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Bishop, do you have a head for heights?!

It was the first question when  Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley, the next Bishop of Ripon arrived at ...


New Bishop of Ripon announced as Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley

From the other side of the world, new bishop returns to her northern roots The Rt Rev Dr ...


Petition for Leeds asylum seeker

Petition to stop the deportation of Leeds asylum seeker gathers nearly 3,000 supporters A petition asking the Home Secretary ...


We are the Diocese of Leeds…Connecting our communities

For this week’s film, we travelled to Nidderdale in the Ripon Episcopal Area to find out about ...


Happy First Birthday All Saints Community

More than 100 people from the Wakefield Episcopal Area gathered in Wakefield Cathedral last week to celebrate the first ...


Vicar of Halifax in workplace to shadow key figures in public sector: Read his day in A & E here

The vicar of Halifax Minster, the Revd Canon Hilary Barber, has just finished his second day ...


Wakefield remembers its angel of the trenches this Sunday

  A Wakefield nurse who was killed during the Battle of Passchendale and buried with full military honours ...


Saying Goodbye to Wakefield's Dean Jonathan

There was a standing ovation for the Dean of Wakefield, the Very Revd Jonathan Greener as he ...


Archbishop of York praises community of flood damaged church

The Archbishop of York praised the community of Mytholmroyd for letting their light shine before others in the ...


Diocese is sporting example

Two of our vicars have been explaining to other clergy in the Church of England how sport provides ...

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