Diocese of Bradford

Church of England diocese, 1919 to 2014

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Diocese of Bradford

Coat of arms
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.

Merger

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] The merger came into force on 20 April 2014, at which point the Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield dioceses merged.^[2]

References

^ "No. 31656". The London Gazette. 25 November 1919. pp. 14301–14302.
^ ^a ^b The Transformation Programme – First new diocese for more than 85 years created on April 20 Archived 20 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine (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

Bibliography

Church of England Statistics 2002 Archived 3 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
The Dioceses Commission's Yorkshire Review — A Guide to the Report Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Diocese of Bradford
Bradford and Ripon & Leeds Education Team

Anglican dioceses in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands

Church of England
(list of dioceses)

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Province of York	Blackburn Carlisle Chester Durham Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Sheffield Sodor and Man Southwell and Nottingham 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
Province of Dublin	Cashel and Ossory Cork, Cloyne and Ross Dublin and Glendalough Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe Meath and Kildare

Anglican Diocese of Leeds

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	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds) Smitha Prasadam, Bishop of Huddersfield Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon
Other bishops	AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Deans	John Dobson, Dean of Ripon Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield Andy Bowerman, Dean of Bradford
Archdeacons	Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds Jonathan Gough, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Bill Braviner, Archdeacon of Halifax Cat Thatcher, Archdeacon-designate of Pontefract

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014)
Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond)
Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirkstall)
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)

v t e 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) Jerry Lepine Andy Bowerman

v t e 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 Andy Jolley

v t e 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 Dod 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 (Acting)
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)
Richmond and Craven	Paul Slater Simon Cowling (Acting) Bev Mason Jonathan Gough