Ripon Cathedral

Ripon Cathedral
The west front of the cathedral
Ripon Cathedral Shown within North Yorkshire
54°8′5″N 1°31′12″W / 54.13472°N 1.52000°W / 54.13472; -1.52000
OS grid reference	SE 31446 71129
Location	Minster Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1QT
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Tradition	Liberal Anglo-Catholic[1]
Website	Official website
History
Status	Cathedral (since 1836)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Style	Anglo-Saxon, Gothic (Early English)
Years built	1160–1547
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Leeds (since 2014)
Clergy
Dean	John Dobson
Precentor	Michael Gisbourne
Canon Chancellor	Barry Pyke (Educator)
Canon Pastor	Ailsa Newby
Laity
Director of music	Dr Ronny Krippner
Organist(s)	Tim Harper

The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, it was refounded as a Benedictine monastery by St Wilfrid in 672. The church became collegiate in the tenth century, and acted as a mother church within the large Diocese of York for the remainder of the Middle Ages.^[2] The present church is the fourth, and was built between the 13th and 16th centuries. In 1836 the church became the cathedral for the Diocese of Ripon.^[3] In 2014 the Diocese was incorporated into the new Diocese of Leeds, and the church became one of three co-equal cathedrals of the Bishop of Leeds.

The cathedral is notable architecturally for its gothic west front in the Early English style, considered one of the best of its type, as well as the Geometric east window.^[3] The seventh-century crypt of Wilfrid's church is a significant example of early Christian architecture in England.^[3] The cathedral has Grade I listed building status.