Pick up your leaflets for a Holy Lent of Loving. Living. Learning. The six bishops across our diocese have issued an open invitation to all parishes to join them for a Holy Lent of Loving. Living...

The co- author of a key report into the future of the rural church and strategies to enable churches in farming areas to grow, has been meeting with senior church leaders in the Ripon area. Jill...

Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Bishop James Bell has said he is hopeful for the future of the rural church describing many positive signs of growth and renewal. In an article written to coincide with...

Hundreds of friends, colleagues and parishioners from across the diocese and beyond bid a fond and fittingly joyful farewell to Bishop James Bell at a service in Ripon Cathedral on April 30 to mark...

Bishop James Bell, who retires this weekend (April 30), has called for greater lay leadership in rural churches during an Easter Day national radio debate on the future of the rural church. In a...

In a unique event, Anglican bishops from seven different countries and four continents are meeting together for the first time in the Diocese of Leeds this week. The bishops, from Sri Lanka, Sudan...

Church growth, evangelism and a decision to allow parsonages to be used for refugees who would otherwise be homeless were among the topics under discussion by the Diocesan Synod meeting in Harrogate...

This week we launch two films in our year-long campaign to tell our story here in this new Diocese of Leeds. We are the Diocese of Leeds Starting the Day paints a picture of our everyday. For the...