Anglican Diocese of Leeds

Diocese of Leeds Dioecesis Loidensis
The arms of the Diocese of Leeds as granted by the College of Arms to the Diocese on 27 June 2014.
Location
Territory	West Yorkshire, western North Yorkshire, northern Barnsley
Ecclesiastical province	Province of York
Archdeaconries	Richmond and Craven, Halifax, Leeds, Pontefract, Bradford
Statistics
Area	2,425 sq mi (6,280 km2)
Population - Total	2,614,000
Parishes	462
Churches	656
Information
Denomination	Church of England
Established	20 April 2014 (2014-04-20)
Cathedral	Equally: Ripon Cathedral, Wakefield Cathedral & Bradford Cathedral
Secular priests	467
Current leadership
Bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Suffragans	Tony Robinson, area Bishop of Wakefield James Bell, area Bishop of Ripon Jonathan Gibbs, area Bishop of Huddersfield Toby Howarth, area Bishop of Bradford Paul Slater, Bishop suffragan of Richmond (bishop for Leeds and assistant diocesan)
Archdeacons	Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax Beverley Mason, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds
Website
www.leeds.anglican.org

Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°31′50″W / 53.799789°N 1.530499°W / 53.799789; -1.530499

The Anglican Diocese of Leeds (previously also known as the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales) is a diocese (administrative division) of the Church of England, in the Province of York. It is the largest diocese in England by area, comprising much of western Yorkshire: almost the whole of West Yorkshire, the western part of North Yorkshire, the town of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, and most of the parts of County Durham, Cumbria and Lancashire which lie within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire. It includes the cities of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Ripon. It was created on 20 April 2014 following a review of the dioceses in Yorkshire and the dissolution of the dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield.