Bishop of Bradford

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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<ref>The Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales</ref> 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.<ref name="scheme">The Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield Reorganisation Scheme 2013 p. 5 (Accessed 4 February 2014)</ref> 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.<ref name="brahud">Template:Cite press release</ref>

List of bishops

Bishops of Bradford
April 2014	1 December 2014	File:Thomas Frederick Butler June 20, 2009 by Steve Punter (cropped).jpg Tom Butler (Acting)	Acting bishop between diocese's erection and Howarth taking up the post.<ref name="abps">The Transformation Programme – Archbishop appoints interim area bishops Template:Webarchive (Accessed 20 October 2019)</ref>
17 October 2014	present	File:Bishop Toby Howarth (cropped).jpg Toby Howarth	<ref name="brahud" />
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