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Diocese of Bradford | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | York |
| Archdeaconries | Bradford, Craven |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 133 |
| Churches | 166 |
| Information | |
| Established | 25 November 1919–20 April 2014 |
| Cathedral | Bradford Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | At dissolution: Nick Baines, Bishop of Bradford |
| Archdeacons | At dissolution: David Lee, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Slater, Archdeacon of Craven |
| Website | |
| bradford.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of Bradford is a former Church of England diocese within the Province of York. The diocese covered the area of the City of Bradford, Craven district, the former Sedbergh Rural District now in Cumbria and the parts of the Lancashire boroughs of Pendle and Ribble Valley that are within Yorkshire's historic boundaries. The seat of the episcopal see was Bradford Cathedral and the bishop was the diocesan Bishop of Bradford.
The diocese was founded on 25 November 1919[1] from part of the Diocese of Ripon and dissolved in the creation of the Diocese of Leeds on 20 April 2014.[2] The church of Saint Peter was elevated to cathedral status in 1919.
- ^ "No. 31656". The London Gazette. 25 November 1919. pp. 14301–14302.
- ^ The Transformation Programme – First new diocese for more than 85 years created on April 20 Archived 20 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 19 April 2014)