Diocese of Derby [SEP] inception
Derby South, Duffield, Erewash, Heanor, Longford, Melbourne, and Repton, and the latter into the deaneries of Alfreton, Bakewell and Eyam, Bolsover and Staveley, Buxton, Chesterfield, Glossop, and Wirksworth.
The Archdeaconry of Derby was originally part of the Diocese of Lichfield, but was moved to form part of the Diocese of Southwell when that diocese was created in 1884. On 7 July 1927 the archdeaconries of Derby and Chesterfield became the Diocese of Derby.
Bishops.
The Bishop of Derby is
20 Dec 1926 – 17 May 1944 Died)
- Domenico Brizi (22 Jan 1945 – 11 Feb 1964 Died)
- Carlo Maccari (28 Sep 1972 – 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo)
Ordinaries Diocese of Osimo.
"25 January 1985: The former Diocese of Cingoli was split from the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli and united with the Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, the Diocese of Recanati, and the Diocese of San Severino (-Treia) to form the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino