Please find here information about the Annual Visitations of Archdeacons.
Admission of Churchwardens
At the Visitations the Archdeacon will deliver a charge to the clergy and churchwardens. Churchwardens for the coming year will make their declarations at the
Whilst Readers, members of Parochial Church Councils and parish and diocesan officers are not cited to attend, they are warmly invited by the Archdeacons to do so.
Archdeacons' Visitations in 2026
Bradford
- Wednesday, June 17, 7pm for 7.30pm – held at All Saints, Ilkley
- Tuesday, June 23, 7pm for 7.30pm – held at Bowling St John, Bradford
Halifax
- Thursday, June 11, 7pm for 7.30pm - held at Halifax Minster (please note: this visitation clashes with a concert in Halifax and road works around the centre of Halifax)
- Sunday, June 14, 2.30pm for 3.00pm - held at Huddersfield Parish Church
- Tuesday, June 16, 7pm for 7.30pm - held at Dewsbury Minster
Leeds
- Thursday, June 4, 7pm – East Leeds Deanery – held at St Matthew’s, Chapel Allerton
- Thursday, June 11, 2pm – South Leeds Deanery – held at St Thomas’, Stanningley
- Tuesday, June 16, 7pm – North West Leeds Deanery – held at St Giles, Bramhope
Pontefract
- Wednesday, June 3, 7pm – held at St Giles, Pontefract
- Tuesday, July 14, 7pm – held at St John the Baptist, Royston, Barnsley
Richmond and Craven
- Thursday, July 2, 7.30pm – Ripon Deanery – held at Ripon Cathedral
A copy of the covering letter can be read here. A copy of the explanatory note can be read here. A copy of the Archdeacons' Citation for 2026 can be read here.