baptism, burial, etc.
- Appointments
- The preparation of notices, licences, permissions, instruments and all other documents relating to the appointment of clergy and lay office holders.
- Consecrations
- The preparation of the documents required for the consecration of churches, churchyards and cemeteries.
- Diocesan Records
- The maintenance of records relating to churches, clergy, etc.
- Faculties
- The granting of Faculties to authorise changes or additions to consecrated buildings and burial grounds.
- Marriage Licences
- The issue of Common Licences on behalf of the Bishop of Norwich, to authorise marriages in parish churches and in other buildings licensed for the solemnisation of marriages according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
- Patronage
- Maintenance of a register of patrons of the diocese, and ensuring that the provisions of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 are complied with in relation to the filling of vacant benefices.
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