Diocesan Registry Leeds

Registry team and services

David Whitaker is the Registrar of the Diocese and Legal Secretary to the Bishop of Leeds, Registrar of the Consistory Court of the Diocese and Legal Adviser to the Diocesan Synod.

He is supported by Deputy Registrar Angela Gorton.
Registry Assistant: Beverley Mightly

The Registrar and his staff are available to give advice to the following individuals in the Diocese in relation to legal matters properly arising in connection with the discharge of their ecclesiastical, synodical and parochial offices:

The Bishop, suffragan bishops and archdeacons
Authorised clergy (stipendiary and non-stipendiary)
Chairs and secretaries of boards, councils and committees
Rural deans and lay chairman of deanery synods
Churchwardens and PCC secretaries

Please direct all enquiries to registryleeds@flintbishop.co.uk and we will be in touch.

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Diocesan Registry Leeds

Clergy and church legal guidance

Advice is also available to bona fide enquirers concerning the law of marriage, baptism, confirmation and burial of the dead (coffin burials and cremated remains) according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.

The Registrar and his staff prepare and register all documents required in connection with ordination, instituting and licensing of clergy and others under canon law, licensing of buildings for public worship and the consecration of churches and burial grounds.

There are some restrictions on the amount of advice and work that may be done in the Registry without payment of a fee. Guidance is given where appropriate.

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Diocesan Registry Leeds

Key contact

David Whitaker

Partner – Head of Ecclesiastical & Charities

David is the Registrar for the diocese of Leeds and is a Deputy Registrar in the Diocese of York and the Deputy Registrar of the discipline tribunals for the Province of York.

David is also part of The Ecclesiastical Law Society, Ecclesiastical Law Association, Charity Law Association & Law Society.

He advises on a wide variety of issues, including: property matters for parishes, dioceses and other charitable organisations, faculty matters, safeguarding, the ordination and licensing of clergy, pastoral reorganisation, occasional offices – baptism, marriage and funerals, churchyards including memorials and exhumation, matters relating to PCCs and churchwardens and clergy discipline.

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Registry team and services

Clergy and church legal guidance

Key contact

David Whitaker

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