The Diocese of Guildford was formed in 1927 from part of the ancient Diocese of Winchester. Guildford Cathedral, dedicated to The Holy Spirit and built between 1936 and 1961, is one of only two British Anglican cathedrals to be built on a new site since the C16th Reformation - Liverpool is the other.
The Diocese covers an area of about 500 square miles, including most of Surrey and North East Hants, and touches on West Sussex and Outer London, with a population of more than a million people. The Diocese shares boundaries with the Dioceses of London, Southwark, Chichester, Portsmouth, Winchester and Oxford.
The Diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries - Surrey and Dorking. The former consists of the Area Deaneries of Aldershot, Cranleigh, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford and Surrey Heath. The Archdeaconry of Dorking comprises the Area Deaneries of Dorking, Emly, Epsom, Leatherhead, Runnymede and Woking.
There are over 200 stipendiary clergy, along with 159 parishes and 212 church buildings across the Diocese.