Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds

"Diocese of Leeds" redirects here. For the proposed Anglican diocese, see Anglican Diocese of Leeds.

Diocese of Leeds Dioecesis Loidensis
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Leeds
Location
Country	England
Ecclesiastical province	Liverpool
Metropolitan	Liverpool
Deaneries	11
Statistics
Area	4,075 km2 (1,573 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,000,000 154,957 (7.7%)
Parishes	124
Schools	107
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	29 September 1850
Cathedral	Saint Anne's Cathedral, Leeds
Patron saint	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour St Wilfrid
Secular priests	187
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Arthur Roche
Metropolitan Archbishop	Patrick Altham Kelly
Vicars General	Kieran Heskin Michael McQuinn
Episcopal Vicars	Peter Rosser John Wilson Paul Fisher
Emeritus Bishops	David Konstant
Map
The Diocese of Leeds within the Province of Liverpool
Website
dioceseofleeds.org.uk

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite centred around Leeds Cathedral in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Diocese of Leeds was made to cover the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, while the Diocese of Middlesbrough took over the organisation of the rest of Yorkshire.

History

The diocese was created on 20 December 1878 when the then Diocese of Beverley, which covered the whole of Yorkshire, was divided into the Diocese of Leeds, covering the West Riding of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the south of the River Ouse, and the Diocese of Middlesbrough, covering the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the north of the River Ouse. In 1982 the two York parishes south of the River Ouse were ceded to the Diocese of Middlesbrough to unite the City of York under one bishop. The parish of Howden was transferred from the Middlesbrough diocese to the Leeds diocese in 2004.

Patronal Feasts of the Diocese

Patron	Date
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour	27 June
St Wilfrid	12 October

Parishes

Below is a list of the parishes which fall under the Diocese of Leeds, they are presented within the deanery which they are grouped in.^[1][2]

Bradford

See also: Bradford Girls' Choir

• Dean Rev James Callaghan: St William, Bradford.

Parish	Location
St Francis and Immaculate Conception	Eccleshill & Idle
Our Lady And The First Martyrs	Bradford
St Anthony of Padua	Shipley
Mary, Mother of God	Bradford
Our Lady and St Joseph	Aire Valley
Our Lady of Czestochowa	Bradford
St Clare	Bradford
St Joseph	Bradford
St Mary	Bradford
St Matthew	Bradford
St William	Bradford
University Catholic Chaplaincy	Bradford
St Teressa Benedicta of the Cross	Shipley

Dewsbury

• Dean Rev Nicholas Hird BD MA: St Paulinus, Dewsbury.

Parish	Location
St Mary	Batley
St Joseph	Batley Carr
St Patrick	Birstall
St Paul	Cleckheaton
St Paulinus	Dewsbury
St Thomas More	Dewsbury
Holy Spirit	Heckmondwike
St Aidan	Mirfield

Halifax

• Dean Rev Kevin Firth: Sacred Heart, Sowerby Bridge.

Parish	Location
St Patrick	Elland
St Bernard	Halifax
St Columba	Halifax
St Malachy	Halifax
St Marie	Halifax
Good Shepherd	Mytholmroyd
St Theresa	Queensbury
Sacred Heart	Sowerby Bridge

Harrogate

• Dean Rev Canon Paul Moxon: St Wilfrid, Ripon.

Parish	Location
St Joseph	Bishop Thornton
St Edward King And Confessor	Clifford
St Aelred	Harrogate
St Joseph	Harrogate
St Robert	Harrogate
St Mary	Knaresborough
Our Lady Immaculate	Pateley Bridge
St Wilfrid	Ripon
St Joseph	Wetherby

Huddersfield

• Dean Rev Ian Smith BA: Holy Redeemer, Huddersfield.

Parish	Location
St Joseph	Brighouse
Holy Redeemer	Huddersfield
Immaculate Heart of Mary	Huddersfield
Sacred Heart and St William	Uppermill
University Catholic Chaplaincy	Huddersfield

Keighley and Skipton

• Dean Very Rev Canon Sean Gilligan: St Anne, Keighley.

Parish	Location
St Joseph	Barnoldswick
St Boniface	Bentham
SS Mary and Michael	Settle
Sacred Heart	Broughton
Our Lady of Lourdes	Haworth
Our Lady of Victories	Keighley
St Anne	Keighley
St Joseph	Keighley
Our Lady of Mount Carmel	Silsden
St Stephen	Skipton

Leeds

• Cathedral Church Of St Anne, Leeds.

North

• Dean Awaiting Appointment.

Parish	Location
Our Lady of Unfailing Help	Leeds
St Jeanne Jugan
St John Mary Vianney
Our Lady Of Kirstall

East

• Dean Mgr Philip Holroyd: St Theresa, Leeds.

Parish	Location
St Gregory	Leeds
Corpus Christi	Leeds
St Benedict	Garforth
St Patrick	Leeds
St Augustine	Leeds
Blessed Edmund Sykes	Leeds

South West

• Dean Rev John Galvin: St Francis, Morley.

Parish	Location
St William of York	Leeds
St Mary	Rothwell
St Maximilian Kolbe	Leeds
St Margaret Clitherow	Leeds
Holy Family	Leeds
St Wilfrid	Leeds

Selby

• Dean Mgr Bernard Bickers: St Mary, Selby.

Parish	Location
Sacred Heart	Howden
St Mary	Selby
St Joseph	Sherburn-in-Elmet
St Joseph	Tadcaster

Wakefield and Pontefract

• Dean Rev Timothy Swinglehurst MA SSL: St Austin, Wakefield.

Parish	Location
St Joseph	Castleford
Sacred hearth	Hemsworth
St John the Baptist	Normanton
St Ignatius	Ossett
St Joseph	Pontefract
SS Peter and Paul	Wakefield
St Austin	Wakefield

Wharfedale

• Dean Very Rev Canon Joseph Smith: SS John Fisher and Thomas More, Burley-in-Wharfedale.

Parish	Location
Eglish Martyrs	Addingham
SS John Fisher and Thomas More	Burley-in-Wharfedale
St Mary	Horsforth
Leeds Trinity University College	Horsforth
Myddelton Grange	Ilkley
Sacred Heart	Ilkley
Our Lady & All Saints	Otley
St Joseph	Pudsey
SS Peter and Paul	Yeadon

Ordinaries

Main article: Bishop of Leeds

• Robert Cornthwaite: Translated bishop of Leeds, 20 December 1878; died 16 June 1890.
• William Gordon: 16 June 1890; died 7 June 1911.
• Joseph Robert Cowgill: 7 June 1911; died 12 May 1936.
• Henry John Poskitt: 21 September 1936; died 19 February 1950.
• John Carmel Heenan: consecrated bishop of Leeds 12 March 1951; translated to Archdiocese of Liverpool, in 1957.
• George Patrick Dwyer: consecrated bishop of Leeds by Archbishop John Carmel Heenan of Liverpool, 24 September 1957; translated to Archdiocese of Birmingham, in 1965.
• William Gordon Wheeler: installed as bishop of Leeds on 27 June 1966; retired 10 September 1985.
• David Konstant: Appointed Bishop of Leeds on 23 July 1985; installed as Bishop of Leeds on 25 September 1985. Retired 7 April 2004.
• Arthur Roche: Appointed 7 April 2004.

References

1. ^ "Parishes". DioceseofLeeds.org.uk. 1 January 2011. http://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/d_parishes/parish.php?pageNum_rs_parish=0&totalRows_rs_parish=142. 
2. ^ Leeds, Diocese of (2011). Diocese of Leeds Directory 2011. 

External links

• Official Site
• The Latin Mass Society in the Catholic Diocese of Leeds
• Giga-Catholic Information
•  "Leeds". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.