Editing Ripon (section)

==Religion==
Christianity is the largest religious affiliation in Ripon; 79.3% of the people in the area polled as part of the [[United Kingdom Census 2001]] professed the Christian faith.<ref name="ukpoling"/> [[Ripon Cathedral]] is the main religious building in the city and contains a tomb said to contain the bones of Saint [[Wilfrid]] who founded a monastery here and with it the town. The [[Venerable]] [[William Gibson (martyr)|William Gibson]] is another noted local figure, a Catholic martyr who was one of the [[eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales]].<ref>{{cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle = English Confessors and Martyrs (1534–1729)}}</ref>

The [[Church of England]] is in the majority, with two parishes: the ancient [[Ripon Cathedral]] and Holy Trinity Church.<ref name="anglica" /> Ripon was the [[episcopal see]] of the [[Diocese of Ripon and Leeds]] represented by the [[Bishop of Ripon and Leeds]], created in 1836 with just Ripon in its title but adapted to include Leeds in 2000.<ref name="anglica">{{cite web|url = http://anglicansonline.org/uk-europe/england/dioceses/riponleeds.html|title = Church of England: Diocese of Ripon and Leeds|publisher = AnglicansOnline.org|access-date = 1 February 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090107210336/http://anglicansonline.org/uk-europe/england/dioceses/riponleeds.html|archive-date = 7 January 2009|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2014 it became part of the [[Anglican Diocese of Leeds|Diocese of Leeds]], with Ripon Cathedral serving as one of its three cathedrals of equal status.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leeds.anglican.org/sites/default/files/A3%20POSTER.pdf |title=Welcome to your new diocese of West Yorkshire & the Dales |date=20 April 2014 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082327/http://www.leeds.anglican.org/sites/default/files/A3%20POSTER.pdf |archive-date=21 April 2014}}</ref> During the time of the kingdom of [[Northumbria]] there was a short-lived Diocese of Ripon, with [[Eadhedus]] the only bishop. There is also a [[Medieval]] chapel located on Magdalens Road, which was once part of a leper hospital.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Winpenny |first1=David |title=Secret Ripon |date=2018 |publisher=Amberley |location=Stroud |isbn=978-1-4456-7216-8 |page=74}}</ref> The [[Chapel of St Mary Magdalen, Ripon|Chapel of St Mary Magdalen]] is still used for regular worship and is a [[grade I listed]] building.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Chapel of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalen|num=1150194|grade=I|access-date=9 August 2020}}</ref>

There is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] parish in Ripon called [[St Wilfrid's Church, Ripon|St Wilfrid's]]; it is covered by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds|Diocese of Leeds]] in the Harrogate [[deanery]] and the church is an architecturally significant building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/pmdraper10/riponnor.htm|title=Ripon, North Yorkshire|publisher=Riponnor|access-date=1 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221040653/http://members.aol.com/pmdraper10/riponnor.htm|archive-date=21 February 2005|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Ripon/ChurchesInRipon.html|title=Churches in Ripon|publisher=GENUKI.org.uk|access-date=1 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830085711/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Ripon/ChurchesInRipon.html|archive-date=30 August 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also around two places of worship for [[Methodist Church in Great Britain|Methodism]] in Ripon,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yell.com/find/s/Community-Organisations/Places-of-Worship/UK/North-Yorkshire/Ripon,-North-Yorkshire |title=Places of Worship in Ripon |publisher=Yell.com |access-date=1 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/https://www.yell.com/find/s/Community-Organisations/Places-of-Worship/UK/North-Yorkshire/Ripon%2C-North-Yorkshire |archive-date=4 September 2015 }}</ref> as well as a couple of [[Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches|evangelical churches]] including Bethel Church and Zion Baptist Church.

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File:The west front of Ripon Cathedral (geograph 7441987).jpg|[[Ripon Cathedral]]'s exterior
File:Ripon Cathedral Choir, Nth Yorkshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|footer=Ripon Cathedral interior
File:St Mary's, Studley Royal.jpg|Inside St Mary's at Studley Royal
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