The Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley has been announced by 10 Downing Street today as the next Suffragan (Area) Bishop of Ripon, in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds.
Bishop Helen-Ann, who is 44, is at present Bishop of Waikato in New Zealand, an office she has held since 2014. At the time she was the first woman priest ordained in the Church of England to become a bishop. She succeeds Bishop James Bell who retired earlier this year.
The new Bishop of Ripon has today been announced as @h_ahartley. Find out more about this new appointment on the @LeedsCofE website here: https://t.co/pm9P7pRtfv pic.twitter.com/1ejUQRFhZ0
— Church of England (@c_of_e) November 9, 2017