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The Church of England is focussing on the Pilgrim Places that are special to living Holy Lives across the country this summer. In the first of a series about Pilgrim Places in our Diocese of Leeds, Abbey Grange CofE Academy in Leeds told us about the pilgrimage journeys students have been on.
New clergy and lay members are being elected to General Synod this year – and regular churchgoers are being invited to consider standing as a candidate.
The new Bishop of Leeds will be the Rt Revd Dr Toby Howarth, it was announced by the Prime Minister’s office today, after the King approved his nomination for election.
The church was truly on show at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate with Christians across the diocese providing a special 'Churches on Show' tent.
Vicar of Mixenden and Illingworth Revd Robb Sutherland enjoyed a visit to Lambeth Palace last week for lunch with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally.
Christians from across Skipton Deanery came together earlier this month to celebrate and share their 'Signs of Resurrection' - ways in which Christ is alive in our rural communities.
Churches in the Diocese of Leeds responded enthusiastically to the announcement of the Places of Worship Renewal Fund, with around 40 parishes across the diocese requesting letters of support and making expressions of interest in the first round in June 2026.
The Diocese of Leeds recently welcomed university students from across the country as part of a training project to help widen access to the study of church monument conservation.
The team from the Diocese of Leeds made a full contribution to the most recent meeting of General Synod in York.
This July a group of twelve from the Diocese of Leeds will travel to Tanzania in East Africa to spend time in our link dioceses of Mara, Rorya and Tarime.
