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Bishop Fiona and Bishop Michael in Wells Cathedral

Welcome to the Diocese of Bath & Wells

We are the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells. Loving and serving all the people of Somerset.

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A focus on prayer

Find out what’s happening in this Year of Prayer, and how you can join in.

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Caring for creation

Explore ‘Hope for all Creation’, the new Church of England teaching document.

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Worshipping together

Thousands of children from across our diocese come together online for collective worship with our bishops.

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Prayer of the day

25 September 2026

Lord of Life, we lift to you children and young people growing up in clergy households, and pray today for the group of teenagers heading off to the Mendip Activity Centre for the Life to the Max weekend.

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In the latest Lower Carbon Higher Power podcast, our Net Zero Carbon Lead, Dan Wills, talks to Paul Gilligan, CEO of Pure Leapfrog, about community energy.
Derek Boardman, from Weston super Mare, is the first profoundly deaf British Sign Language user licensed as a Reader. Here Derek prays the Lord's Prayer in British Sign Language.

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