News & Stories


Bishop Guli's newspaper article about our vision for a truly diverse Church

Bishop Guli has written a feature for the Church of England Newspaper about our vision for real transformation in Diocese of Leicester churches that will see worshippers willing to be changed by encounter with others.


New forms of church attract thousands of worshippers in Leicestershire

A report assessing the impact of work to develop a wide variety of non-traditional forms of church shows significant growth in worshippers


New Chaplain for Leicester City Women Football Club

Louise Davis has taken up the role of Chaplain to Leicester City Women Football Club and has been getting to know the players and club members in recent weeks. Louise will be a pastorally proactive, spiritually reactive, non-judgmental listening ear for the club, working with everyone from the Under 9s girls to the physiotherapists, while focusing on the first team female players.


Next Archdeacon of Leicester announced

The Church of England's next Archdeacon of Leicester has been named as the Revd Canon Richard Worsfold, currently Area Dean for Leicester and Vicar of the city's Church of the Martyrs.


Bishop Guli's Welcome to the Diocese

In this video, we hear from Bishop Guli about what she is looking forward to as well as the main areas of ministry she will be involved in as the new Bishop of Loughborough.


The first Bishop of Loughborough consecrated at Canterbury

History was made when the Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated the first Bishop of Loughborough, the Rt Revd Guli Francis-Dehqani, at Canterbury Cathedral.


Persian woman appointed as first Bishop of Loughborough

The Revd Canon Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani has been appointed as the first Bishop of Loughborough.


Revd Claire Wood announced as new Archdeacon of Loughborough

As Archdeacon of Loughborough, Claire will work to support churches across the western half of the Diocese of Leicester, an area which includes Loughborough, North West Leicestershire, Market Bosworth and Hinckley.


Bishop Christopher announces retirement

Bishop Christopher has today announced that he will retire at the end of May 2017.


Bishop Martyn greets the diocese

The Rt Revd Martyn Snow, travelled through county and city on his first day as Bishop of Leicester Designate.

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