Diocese of Ripon

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The Diocese of Ripon was a Church of England diocese in northern England, centered on the city of Ripon and historically part of the ecclesiastical Province of York.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Ripon canonical 2
Diocese of Ripon and Leeds 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diocese
former Church of England diocese
cathedral Ripon Cathedral
cathedralDedication St Peter
Bishop Wilfrid
surface form: St Wilfrid
church Church of England
country England
dateDissolved 20 April 2014
dateOfFirstBishopConsecration 1836
denomination Anglican
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of York
episcopalPolity episcopal
established 1836
establishedBy Orders of Council
surface form: Order in Council
firstBishop Charles Longley
surface form: Charles Thomas Longley
firstBishopTitle Bishop of Ripon
governedBy bishop
governingBody General Synod
surface form: General Synod of the Church of England
hadSuffraganSee Bishop of Knaresborough
hasCathedralStatus true
hasCoatOfArms arms of the Diocese of Ripon
hasEpiscopalSee Ripon
hasHistoricalSignificance first new Church of England diocese created since the Reformation
hasJurisdictionOver parishes in and around Ripon
hasMainCathedralChurch Ripon Cathedral
surface form: Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, Ripon
jurisdictionType diocese
language English
locatedIn North Yorkshire
locatedInEcclesiasticalHierarchy below Province of York
mergedInto Diocese of Leeds
ordinary Bishop of Ripon
partOf Province of York
predecessor Diocese of York
reasonForDissolution creation of the Diocese of Leeds
regionServed northern England
religion Christianity
rite Anglican rite
seeCity Ripon
status defunct
successor Diocese of Leeds
successorSeeTitle Area Bishop of Ripon
suppressed 2014
territoryIncluded parts of North Yorkshire
parts of West Yorkshire
tradition Anglo-Catholicism
surface form: Anglo-Catholic

Broad church
Evangelical Anglican
typeOfOrganization religious jurisdiction

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of York hasSuffraganSee Diocese of Ripon
Diocese of Blackburn createdFrom Diocese of Ripon
Diocese of Leeds formedByMergerOf Diocese of Ripon
this entity surface form: Diocese of Ripon and Leeds