<Ul> <Li> Parish is the most local level, often consisting of one church building and community, although many parishes are joining forces in a variety of ways for financial reasons . The parish is looked after by a parish priest who for historical or legal reasons may be called by one of the following offices: vicar, rector, priest in charge, team rector, team vicar . The first, second, and fourth of these may also be known as the' incumbent' . The running of the parish is the joint responsibility of the incumbent and the Parochial Church Council (PCC), which consists of the parish clergy and elected representatives from the congregation . The Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe is not formally divided into parishes . </Li> <Li> There are a number of local churches that do not have a parish . In urban areas there are a number of proprietary chapels (mostly built in the 19th century to cope with urbanisation and growth in population). Also in more recent years there are increasingly church plants and fresh expressions of church, whereby new congregations are planted in locations such as schools or pubs to spread the Gospel of Christ in non-traditional ways . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Parish is the most local level, often consisting of one church building and community, although many parishes are joining forces in a variety of ways for financial reasons . The parish is looked after by a parish priest who for historical or legal reasons may be called by one of the following offices: vicar, rector, priest in charge, team rector, team vicar . The first, second, and fourth of these may also be known as the' incumbent' . The running of the parish is the joint responsibility of the incumbent and the Parochial Church Council (PCC), which consists of the parish clergy and elected representatives from the congregation . The Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe is not formally divided into parishes . </Li> <Li> There are a number of local churches that do not have a parish . In urban areas there are a number of proprietary chapels (mostly built in the 19th century to cope with urbanisation and growth in population). Also in more recent years there are increasingly church plants and fresh expressions of church, whereby new congregations are planted in locations such as schools or pubs to spread the Gospel of Christ in non-traditional ways . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Deanery, e.g., Lewisham or Runnymede . This is the area for which a Rural Dean (or area dean) is responsible . It consists of a number of parishes in a particular district . The rural dean is usually the incumbent of one of the constituent parishes . The parishes each elect lay (non-ordained) representatives to the deanery synod . Deanery synod members each have a vote in the election of representatives to the diocesan synod . </Li> <Li> Archdeaconry, e.g., the seven in the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe . This is the area under the jurisdiction of an archdeacon . It consists of a number of deaneries . </Li> <Li> Diocese, e.g., Diocese of Durham, Diocese of Guildford, Diocese of St Albans . This is the area under the jurisdiction of a diocesan bishop, e.g., the Bishops of Durham, Guildford and St Albans, and will have a cathedral . There may be one or more assisting bishops, usually called suffragan bishops, within the diocese who assist the diocesan bishop in his ministry, e.g., in Guildford diocese, the Bishop of Dorking . In some very large dioceses a legal measure has been enacted to create "episcopal areas", where the diocesan bishop runs one such area himself and appoints "area bishops" to run the other areas as mini-dioceses, legally delegating many of his powers to the area bishops . Dioceses with episcopal areas include London, Chelmsford, Oxford, Chichester, Southwark, and Lichfield . The bishops work with an elected body of lay and ordained representatives, known as the Diocesan Synod, to run the diocese . A diocese is subdivided into a number of archdeaconries . </Li> <Li> Province, i.e., Canterbury or York . This is the area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, i.e. the Archbishops of Canterbury and York . Decision - making within the province is the responsibility of the General Synod (see also above). A province is subdivided into dioceses . </Li> <Li> Primacy, i.e., Church of England . In addition to his specific authority in his own province, each archbishop is "Primate of All England" (Canterbury) or "Primate of England" (York) and has powers that extend over the whole country--for example his licence to marry without the banns (marriage licence). </Li> <Li> Royal Peculiar, a small number of churches more closely associated with the Crown, and a very few with the law and are outside the usual church hierarchy though conforming to the rite . These are outside episcopal jurisdiction . </Li> </Ul>

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