The Bishop of Wakefield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield in the Province of York. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican The Diocese of Wakefield is a Church of England Diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley The Province of York is one of two Ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England and consists of 14 Dioceses which cover the northern third of
The diocese covers south-west Yorkshire. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. The see is in the City of Wakefield where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1888. An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
The Bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Wakefield.
The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1888 under Queen Victoria. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Cathedral contains a memorial to Bishop Walsham How, the first Bishop of Wakefield. A memorial is an object which serves as a memory of something usually a person (who has died or an event The current bishop is the Right Reverend Stephen George Platten, the 12th Bishop of Wakefield, who signs Stephen Wakefield. Stephen George Platten (born 17th May 1947 in Southgate) is the current Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Wakefield, England
Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Walsham How ( December 13, 1823 - August 10, 1897) was an English Bishop. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Rodney Eden ( 9 September 1853 – 7 January 1940) was a former Bishop of Dover and Wakefield. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Bishop Eric Treacy MBE (1907 – 13 May 1978) was an English Railway Photographer and Bishop of Wakefield. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) David Michael Hope Baron Hope of Thornes, KCVO, PC (born 14 April 1940) was the Archbishop of York in the Church of England Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Nigel Simeon McCulloch (born January 17, 1942) is the Bishop of Manchester. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The present is the Time that is perceived directly not as a recollection or a speculation Stephen George Platten (born 17th May 1947 in Southgate) is the current Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England.
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