Beautiful flowers have been attracting local people and those from further afield to one of our Huddersfield area churches.

A recent diocesan Vocations Team evening brought people together to hear four honest and inspiring accounts of calling, discernment, formation and ministry.

A Growing Faith Learning Hub in the Leeds area of our diocese has been working to bring together church, home and school in developing faith in children, young people and families.

Twenty members of the United Benefice of St Peter’s Gildersome and St Paul's Drighlington recently have been on day pilgrimage to Whitby.

Volunteers and Children, Families and Youth workers gathered at St Andrew’s Purlwell in the Huddersfield area for one of our TEND events on Saturday, September 5, to be thanked for and equipped in the...

Licensed Lay Ministers from across the diocese were recently celebrated at a service at Wakefield Cathedral.

New clergy and lay members are being elected to General Synod this year, and the voting period is now open.

The Diocese of Leeds will be marking Black History Month this year with a service at Wakefield Cathedral.

Thanks to the launch of a new parish in East Leeds, thousands of people will be able to engage with the Church of England in their area.

September brings the start of school and university, and, for the Intern Team at the Diocese of Leeds, the start of a new year for our interns and Mission Apprentices.

Churches across the country and beyond will be marking Disability Awareness Sunday on September 20 or September 27.

The Rt Revd Toby Howarth, the next Bishop of Leeds, recently spent a day meeting people and visiting places across the diocese as he prepares to take up his new role.

Summer is cricket season, and Bishop Chris Edmondson, Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s chaplain, is a firm believer in bringing sports and Christianity together.

New clergy and lay members are being elected to General Synod this year, and nominations for the elections have closed.

Many of us have special 'Pilgrim Places' - sites that are often beautiful, maybe historic, but which all give us a sense of belonging and perspective and of being closer to God. We have been spotlight...

Many of us have special ‘Pilgrim Places’ - sites that are often beautiful, maybe historic, but which all give us a sense of belonging and perspective and of being closer to God. We are spotlighting so...

The Diocese of Leeds is excited to be working with Growing Hope to pilot new Accessibility Training and an Accessibility Award scheme to help our churches be more accessible to children and young peop...

Christians and Muslims in Shipley are inviting their local community to join them for family fun day this Thursday as they celebrate six months of getting to know each other.

Ripon Cathedral is calling on anyone who has ever sung in one of the cathedral’s choirs to join its current choir for a special Alumni Reunion Evensong this October, marking the 30th anniversary of Ri...

Holy Nativity’s Youth Group have had a fantastic time at camp. A whole week experiencing life in nature on the North Yorkshire Moors.  Everyone loved catching the steam train to Whitby.  One of the Ch...

Twelve people from the Diocese of Leeds, including the Rt Revd Malcolm Chamberlain, Bishop of Wakefield, stood shoulder to shoulder (bega kwa bega) with people in the church in Tanzania on a recent vi...

As part of a national Demonstrator Project, one of our churches in the Huddersfield area will be sharing all that they have learned about reaching net zero at a Demonstrator Day on Saturday, September...

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.

A new Church Army Evangelist serving ministries in the diocese has been commissioned at a service recently.

General Synod members have approved a new annual Festival of Creation in Christ and considered a major new teaching document from the House of Bishops at the most recent session in York.

Children from Hawes Primary School in Upper Wensleydale in the Ripon area commemorated the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale printing the Bible into English by reading Mark's gospel together in St ...

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy recently held a Culture Day to celebrate all the cultures of people at the school, attended by the Rt Revd Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall.

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Pride Church Leeds will mark the 20th anniversary of Leeds Pride Festival next week with a special celebration at Leeds Minster.

Our Diocesan Interns and Mission Apprentices celebrated their year of service at a gathering at St Matts Burley on Wednesday, July 8.

The tragic deaths of 139 miners in Thornhill were marked with the unveiling of a restored mining wheel in Thornhill Rectory Park and a community gala on Saturday, July 4.

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy in the Leeds area is celebrating a highly positive Ofsted inspection outcome, with inspectors recognising the school’s strong standards, inclusive culture and am...

Ten new deacons were ordained at a joyous service at Bradford Cathedral on Saturday, July 4, and began their ministry at churches across the diocese.

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It is a real privilege to introduce myself as I prepare for ordination as a deacon at Bradford Cathedral by the Diocesan Bishop. I am Siaa-Liane—though my deepest identity is firmly rooted in Jesus Ch...

The Diocese of Leeds' Rural Ministry Forum met at Ripon Cathedral for its biannual meeting recently, looking at how churches can engage with those in rural areas on a variety of topics.

Sarah Hobbs is excited to be spending her curacy in the United Parish of Upper Nidderdale, having been sent for training from Ripon Cathedral. While studying part-time at St Hild over the past three y...

Anglicans from across our diocese have been looking at how local churches can best support their communities in bringing people together and working to build bridges where there is division.

Sam Clayton will be serving her curacy in the parishes of St Chad's, St Michael's and All Hallow's in the Headingley and All Hallow's  Team in the Leeds Episcopal Area. Sam is married to Chris and the...

Windrush Day 2026 was marked in Huddersfield with the unveiling of a tapestry sharing the history of African Caribbean people.

Hi I’m Megan. I am looking forward to serving the people of Horbury Junction, Middlestown, Overton and Netherton as Assistant Curate under the care of Revd Hannah Hobday.