Bishop of Bradford

For the page about the dissolute ordinary of the Diocese of Bradford, see Bishop of Bradford (diocese).

The Bishop of Bradford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after Bradford, a city in West Yorkshire.

Upon the creation of the Diocese of Leeds^[1] on 20 April 2014, the diocesan see was dissolved and its diocese's territory added to the new diocese, within which there is a newly created suffragan see for the Area Bishop of Bradford.^[2] On 26 August 2014, it was announced that Toby Howarth was to become the first area bishop of Bradford; he was consecrated on 17 October 2014.^[3]

List of bishops

Bishops of Bradford
April 2014	1 December 2014	Tom Butler (Acting)	Acting bishop between diocese's erection and Howarth taking up the post.[4]
17 October 2014	present	Toby Howarth	[3]
Sources:[5][6]

References

1. The Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales
2. The Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield Reorganisation Scheme 2013 p. 5 (Accessed 4 February 2014)
3. "New Bishops announced for West Yorkshire and Dales" (Press release). Diocese of Leeds. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
4. The Transformation Programme – Archbishop appoints interim area bishops Archived 10 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 20 October 2019)
5. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 230. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
6. "Historical successions: Bradford". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 6 January 2012.