Associate Priest of the Parishes of Ferrybridge, Brotherton, Knottingley, Kellington & Whitley and Womersley

These enthusiastic and open parishes are praying for a prayerful, energetic and mission minded Associate Priest who will help further their vision to become a United Benefice. With a Vicar, an Assistant Curate a Self-Supporting Associate Priest and talented, forward looking and hungry for growth laity, these warm hearted parishes are looking for an Associate Priest who will help lead and guide them to fulfil their missionary potential.

The closing date for applications is the 25th September, 2023 and interviews will be held on the 19^th October, 2023

If you would like additional details of this post and / or to discuss further, please contact the Rt. Revd. Tony Robinson, the Bishop of Wakefield at:

bishop.tony@leeds.anglican.org

Tel: 07834-206317

Please see attached Person Specification and Job Description.

Please see attached Person Specification and Job Description.

About Us

The Anglican Diocese of Leeds comprises five episcopal areas, each coterminous with an archdeaconry. This is now one of the largest Dioceses in the country and its creation in 2014 is unprecedented in the history of the Church of England. It covers an area of around 2,425 square miles with a population of around 2,642,400 people. The Diocese comprises major cities (Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield) large industrial and post-industrial towns (Halifax, Huddersfield and Dewsbury), market towns (Todmorden, Harrogate, Skipton, Richmond, Ripon and Wetherby) and deeply rural areas especially in the Dales. The whole of life is here, along with all the richness, diversity, and complexities of a changing world.

Five Area Bishops (Bradford, Huddersfield, Kirkstall, Ripon and Wakefield) and five Archdeacons (Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, Richmond & Craven and Pontefract) assist the Diocesan Bishop (The Rt. Revd Nicholas Baines)

Our vision as a Diocese is about confident clergy equipping confident Christians to live and tell the Good News of Jesus Christ. For all our appointments we are seeking clergy who have a joyful and confident faith and with a commitment to church growth both numerical and spiritual.