Diocese of Bradford

Diocese of Bradford
Diocese of Bradford
Location
Ecclesiastical province	York
Archdeaconries	Bradford, Craven
Statistics
Parishes	133
Churches	166
Information
Established	25 November 1919–20 April 2014
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

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

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[]

^ "No. 31656". The London Gazette. 25 November 1919. pp. 14301–14302.
^ Jump up to: ^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

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[1] "No. 31656". The London Gazette. 25 November 1919. pp. 14301–14302.

[leeds85-2] Jump up to: ^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)

[3] Thinking Anglicans – proposed new diocese for West Yorkshire (Accessed 4 March 2013)

[4] The Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales

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show v t 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 (acting) Jerry Lepine

show v t Archdeacons of Richmond, of Craven and of Richmond and Craven
High Medieval	Osbert de Bayeux Godfrey de Luci Eustace Honorius of Kent Honorius (again) Morgan Richard Marsh William Langton John le Romeyn the elder Henry of Newark
Late Medieval	John Sandale Roger Northburgh Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Robert Wodehouse John Gynwell John Waltham (er) Nicholas Bubwith Stephen Scrope (again) Henry Bowet Thomas Kempe William Grey Lawrence Booth John Arundel John Booth John Sherwood John Blyth Christopher Urswick James Stanley (yr) Thomas Wynter William Knight
Early modern	John Bird John Horleston (again) Christopher Goodman Thomas Mallory Thomas Dod Henry Bridgeman Charles Bridgeman Henry Dove William Stratford 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 Brian Smith Malcolm Grundy Paul Slater (became Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven)
Richmond and Craven	Paul Slater Simon Cowling (Acting) Beverley Mason Jonathan Gough

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