The Bishop of Ripon was a
diocesan bishop's title which took its name after the
city
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of
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 ...
in North Yorkshire, England.
History
Though one ancient Bishop of Ripon is known, the modern
see of Ripon was established in 1836 from parts of the
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...
s of
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
and
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
. In the same year, the
collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by ...
in Ripon was raised to the status of
cathedral church
A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
. From 1905, the bishops of Ripon were assisted by the suffragan
bishops of Knaresborough in overseeing the diocese.
In 1999, the
see changed its name to the
Diocese of Ripon and Leeds
The Diocese of Ripon (Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from 1999 until 2014) was a former Church of England diocese, part of the Province of York. Immediately prior to its dissolution, it covered an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well a ...
, reflecting the growing importance of
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popul ...
, the largest city within the diocese and one of the fastest-growing cities in Britain.
[
The diocesan bishop lived in Hollin House, a six-bedroom house in Weetwood, North Leeds, having moved there from Ripon in August 2008. The only bishop of ''Ripon and Leeds'' was ]John Packer
John Richard Packer (born 10 October 1946) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the only Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, serving from the renaming of the diocese from Ripon in 2000 to his 2014 retirement (prior to his former diocese's merge ...
, who signed ''John Ripon and Leeds'', retired on 31 January 2014.[
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,][The Transformation Programme – Archbishop appoints interim area bishops](_blank)
(Accessed 10 January 2014) who had previously been the suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough and area bishop in Ripon; and acting diocesan Bishop of Ripon and Leeds
The Bishop of Ripon was a diocesan bishop's title which took its name after the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire, England.
History
Though one ancient Bishop of Ripon is known, the modern see of Ripon was established in 1836 from parts of th ...
until the dissolution of that diocese. The second and current area Bishop of Ripon is 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 i ...
.
List of bishops
Assistant bishops
Among those who served as "Assistant Bishop of Ripon" were:
*1883–1884: Isaac Hellmuth
Isaac Hellmuth (December 14, 1819 – 28 May 1901), second Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Huron, was the founder of Huron University College and the University of Western Ontario, one of Canada's leading universities. He was also founder of H ...
, former Bishop of Huron
The Diocese of Huron is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises just over 31,000 square kilometres in southwestern Ontario, sandwiched between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Its ...
and friend to Bickersteth
References
{{Bishops of Ripon (modern diocese)
Diocese of Ripon and Leeds
Diocese of Ripon