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Read the storyToday, Wednesday 1st July 2026, a number of our deaneries have joined together as one, reflecting a commitment to wider patterns of collaborative ministry and mission.
Here are our nine Deanery Partnerships:
Deanery Partnerships will continue to be a key structure for the diocese which helps us to plan for resources, ministerial deployment, worship, mission, pastoral care, and so much more, as we seek to do God’s work across Greater Lincolnshire.
From 1st July onwards, all of our Deanery Partnerships will comprise one or more deaneries. Some of our deaneries have now joined together:
This map shows where these new single deaneries are:
- Grimsby & Cleethorpes + Haverstoe (North East Lincolnshire)
- Horncastle + Bolingbroke
- Graffoe + Lafford (North Kesteven)
- Grantham + Loveden
- Elloe East + Elloe West (The Elloes)
In the coming months, we will be phasing out the use of some titles, such as Rural Dean, Partnership Dean, Lay Co Lead and Assistant Archdeacon.
Instead, each Deanery Partnership will be led by an Area Dean and a Lay Dean. They will be supported by Assistant Area Deans.
We hope that these new titles will be more consistent and easier to understand, although we recognise it will take time to adjust. An Area Dean will essentially carry the same responsibilities as Rural and Partnership Deans have done up till now. Lay Dean is the new title for Lay Co Lead – senior lay colleagues who have been helping to embed Time to Change Together over the past few years.
We are so grateful for all the time, energy and prayer which sustains our shared life as Christians in our deaneries and Deanery Partnerships. We are praying for God’s blessing on this new chapter!