New Bishop of Ripon November 9, 2017 by Fulcrum It has been announced this morning by 10 Downing Street that the new suffragan [area) Bishop of Ripon in the Diocese of Leeds is the Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. Bishop Dr Hartley 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. Bishop Nick Baines. Blog. 9 November 2017 FulcrumShareTweetShare