Our Bishop is Rt Rev Andrew Forster, who was consecrated in December 2019. Bishop Andrew is assisted by two archdeacons, Ven David Huss and Ven Robert Miller. The Diocese’s administrative base is the Diocesan Centre at 24 London Street, Londonderry, BT48 6RQ.

​We are the Church of Ireland in the north west of the island. Ours is a cross-border diocese, spanning counties Londonderry, Tyrone and Donegal.

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The Diocese of Derry and Raphoe is one of the largest dioceses in the Church of Ireland and its most northerly diocese. We have more than 40 clergy serving almost 30,000 people in 48 parishes, stretching from Killowen (Coleraine) to Ardara and Dunfanaghy to Maghera. We have two cathedrals – St Columb’s in Londonderry and St Eunan’s in Raphoe – and almost 100 churches.

The Church of Ireland has around 375,400 members – 249,000 in Northern Ireland and 126,400 in the Republic of Ireland.  Our history is the story of almost 1,600 years of Christian worship and witness in Ireland. The Celtic Church, which emerged in Ireland following the mission of St Patrick in the 5th century, is still recognised as the source of the modern Church of Ireland.