Diocese of Leeds (Catholic)

DIOCESE OF LEEDS (Dioecesis Loidensis)

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1840 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yorkshire District
Elevated as Diocese of Beverley in 1850
Name changed 1878

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Arms of Bishops

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  John Briggs (1850–1860)

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  Robert Cornthwaite (1861–1890)

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  William Gordon (1890–1911)

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  Joseph Robert Cowgill (1911–1936)

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  Henry John Poskitt (1936–1950)

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  John Carmel Heenan (1951–1957)

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  George Patrick Dwyer (1957–1965 )

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  William Gordon Wheeler (1966–1985)

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  David Konstant (1985-2004)

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  Arthur Roche (2004-2012)

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  Marcus Nigel Stock (2014-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Gerald Moverley (1967-1980)

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