Diocese of Leeds Dioecesis Loidensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  England |
| Territory |  West YorkshireWith parts of: North Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire Lancashire Greater Manchester |
| Ecclesiastical province | Liverpool |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Deaneries | 11 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,900 sq mi (4,900 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 2,115,000 168,000 (7.9%) |
| Parishes | 82 |
| Churches | 108 |
| Schools | 93 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 29 September 1850 |
| Cathedral | Saint Anne's Cathedral, Leeds |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Perpetual Succour St Wilfrid |
| Secular priests | 187 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Marcus Stock |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Malcolm McMahon |
| Vicar General |
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| Bishops emeritus | Arthur Roche[2] |
| Map | |
 The Diocese of Leeds within the Province of Liverpool | |
| Website | |
| dioceseofleeds.org.uk | |
The Diocese of Leeds (Latin: Dioecesis Loidensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centred on Leeds Cathedral in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It was founded on 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley, which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Diocese of Leeds was made to cover the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, while the Diocese of Middlesbrough took over the diocesan organisation of the rest of Yorkshire.