Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds

Diocese of Leeds Dioecesis Loidensis
Location
Country	England
Territory	West Yorkshire With parts of:  North Yorkshire  East Riding of Yorkshire  Lancashire  Greater Manchester
Ecclesiastical province	Liverpool
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Liverpool
Deaneries	11
Statistics
Area	1,900 sq mi (4,900 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 2,115,000 168,000 (7.9%)
Parishes	82
Churches	108
Schools	93
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	29 September 1850
Cathedral	Saint Anne's Cathedral, Leeds
Patron saint	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour St Wilfrid
Secular priests	187
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Marcus Stock
Metropolitan Archbishop	Malcolm McMahon
Vicar General	Paul Fisher [1]
Episcopal Vicars	Timothy Swinglehurst [1]
Bishops emeritus	Arthur Roche[2]
Map
The Diocese of Leeds within the Province of Liverpool
Website
dioceseofleeds.org.uk

The Diocese of Leeds (Latin: Dioecesis Loidensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centred on Leeds Cathedral in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It was founded on 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley, which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Diocese of Leeds was made to cover the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, while the Diocese of Middlesbrough took over the diocesan organisation of the rest of Yorkshire.