Bishop of Leeds

The Bishop of Leeds is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds in the Province of Liverpool, England.

The Vicariate Apostolic of the Yorkshire District was elevated to diocese status as the Diocese of Beverley on 29 September 1850, which was suppressed on 20 December 1878 and its area was divided into the dioceses of Leeds and Middlesbrough.

The Diocese of Leeds covers an area of 4,075 km2 (1,600 sq mi) and consists of the County of West Yorkshire, together parts of the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Cumbria. The see is in the city of Leeds where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Anne, Cookridge Street.

At the present, the most recent Bishop of Leeds was the Most Reverend Arthur Roche who served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Leeds, following his appointment as the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Benedict XVI on 26 June 2012 until the end of September 2012. He had served as the Diocesan Bishop of Leeds (2004–2012), and prior to that Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds (2002–2004) and an Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (2001–2002).

Presently, the incumbent Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Leeds is Mgr John Wilson.