Leeds Parish Church - Vicars of Leeds From 1220 and Rectors of Leeds From 1991

Vicars of Leeds From 1220 and Rectors of Leeds From 1991

This list is incomplete

  • Hugo 1220
  • Alanus de Shirburn 1242
  • Johannes de Feversham 1250
  • Galfridus de Sponden 1281
  • Gilbertus Gaudibus 1316
  • Alanus de Berewick 1320
  • William Brunby
  • William Mirfield 1392
  • Johannes Snagtall 1391
  • Robert Presselew 1408
  • Robert Newton
  • William Saxton 1418
  • Johannes Herbert 1424
  • Jacobus Baguley
  • Thomas Clarel 1430
  • William Evre B.D. 1470
  • Johannes Frazer (Bishop of Ross) 1482
  • Matrinus Collins 1499
  • Robert Wranwash B.A. 1500
  • William Evre 1508
  • Johannes Thompson
  • Johannes Thornton
  • Christopher Bradley 1556
  • Alexander Fawvett 1559
  • Robert Cooke B.D. 1590
  • Alex Cooke B.D. 1614
  • Unknown 1615
  • Henry Robinson B.C. 1632
  • Peter Saxton M.A. 1646
  • William Styles M.A. 1652
  • Johannes Lake D.D. 1661
  • Marmaduke Cooke D.D. 1663
  • Johannes Milner B.D. 1677
  • Johan. Killingbeck B. D. 1690
  • Josephus Cookson M.A. 1715
  • Samuel Kirshaw D.D. 1746
  • Peter Haddon M.A. 1786
  • Richard Fawcett M.A. 1815 - founder of The Choir of Leeds Parish Church
  • Walter Farquhar Hook D.D. 1837 (formerly vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, later Dean of Chichester Cathedral)
  • James Atlay D. D. 1859 (later Bishop of Hereford)
  • Canon James Russell Woodford D.D. 1868 - 1873 (later Bishop of Ely)
  • John Gott 1873 - 1885 (later Chaplain to the Bishop of Ripon; Dean of Worcester Cathedral from 1885; afterwards Bishop of Truro)
  • Francis John Jayne 1886-1888; afterwards Bishop of Chester
  • Edward Stuart Talbot 1888 - 1895 (later Bishop of Rochester then Bishop of Southwark and, finally Bishop of Winchester
  • Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson 1895 - 1905 (later Bishop of Gloucester)
  • Samuel Bickersteth 1905 - 1916 then Canon and later Librarian of Canterbury Cathedral
  • Bernard Oliver Francis Heywood 1916 - 1926 (subsequently Bishop of Southwell, later Bishop of Hull and finally Bishop of Ely)
  • Canon William Thompson Elliott 1926 - 1938 (later Canon of Westminster)
  • Canon Wilfred Marcus Askwith 1938 - 1942 (later Bishop of Blackburn, then Bishop of Gloucester
  • Canon Arthur Stretton Reeve MA 1943 - 1953 (later Bishop of Lichfield)
  • Canon C B Sampson 1953 - 1961 (formerly vicar of Maidstone, later Canon Residentiary of Ripon Cathedral)
  • Canon William Fenton Morley 1961 - 1971 (later Dean of Salisbury)
  • Canon Ronald Graham Gregory Foley 1972 - 1982 (later Bishop of Reading and Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of York)
  • Canon James John Richardson OBE 1982 - 1988 (subsequently Secretary of the Council of Christians and Jews, Rector of Bournemouth and, currently - in retirement - Canon Pastor of Sherborne Abbey, Dorset.

Edward David Murfet, later Minor Canon at Ripon Cathedral was Priest-in-Charge prior to the establishment of the Parish of Leeds City in 1990

Rectors of Leeds from 1991

  • Canon Stephen John Oliver (born 1947) 1991 - 1997 (later Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral, then Bishop of Stepney until 2010)
  • Canon Graham Charles Morell Smith 1997 - 2005 (later Dean of Norwich)
  • Canon Anthony Francis Bundock from 2005. Canon Bundock is Chairman of the Governors of St Peter's (Leeds Parish Church) Church of England Primary School and of Gateways School Harewood.

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