Diocese of Carlisle Find a Church God for All Safeguarding Information for Parishes Job Vacancies Search Our Faith Who We Are What We Do News and Events Contact Us Support Us Home God for All Find out about our ecumenical God for All strategy Read more Life Events Baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals Read more Find a Church Need to know which is your nearest C of E church? Read more Bishop James Find about the Bishop of Carlisle and the Bishop of Penrith Read more Welcome Welcome to the Church of England's Diocese of Carlisle We have 240 parishes across Cumbria, embracing areas from the heart of urban Barrow in the south Lakes up to rural Bewcastle in the 'debatable' Border lands. Our churches range from beautiful historic Norman buildings to modern, purpose-built places of worship. Cumbria is the first ecumenical county to be formed in England. Our joint God for All strategy demonstrates a united commitment for innovative mission, social justice, effective discipleship and the provision of church schools and academies; all to serve our communities and grow God's Kingdom. The Way Events Find a church Vacancies Safeguarding Prayer Diary Coronavirus - Latest Guidance Click on the links below to take you through to specific guidance from various Diocesan departments relating to the Coronavirus: General parish guidance Finance and Stewardship Communications Safeguarding Church Schools Property Church House and Bishop's House Contacts Church House - the Diocesan offices in Penrith - is now closed, in line with Government guidance on the Coronavirus. ESSENTIAL calls only should be made to departments (PLEASE EMAIL WHENEVER POSSIBLE) with contacts as follows: Finance: Ric Jaques on ric.jaques@carlislediocese.org.uk or 07532 245291 Property: Neal Andrews on property@carlislediocese.org.uk or 07584 684 298 HR: Ali Ng on ali.ng@carlislediocese.org.uk or 07468 720292 Communications: Dave Roberts on communications@carlislediocese.org.uk or 07469 153658 Schools and Education: Vanessa O'Dea on vanessa.o'dea@carlislediocese.org.uk or 07584 684306 The Good Shepherd Multi Academy Trust: Claire Render on ceo@thegoodshepherdmat.co.uk God for All: Kerry Roughton on kerry.roughton@carlislediocese.org.uk Administration: Cath Bell on cath.bell@carlislediocese.org.uk or 07542 428686 PA to Archdeacons: Sarah Mackie on sarah.mackie@carlislediocese.org.uk Diocesan Registry: Laura Peace on Laura.peace@sintons.co.uk or 0191 226 7832 (please scan and send any documents by email) Meanwhile, Bishop's House in Keswick and Bishop's House in Kendal are also closed. Emails to the normal addresses will continue to be monitored. Bishop of Carlisle: bishop.carlisle@carlislediocese.org.uk Bishop of Penrith: Sarah.Marshall-Ellison@carlislediocese.org.uk Please be assured that we will continue to monitor the situation closely and the Diocesan office and both Bishops' offices will reopen at the earliest opportunity. Latest News 30 November 2021 Renewed commitment made to Cumbrian churches working together Cumbrian church leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to continued ecumenical working during a special Advent ... read more 25 November 2021 Hundreds of Advent calendars to be shared across the county Hundreds of special Advent calendars are to be shared by Network Youth Churches with young ... read more 9 November 2021 Service of Reaffirmation strengthens Cumbria’s ecumenical county status Church leaders are set to reaffirm a commitment to closer working ties, a decade after ... read more More news Upcoming Events 04 December, IN: Training Bishop's Teaching Day 2021 ULVERSTON This teaching day is part of our programme for ‘Growing Disciples’. Previous days have ... read more 06 December, IN: God for All God for All Ops Group GOD FOR ALL OPS GROUP read more 07 December, IN: IME 2 IME2 Hard Skills Day: Leadership for Curates IME2 HARD SKILLS DAY: LEADERSHIP FOR CURATES read more More events eNews Our eBulletin goes out fortnightly. You can sign up to receive it by clicking here. You will receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription. 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