The Bishop

Bishop

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 of Ripon

Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and successor parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located at the confluence of two streams of the River Ure in the form of the Laver and Skell. The city is noted for its main feature the Ripon Cathedral which is architecturally...

 and Leeds

Leeds

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is the Ordinary

Ordinary

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 of the Church of England

Church of England

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 Diocese of Ripon and Leeds

Diocese of Ripon and Leeds

The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as the south Teesdale area administered by County Durham which is traditionally part of Yorkshire...

 in the Province of York

Province of York

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Though one ancient Bishop of Ripon is known, the modern diocese dates from 1836. Since 1999, the see has been called the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds

Diocese of Ripon and Leeds

The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as the south Teesdale area administered by County Durham which is traditionally part of Yorkshire...

, reflecting the growing importance of Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, the largest city within the diocese and one of the fastest-growing cities in Britain.

The Bishop lives in Hollin House, a 6-bedroom house in Weetwood

Weetwood

Weetwood is an area between Headingley and Meanwood in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is bounded on the north by the A6120 , on the west by the A660 , on the east by Meanwood Beck and to the south by Hollin Lane...

, North Leeds, having moved there from Ripon in August 2008. The current Bishop is the Right Reverend John Richard Packer

John Richard Packer

John Richard Packer is a British Anglican bishop. He is the current Bishop of Ripon and LeedsBorn in Blackburn, Lancashire, firstly educated in Manchester Grammar School, Packer graduated from Keble College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in modern history in 1967 and from Ripon Hall, Oxford with...

, who signs 'John Ripon and Leeds'. There is one Suffragan Bishop

Suffragan bishop

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 in the Diocese, the Bishop of Knaresborough

Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, in the Province of York, England...

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List of diocesan Bishops

No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
Ancient Bishop of Ripon
1	Eadhæd	c.679	unknown	Previously Bishop of Lindsey Bishop of Lindsey The Bishop of Lindsey was a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 11th centuries. The episcopal title took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey.-History:...
Bishops of Ripon - new creation
1	Charles Longley	1836	1856	Nominated 15 October and consecrated Consecration Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service, usually religious. The word "consecration" literally means "to associate with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups...  6 November 1836; translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...  to Durham in 1856.
2	Robert Bickersteth Robert Bickersteth (bishop) The Rt Rev Robert Bickersteth was the Anglican Bishop of Ripon in the mid 19th century.Robert Bickersteth was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1845, his first post was as a Curate to his father...	1857	1884	Nominated 17 December 1856 and consecrated 18 January 1857; died 15 April 1884.
3	William Boyd Carpenter William Boyd Carpenter William Boyd Carpenter KCVO was a Church of England clergyman who became Bishop of Ripon and court chaplain to Queen Victoria.-Family:William Boyd Carpenter was the second son of the Rev...	1884	1911	Nominated 11 June and consecrated 25 July 1884; resigned 8 November 1911; died 26 October 1928.
4	Thomas Drury	1912	1920	Translated from Sodor and Man Bishop of Sodor and Man The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1... ; nominated 22 November 1911 and confirmed 4 February 1912; resigned 22 April 1920; died 12 February 1926.
5	Thomas Strong	1920	1925	Nominated 24 June and consecrated 24 August 1920; translated to Oxford Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford...  13 October 1925.
6	Edward Burroughs	1926	1934	Nominated 29 October 1925 and consecrated 6 January 1926; died 23 August 1934.
7	Geoffrey Lunt	1935	1946	Nominated 19 November 1934 and consecrated 25 January 1935; translated to Salisbury Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset...  9 October 1946.
8	George Chase	1946	1959	Nominated 11 October and consecrated 1 November 1946; resigned 6 April 1959; died 30 November 1971.
9	John Moorman John Moorman John Richard Humpidge Moorman, was an English divine, ecumenist, and writer, Bishop of Ripon from 1959 to 1975.-Background:...	1959	1975	Nominated 2 May and consecrated 11 June 1959; resigned 30 November 1975; died 13 January 1989.
10	Hetley Price	1976	1977	Translated from Doncaster Bishop of Doncaster The Bishop of Doncaster is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The see is currently vacant following the retirement of the Rt Revd... ; nominated 10 February and confirmed 18 March 1976; died 15 March 1977.
11	David Young	1977	1999	Nominated 11 July and consecrated 21 September 1977; retired in 1999; died 10 August 2008.
Bishops of Ripon and Leeds
12	John Packer	2000	present	Translated from Warrington Bishop of Warrington The Bishop of Warrington is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Warrington in Cheshire.-List of the Bishops of Warrington:... ; took office on Sunday, 16 July 2000.

Diocesan Bishop of Leeds

Under the Dioceses Commission's Draft Reorganisation Scheme (2011), the Diocese

Diocese of Ripon and Leeds

The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as the south Teesdale area administered by County Durham which is traditionally part of Yorkshire...

 and See of Ripon and Leeds would be entirely dissolved to facilitate the creation of a new Anglican Diocese of Leeds. The Bishop of Leeds would be the diocesan bishop of the new diocese, with particular episcopal oversight over the Leeds episcopal area – i.e. roughly the City of Leeds. The new diocesan bishop could choose to designate Leeds Parish Church

Leeds Parish Church

Leeds Parish Church, or the Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds, in Leeds, West Yorkshire is a large Church of England parish church of major architectural and liturgical significance. It has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage...

as a pro-cathedral (alongside his or her three existing seats).