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Suffragan diocese Leeds, United Kingdom

Diocese of Leeds

Loiden(sis)

The Diocese of Leeds is a Latin rite diocese covering West Yorkshire and adjacent areas in England, erected in 1878 from the division of the Diocese of Beverley. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Anne in Leeds.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St Anne, Leeds, in Leeds, United Kingdom.

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Established
1878
Catholics
168,000
Priests
187
Territory
4,921 km²

Parishes and churches

112 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Marcus Stock
Born
27 August 1961
Birthplace
London

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St Anne, Leeds stands in Leeds, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

When the Diocese of Beverley, until then responsible for all of Yorkshire, was split on 20 December 1878, the historic West Riding of Yorkshire went to the newly founded Diocese of Leeds (Latin: Dioecesis Loidensis), while diocesan organisation of the rest of the county passed to the Diocese of Middlesbrough. Leeds Cathedral, in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds, England, forms the centre of this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church.

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