In the Church of Englad:
a PARISH is a geographial area
a group of parishes forms a DEANERY. St Marys is in the deanery of Arundal and Bognor
a group of deanaries comes under an ARCHDEACONARY. St Marys is in the archdeaconary of Chichester
a group of archdeaconries forms a DIOCESE. St Marys is in the diocese of Chichester
a group of dioceses forms a PROVINCE. St Marys is in the province of CANTERBURY
two provinces make up the CHURCH OF ENGLAND : the provines of York and Canterbury
Here in the East Preston with Kingston our diocesan bishop is RT REV DR MARTIN WARNER. We have two suffragan bishops: the bishop of Lewis (Rt Rev Will Hazelwood) and the bishop of Horsham (Rt Rev Ruth Busyager) . Our Rural Dean is Fr Paul Armstead (who is the rector of Aldingbourne, Barnham and Eastergate)