The Porvoo Declaration commits the churches which have signed it ‘to share a common life’ and ‘to pray for and with one another’. An important way of doing this is to pray through the year for the Porvoo churches and their Dioceses.

The Prayer Diary is a list of Porvoo Communion Dioceses or churches covering each Sunday of the year, mindful of the many calls upon compilers of intercessions, and the environmental and production costs of printing a more elaborate list.

Those using the calendar are invited to choose one day each week on which they will pray for the Porvoo churches. It is hoped that individuals and parishes, cathedrals and religious orders will make use of the Calendar in their own cycle of prayer week by week.

In addition to the churches which have approved the Porvoo Declaration, we continue to pray for churches with observer status. Observers attend all the meetings held under the Agreement.

JANUARY

5/1

Church of England: Diocese of London, Bishop Sarah Mullally, Bishop Graham Tomlin, Bishop Pete Broadbent, Bishop Rob Wickham, Bishop Jonathan Baker, Bishop Ric Thorpe, Vacancy – Bishop of Stepney

Church of Norway: Diocese of Nidaros/ New see and Trondheim, Presiding Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien, Bishop Herborg Oline Finnset 

12/1

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Oulu, Bishop Jukka Keskitalo

Church of Norway: Diocese of Soer-Hålogaland (Bodoe), Bishop Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes

Church of England: Diocese of Coventry, Bishop Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop John Stroyan.

19/1

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Tampere, Bishop Matti Repo

Church of England: Diocese of Manchester, Bishop David Walker, Bishop Mark Ashcroft, Bishop Mark Davies

26/1

Church of England: Diocese of Birmingham, Bishop David Urquhart, Bishop Anne Hollinghurst

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Bishop Paul Colton

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Elsinore, Bishop Lise-Lotte Rebel

FEBRUARY

2/2

Church in Wales: Diocese of Bangor, Bishop Andrew John

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, Archbishop Michael Jackson

9/2

Church of England: Diocese of Worcester, Bishop John Inge, Bishop Graham Usher

Church of Norway: Diocese of Hamar, Bishop Solveig Fiske

16/2

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe, Bishop Kenneth Kearon

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Roskilde, Bishop Peter Fischer-Moeller

23/2

Church of England: Diocese of Peterborough, Bishop Donald Allister, Bishop John Holbrook

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Meath and Kildare, Bishop Pat Storey 

MARCH

1/3

Church of England: Diocese of Canterbury, Archbishop Justin Welby, Vacancy – Bishop of Dover

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Down and Dromore, Bishop Harold Miller

8/3

Church of England: Diocese of Chelmsford, Bishop Stephen Cottrell, Bishop John Perumbalath, Bishop Roger Morris, Bishop Peter Hill

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Karlstad, Bishop Sören Dalevi

15/3

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia: Archbishop Jānis Vanags, Bishop Einārs Alpe, Bishop Hanss Martins Jensons

Church of England: Diocese of Lichfield, Bishop Michael Ipgrave, Vacancy – Bishop of Shrewsbury, Bishop Geoff Annas, Bishop Clive Gregory

Church in Wales: Diocese of St David’s, Bishop Joanna Penberthy

22/3

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Lund, Bishop Johan Tyrberg

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Cashel, Ossory and Ferns, Bishop Michael Burrows

Church of England: Diocese of Ely, Bishop Stephen Conway, Vacancy – Bishop of Huntingdon.

29/3

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Armagh, Archbishop Richard Clarke

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Funen, Bishop Tine Lindhardt 

APRIL

5/4

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Uppsala, Archbishop Antje Jackelén, Bishop Karin Johannesson

Church in Wales: Diocese of Llandaff, Bishop June Osborne

12/4

Church of England: Diocese of Derby, Vacancy, Bishop Jan McFarlane

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Clogher, Bishop John McDowell

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aalborg, Bishop Henning Toft Bro

19/4

Church of England: Diocese of Blackburn, Bishop Julian Henderson, Bishop Jill Duff, Bishop Philip North

Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Brechin, Bishop Andrew Swift

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain: Bishop Martin Lind

26/4

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Gothenburg, Bishop Susanne Rappmann

Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, Vacancy

MAY

3/5

Church of England: Diocese of Southwark, Bishop Christopher Chessun, Bishop Richard Cheetham, Bishop Jonathan Clark, Bishop Karowei Dorgu

Church of Norway: Diocese of Björgvin, Bishop Halvor Nordhaug

10/5

Church of England: Diocese of Gloucester, Bishop Rachel Treweek, Bishop Robert Springett

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Västerås, Bishop Mikael Mogren

17/5

Church of England: Diocese of Guildford, Bishop Andrew Watson, Bishop Jo Wells

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Viborg, Bishop Henrik Stubkjær

24/5

Church of England: Diocese of Exeter, Bishop Robert Atwell, Bishop Nicholas McKinnel, Bishop Jackie Searle

Church of Norway: Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland, Bishop Olav Øygard

31/5

Church of England: Diocese of Hereford, Bishop Richard Frith, Bishop Alistair Magowan,

The Lusitanian Church (Portugal): Bishop José Jorge Pina Cabral

The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad: Archbishop Lauma Zušēvica

JUNE

7/6

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bishop Agnes Sigurdardottir, Bishop Kristjan Björnsson, Bishop Solveig Lara Gudmundsdottir

The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church: Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano

14/6

Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Bishop Kevin Pearson

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Connor, Bishop Alan Abernethy

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Lolland-Falster, Bishop Marianne Gaarden

21/6

Church of England: Diocese in Europe, Bishop Robert Innes, Bishop David Hamid

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Visby, Bishop Thomas Petersson

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Copenhagen, Bishop Peter Skov-Jakobsen

28/6

Church of England: Diocese of Lincoln, Bishop Christopher Lowson, Bishop David Court, Bishop Nicholas Chamberlain

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Härnösand, Bishop Eva Nordung Byström

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Lappo, Bishop Simo Peura

JULY

5/7

Church of England: Diocese of St Albans, Bishop Alan Smith, Bishop Richard Atkinson, Bishop Michael Beasley

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Linköping, Bishop Martin Modéus

12/7

Church of England: Diocese of Newcastle, Bishop Christine Hardman, Bishop Mark Tanner

Church of Norway: Diocese of Moere (Molde), Bishop Ingeborg Midttoemme

19/7

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Skara, Bishop Åke Bonnier

Church of England: Diocese of Leeds (formerly called the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales), Bishop Nick Baines, Bishop Tony Robinson, Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop Toby Howarth, Bishop Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop Paul Slater

26/7

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania: Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Derry and Raphoe, Bishop Kenneth Good

AUGUST

2/8

Church of England: Diocese of Bristol, Bishop Vivienne Faull, Bishop Lee Rayfield

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Helsinki, Bishop Teemu Laajasalo

9/8

Church of England: Diocese of Portsmouth, Bishop Christopher Foster

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Stockholm, Bishop Andreas Holmberg

16/8

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Bishop Ferran Glenfield

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aarhus, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen

23/8

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Espoo, Bishop Kaisamari Hintikka

Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Edinburgh, Bishop John Armes

30/8

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Turku, Archbishop Tapio Luoma, Bishop Kaarlo Kalliala

Church of England: Diocese of York, Archbishop John Sentamu, Bishop Paul Ferguson, Bishop John Thomson, Bishop Alison White, Bishop Glyn Webster

SEPTEMBER

6/9

Church of England: Diocese of Salisbury, Bishop Nicholas Holtam, Bishop Andrew Rumsey, Bishop Karen Gorham

Church in Wales: Diocese of St Asaph, Bishop Gregory Cameron

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Ribe, Bishop Elof Westergaard

13/9

Church of Ireland: Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, Bishop Patrick Rooke

Church of England: Diocese of Bath and Wells, Bishop Peter Hancock, Bishop Ruth Worsley

20/9

Church of England: Diocese of Sheffield, Bishop Pete Wilcox, Bishop Peter Burrows

Church of England: Diocese of Sodor and Man, Bishop Peter Eagles

Church of Greenland: (Diocese of Greenland within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark) Bishop Sofie Petersen

27/9

Church in Wales: Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, Archbishop John Davies

Church of England: Diocese of Leicester, Bishop Martyn Snow, Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani

OCTOBER

4/10

Church of England: Diocese of Liverpool, Bishop Paul Bayes, Bishop Beverley Mason

Church in Wales: Diocese of Monmouth, Bishop Richard Pain

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Haderslev, Bishop Marianne Christiansen

11/10

Church of England: Diocese of Truro, Bishop Philip Mounstephen, Bishop Chris Goldsmith

Church of Norway: Diocese of Tönsberg, Bishop Jan Otto Myrseth

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Strängnäs, Bishop Johan Dalman

18/10

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Växjö, Bishop Fredrik Modéus

Church of England: Diocese of Oxford, Bishop Steven Croft, Bishop Andrew Proud, Bishop Colin Fletcher, Bishop Alan Wilson

25/10

Church of England: Diocese of Carlisle, Bishop James Newcome, Bishop Emma Ineson

Church of Norway: Diocese of Stavanger, Bishop (Vacancy – Constituted bishop/Cathedral dean Anne Lise Ådnøy )

NOVEMBER

1/11

Church of England: Diocese of Winchester, Bishop Timothy Dakin, Bishop David Williams, Bishop Jonathan Frost

Church of Norway: Diocese of Agder and Telemark, Bishop Stein Reinertsen

8/11

Church of England: Diocese of Norwich, Bishop Graham James, Bishop Alan Winton, Bishop Jonathan Meyrick

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Luleå, Bishop Åsa Nyström

15/11

Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church: Archbishop Urmas Viilma, Bishop Tiit Salumäe, Bishop Joel Luhamets

Church of England: Diocese of Rochester, Bishop James Langstaff, Bishop Simon Burton-Jones

22/11

Church of England: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bishop Martin Seeley, Bishop Mike Harrison

Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, Bishop Anne Dyer

29/11

Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Bishop Ian Paton

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Porvoo, Bishop Björn Vikström

DECEMBER

6/12

Church of England: Diocese of Chester, Bishop Peter Forster, Bishop Keith Sinclair, Bishop Libby Lane

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Kuopio, Bishop Jari Jolkkonen

13/12

Church of England: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, Bishop Paul Williams, Bishop Tony Porter

Church of Norway: Diocese of Borg, Bishop Atle Sommerfeldt

20/12

Church of Norway: Diocese of Oslo, Bishop Kari Veiteberg

Church of England: Diocese of Durham, Bishop Paul Butler, Vacancy – Bishop of Jarrow

Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness, Bishop Mark Strange (Primus)

27/12

Church of England: Diocese of Chichester, Bishop Martin Warner, Bishop Mark Sowerby, Bishop Richard Jackson

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Mikkeli, Bishop Seppo Häkkinen