Blackburn Diocese Centenary Year

  2026  –  100 years of Blackburn Diocese.

Many of the celebrations will be in the parishes, but please note the following dates

Saturday 16th May – ‘Big day out in Blackpool’

Thursday 7th November – Anniversary Service in the Cathedral.

Please also make a note of the weekend of 11 – 13th September, when we will be having our next FAITHfest weekend, this will form part of our wave of mission right across the diocese.

Please do use the following prayer as we hold our diocese, its parishes, schools and chaplaincies before God.

Prayer for our Diocese in this Centenary Year.

Heavenly Father, inner Centenary year we

rededicate ourselves and our Diocese to you.

Send the Holy Spirit to give us

confidence in our witness,

generosity in our service,

and love of our neighbours,

that your church may be renewed

and many come home to you,

though your son our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Amen