The Catholic Church across Yorkshire's historic West Riding since 1878

The Catholic Church across Yorkshire's historic West Riding since 1878

This Sunday: Our Priests and Parishioners on BBC Radio 4

This Sunday (19 July) at 08.10 hrs the BBC Radio 4’s flagship Christian worship programme, Sunday Worship, will be presented by Fr Michael Hall, Parish Priest at St Joseph’s Brighouse and St Patrick’s, Elland, and who also celebrates Mass in the...

Ordination Day at Leeds Cathedral – Friday 17 July

Gaudium et Spes – Friday will be a day of Joy and Hope as Deacon Henry Longbottom is ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Marcus. Henry’s ordination was originally scheduled for the end of May but it was postponed owing to the closure of the Cathedral...

Leeds Choral Directors Help Their Fellow Professionals

Tom Leech, Director of the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme (SSP) has given his insights into running an online choral programme during lock-down to the UK’s professional body for musicians, the ISM (Incorporated Society of Musicians). Read the full...

Annual Report for 2019-20

It’s less than three months since the end of the last financial year and the Diocese of Leeds is in the happy position of having filed our accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020 with the Charity Commission. The document was signed by Bishop Marcus at a...

Hymns at Home: One Diocese, Many Voices – Sunday 12 July at 3pm

​We can’t sing hymns in church at present – but we can sing Hymns at Home! Bishop Marcus is pleased to introduce Hymns at Home: One Diocese, Many Voices. The ‘Songs of Praise Big Sing’-style video will be premiered on Diocese of Leeds Music’s Schools...