Diocese of Bradford

Coordinates: 53°47′46″N 1°44′49″W / 53.796°N 1.747°W / 53.796; -1.747

Diocese of Bradford

Location
Ecclesiastical province	York
Archdeaconries	Bradford, Craven
Statistics
Parishes	133
Churches	166
Information
Established	25 November 1919 (1919-11-25)–20 April 2014 (2014-04-20)
Cathedral	Bradford Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	At dissolution: Nick Baines, Bishop of Bradford
Archdeacons	At dissolution: David Lee, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Slater, Archdeacon of Craven
Website
bradford.anglican.org

The Diocese of Bradford is a former Church of England diocese within the Province of York. The Diocese covered the area of the City of Bradford, Craven district and the former Sedbergh Rural District now in Cumbria. The seat of the episcopal see was Bradford Cathedral and the bishop was the diocesan Bishop of Bradford.

The diocese was founded on 25 November 1919^[1] from part of the Diocese of Ripon and dissolved in the creation of the Diocese of Leeds on 20 April 2014.^[2] The church of Saint Peter was elevated to cathedral status in 1919.

Bishops

The diocesan Bishop of Bradford had no suffragan bishops. Immediately prior to its dissolution, alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) was provided by the provincial episcopal visitor (PEV) the Bishop suffragan of Beverley (then Glyn Webster.) He was licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there. Besides Webster, there were two retired honorary assistant bishops licensed in the diocese:

2004–present: Colin Buchanan, retired former Area Bishop of Woolwich, lived in Alwoodley, Leeds (then in neighbouring Ripon and Leeds diocese)
2005–present: Retired former Archbishop of York the Rt Revd The Lord Hope of Thornes lived in Hellifield, N. Yorks.

Future

On 2 March 2013, the diocesan synod voted in favour of proposals to abolish the diocese in order to create a larger Leeds diocese;^[3] the proposal was approved on 8 July 2013 by the General Synod^[4] and the scheme was enacted, dissolving Bradford diocese and creating Leeds diocese, on 20 April.^[2]

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 31656. pp. 14301–14302. 25 November 1919. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 The Transformation Programme – First new diocese for more than 85 years created on April 20 (Accessed 19 April 2014)
↑ Thinking Anglicans – proposed new diocese for West Yorkshire (Accessed 4 March 2013)
↑ The Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales

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Anglican dioceses in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Church of England
(list of dioceses)

Province of Canterbury	Bath and Wells Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Coventry Derby Ely Europe Exeter Gloucester Guildford Hereford Leicester Lichfield Lincoln London Norwich Oxford Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Salisbury Southwark Truro Winchester Worcester

Province of York	Blackburn Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Sheffield Sodor and Man Southwell and Nottingham West Yorkshire and the Dales York

Church in Wales

Scottish Episcopal Church

Church of Ireland

Province of Armagh	Armagh Clogher Connor Derry and Raphoe Down and Dromore Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Tuam, Killala and Achonry

Province of Dublin	Cashel and Ossory Cork, Cloyne and Ross Dublin and Glendalough Limerick and Killaloe Meath and Kildare

Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales

Ripon Cathedral
Wakefield Cathedral
Bradford Cathedral
Hollin House, Leeds
Bishop's Lodge, Wakefield
Bishopscroft, Bradford
Diocesan Office, Leeds
Bishop Mount, Ripon
Church House, Wakefield
Kadugli House, Keighley
Leeds Minster
Area scheme (2014–present)
Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, of Wakefield and of Bradford

Office holders

Diocesan Bishop	Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines

Area Bishops	Bishop of Wakefield, Tony Robinson Bishop of Ripon, James Bell Bishop of Huddersfield, Jonathan Gibbs Bishop of Bradford, Toby Howarth

Deans	Dean of Wakefield (presiding dean), Jonathan Greener Dean of Bradford, Jerry Lepine Dean of Ripon, John Dobson

Archdeacons	Archdeacon of Bradford, David Lee Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven, Paul Slater Archdeacon of Pontefract, Peter Townley Archdeacon of Halifax, Anne Dawtry Archdeacon of Leeds, Paul Hooper

Predecessor offices

Diocesan Bishop of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999)
Diocesan Bishop of Wakefield (1888–2014)
Diocesan Bishop of Bradford (1919–2014)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

Provosts and Deans of Bradford

Provosts	Cecil Wilson Edward Mowll John Tiarks Alan Cooper Brandon Jackson John Richardson (became Dean)

Deans	John Richardson Christopher Hancock David Ison Andy Williams (acting)

Archdeacons of Bradford

William Stanton Jones Cecil Wilson Frederick Ackerley Sidney Lowe Kenneth Kay Hubert Higgs William Johnston Frank Sargeant David Shreeve Guy Wilkinson David Lee

Archdeacons of Richmond, of Craven and of Richmond and Craven

High Medieval	Osbert de Bayeux Bartholomew Godfrey de Luci William de Chemillé Eustace Honorius of Kent Roger de Sancto Edmundo Honorius (again) Morgan Richard Marsh William Langton Walter de Woburn Robert Haget John le Romeyn the elder William Simon of Evesham Richard le Brun Thomas Passelew Geoffrey de Sancto Marco Henry of Newark Gerard de Vuippens

Late Medieval	Francesco Cardinal Caetani John Sandale Roger Northburgh Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Robert Wodehouse John Gynwell Jean-Raymond Cardinal de Comminges Henry de Walton Humphrey de Cherleton John Bacon John Waltham Thomas Dalby (er) Stephen Scrope Nicholas Bubwith Stephen Scrope (again) Henry Bowet Thomas Kempe William Grey Lawrence Booth John Arundel John Booth John Sherwood Edward de la Pole John Blyth Christopher Urswick James Stanley Thomas Dalby (yr) Thomas Wynter William Knight

Early modern	John Bird John Horleston John Hansom John Horleston (again) Christopher Goodman Thomas Mallory Thomas Dodd Henry Bridgeman Charles Bridgeman Henry Dove Thomas Lamplugh William Stratford Samuel Peploe Thomas Townson Thomas Breithweite George Bower John Owen Henry Law John Headlam Charles Dodgson

Late modern	Edwards Cust William Danks Armstrong Hall Arthur Watson Claude Thornton Donald Bartlett William MacPherson Harry Graham John Turnbull Paul Burbridge Norman McDermid Ken Good Janet Henderson Nicholas Henshall (Acting) Paul Slater, Archdeacon of Craven (Acting) Paul Slater, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven

Craven (1836–2014)	Charles Musgrave Vincent Ryan William Boyd Francis Kilner Lucas Cook James Howson Frederick Ackerley Thomas Williams Arthur Sephton Martin Kaye David Rogers Brian Smith Malcolm Grundy Paul Slater (became Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven)