The Diocese of Leeds is pleased to welcome a new president for our Mothers’ Union. On Saturday, January 22, Wakefield Cathedral hosted the Mothers’ Union Commissioning Service for the new triennium...

The new incoming Dean of Bradford, the Revd Andy Bowerman, has been introduced to figures from across the city and beyond at an informal meet and greet at the Cathedral. Revd Andy was welcomed by the...

The light of the presence of God, who comes among us in Jesus, is not going to be put out or extinguished by the circumstances of the world explains Bishop of Leeds, the Rt Revd Nick Baines in his...

The Rt Revd Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds, is featured with one of 2021’s must-listen radio items as part of BBC Radio 4’s Pick of the Year 2021. Bishop Nick spoke powerfully on BBC Radio 4’s Today...

The Christmas story is a defiant rejection of the notion that darkness always wins and invites us to look for the light that is there when the gloom seems all-powerful, writes Bishop Nick in a...

“Every person matters, as we are made in the image of God”, Bishop Nick has written powerfully about the tragic deaths in the Channel of those trying to reach the UK. Please find below his script for...

The Diocese of Leeds’ team of newly-elected General Synod representatives have made the trip down to London to join the beginning of a new Synod session. General Synod is the national assembly of the...

The Diocese of Leeds bid a fond farewell to the outgoing Archdeacon of Halifax, Ven Dr Anne Dawtry, at a retirement service on Sunday, October 31 held at Halifax Minster. Around three hundred people...

The time-honoured commitment of the Church of England to its parishes is not in danger, the Bishop of Leeds, The Rt Revd Nick Baines told our Diocesan Synod at its first in-person gathering since the...