The Bishop of Ripon is an

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title which takes its name after the

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Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the cit ...

in North Yorkshire, England. The bishop is one of the

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s of the Diocese of Leeds in the

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. The area bishop of Ripon has oversight of the archdeaconry of Richmond and Craven, which consists of the deaneries of Bowland, Ewecross, Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon, Skipton, and Wensley. The current title Bishop of Ripon is renamed from Bishop of Knaresborough, which was an

title used by a suffragan bishop of the

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Dioceses of Ripon (later Ripon and Leeds) and then of Leeds, in the

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. The title took its name after the historic market and

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Knaresborough Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Nidd. It is east of Harrogate. History Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Chenar ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four cou ...

. The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds was dissolved on 20 April 2014 and its former territory was added to the new Diocese of Leeds. The first Area Bishop of Ripon was James Bell, who had previously been the suffragan

Bishop of Knaresborough A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

and area bishop in Ripon, and was acting diocesan Bishop of Ripon and Leeds until the dissolution of that diocese. Following the creation of the Diocese of Leeds on 20 April 2014, the see of Knaresborough was eventually renamed to become the suffragan see for the area Bishop of Ripon. To that end the General Synod approved a petition from the Bishop of Leeds in February 2015;Diocese of Liverpool – General Synod: February 2015 group of sessions
(Accessed 21 February 2015). that petition was approved by the

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on 19 March 2015 and so the see was translated to Ripon. James Bell continued in the same See, becoming the area Bishop of Ripon. On 9 November 2017, it was announced that

Helen-Ann Hartley Helen-Ann Macleod Hartley (born 28 May 1973) is a British Anglican bishop and academic who has served as the Bishop of Newcastle since 2023. She previously served as Bishop of Waikato in New Zealand from 2014 to 2017 and area Bishop of Ripon in ...

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(in

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) was to become the next Bishop of Ripon and she was installed on 4 February 2018.Diocese of Leeds — New Bishop of Ripon
(Accessed 9 November 2017). On 20 October 2022, it was announced that Hartley is to translate to Newcastle in 2022/3.

List of bishops

References

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

Diocese of Ripon and Leeds Diocese of Ripon Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds Lists of English people {{anglican-stub