Wakefield Cathedral was packed on Saturday for a “Persian Celebration Service” which included the launch of a Farsi Holy Communion.
04 March 2019
The Queen has said yes to a new single diocese in England for West Yorkshire and the Dales to replace the three existing dioceses of Bradford, Wakefield, Ripon and Leeds.
11 October 2013
The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Rev Stephen Platten, has called on people to pray for the whole food production chain from struggling farmers, in the UK and elsewhere, to those that do not have enough to eat.
06 February 2013
The Dioceses Commission has today published an interim progress report on its review of the Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, Sheffield and Wakefield
27 July 2011
A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was read out by +Tony Robinson, Bishop of Pontefract, at a special service in Wakefield cathedral.
21 December 2010