Province of Canterbury

[1] The Province consists of 30 dioceses, covering roughly two-thirds of England,[2] parts of Wales, all of the Channel Islands[3] and continental Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Mongolia and the territory of the former Soviet Union (under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe).

Lambeth Palace librarian Samuel Kershaw uncovered documents in which the Bishop of Winchester was Sub-Dean and the Bishop of Lincoln Chancellor, and others in which Winchester was Chancellor and Lincoln Vice-Chancellor.

[5] Besides the Archbishop of Canterbury (Metropolitan and Primate), the officers of the chapter are: Accordingly, at the confirmation ceremony following Justin Welby's election as Archbishop of Canterbury on 4 February 2013, these were, respectively: Richard Chartres, Tim Dakin, Christopher Lowson, Nick Holtam, John Inge, and James Langstaff.

[7] During the vacancy in the See of Canterbury following Justin Welby's resignation, Sarah Mullally (Bishop of London) — in her capacity as Dean of the province — presided at the confirmation of Sophie Jelley's election to the See of Coventry at Lambeth Palace on 14 February 2025.

[8] The Bishops of London and Winchester join the Archbishop and two from the northern province of England (York and Durham) in having ex officio (meaning by virtue of the office they hold, hence automatically) the right to sit in the House of Lords subject to keeping to certain constitutional conventions incumbent on Lords Spiritual requiring them to speak in an albeit often political, but clearly non-partisan manner, and not to participate in most party-whipped votes.