Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Dioceses of Ripon and then of Leeds, in the Province of York, England.^[1] The title took its name after the historic market and spa town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.

Following the creation of the Diocese of Leeds^[2] on 20 April 2014, the see was eventually renamed to become the suffragan see for the area Bishop of Ripon.^[3] To that end the General Synod approved a petition from the Bishop of Leeds in February 2015;^[4] that petition was approved by the Queen-in-Council on 19 March 2015^[5] and so the see was translated to Ripon.

James Bell continues in the same See, becoming the area Bishop of Ripon.^[6]

List of bishops

Bishops of Knaresborough
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1905	1934	Lucius Smith	(1860–1934)
1934	1938	Paul de Labilliere	(1879–1946). Afterwards Dean of Westminster.
1938	1948	John Bateman-Champain	(1880–1950)
1948	1965	Henry de Candole	(1895–1971)
1965	1972	Howard Cruse	(1908–1979)
1972	1979	Ralph Emmerson	(1914–2008)
1979	1986	John Dennis	(b. 1931). Translated to St Edmundsbury & Ipswich.
1986	1997	Malcolm Menin	(b. 1932)
1997	2003	Frank Weston	(1935–2003)
2004	2015	James Bell	(b. 1950) Area bishop for Ripon from 20 April 2014 and interim area bishop in Leeds, 20–22 April 2014; See translated to Ripon, 19 March 2015
Source(s):[1]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
2. The Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales
3. Moving towards a new diocese for West Yorkshire and the Dales (Accessed 9 July 2013)
4. Diocese of Liverpool – General Synod: February 2015 group of sessions (Accessed 21 February 2015)
5. Orders in Council, 19 March 2015 (Accessed 25 March 2015)
6. (Accessed 4 March 2013)

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings