Diocese of Wakefield
| Diocese of Wakefield | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | York |
| Archdeaconries | Halifax, Pontefract |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 188 |
| Churches | 234 |
| Information | |
| Established | 18 May 1888–20 April 2014 |
| Cathedral | Wakefield Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | At dissolution: Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield |
| Suffragan | At dissolution: Tony Robinson, Bishop of Pontefract |
| Archdeacons | At dissolution: Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Dr Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax |
| Website | |
| wakefield.anglican.org | |
Coordinates: 53°40′48″N 1°30′00″W / 53.680°N 1.500°W
The Diocese of Wakefield is a former Church of England diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale. The cathedral was Wakefield Cathedral and the bishop was the diocesan Bishop of Wakefield.
The Diocese of Wakefield was created out of the Diocese of Ripon in 1888 in response to the rapid expansion in population due to the Industrial Revolution. Immediately prior to its dissolution it extended north to south from the suburbs of Leeds to Barnsley and east to west from Kellington to Todmorden. The diocese was dissolved on 20 April 2014 by the creation of the new Diocese of Leeds.
After discussions in the mid-1870s as to where a new diocese in the West Riding of Yorkshire should be, Wakefield, with a population of under 30,000, was chosen before Leeds and Bradford and Huddersfield and Halifax. Wakefield was then the county town of the West Riding and had a large medieval church.
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