The diocese is divided into 21 deaneries (groups of parishes). Each deanery has a Synod chaired by the Rural Dean and an Elected Lay Chair.
The archdeaconries as as below, with the deaneries within them:
Sarum
Alderbury
Chalke
Heytesbury
Salisbury
Stonehenge
Wilts
Bradford
Calne
Devizes
Marlborough
Pewsey
Sherborne
Dorchester
Blackmore Vale
Lyme Bay
Sherborne
Weymouth and Portland
Dorset
Milton and Blandford
Poole and North Bournemouth
Purbeck
Wimborne
Channel Islands
Guernsey
Jersey