# Toby Howarth

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'''Toby Matthew Howarth''' (born 12 July 1962)<ref>{{Who's Who | title=Howarth, Toby Matthew | id = U282438 | volume = 2017 | edition = November 2016 online | access-date = 21 December 2016 }}</ref> is a [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) bishop. He is the current and first [area](/source/area_bishop)<ref>From 1919 until 2014 Bradford was a discrete diocese</ref> [Bishop of Bradford](/source/Bishop_of_Bradford) in the [Diocese of Leeds](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Leeds).<ref name="bbc - Huddersfield's first ever bishop named as Jonathan Gibbs">{{cite news|title=Huddersfield's first ever bishop named as Jonathan Gibbs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-28935742|accessdate=22 November 2014|work=BBC News|date=26 August 2014}}</ref> As of 1 December 2025 he is also interim [Bishop of Leeds](/source/Anglican_Bishop_of_Leeds).<ref>https://www.leeds.anglican.org/who-we-are/our-diocese/vacancy-in-see/</ref>

Howarth was educated at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) and [Wycliffe Hall, Oxford](/source/Wycliffe_Hall%2C_Oxford); and [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1990. He was made deacon at [Michaelmas](/source/Michaelmas) 1992 (27&nbsp;September), at [Derby Cathedral](/source/Derby_Cathedral), by [Peter Dawes](/source/Peter_Dawes), [Bishop of Derby](/source/Bishop_of_Derby).<ref>{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas ordinations | archive = 1992_10_09_006 | issue = 6765 | date = 9 October 1992 | page = 6 | accessed = 17 April 2024 }}</ref> He studied at [Birmingham University](/source/Birmingham_University) for his MA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/suffragan-bishop-of-bradford-toby-matthew-howarth|title = Suffragan Bishop of Bradford: Toby Matthew Howarth}}</ref> His first post was a [curacy](/source/Curate) at [Derby](/source/Derby), after which he was with Crosslinks in [India](/source/India) then the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). He was a tutor at [Selly Oak College](/source/Selly_Oak_College) from 2000 until 2004; and [Priest in charge](/source/Priest_in_charge) at [St Christopher's Church, Springfield](/source/St_Christopher's_Church%2C_Springfield) from then until 2011. He was then the [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury)'s [Secretary](/source/Secretary) for [International Relations](/source/International_Relations) until his elevation to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate).<ref>[Crockford's on-line](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) accessed 3 December 2014</ref>

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