Editing Co-cathedral (section)

=== Church of England ===
Prior to the Protestant Reformation, the dioceses of 'Bath and Wells' and 'Coventry and Lichfield' were the only co-cathedrals in England.

Only one diocese of the [[Church of England]] has co-cathedrals; in the [[Anglican Diocese of Leeds]] there are three co-cathedrals, [[Ripon Cathedral|Ripon]], [[Bradford Cathedral|Bradford]] and [[Wakefield Cathedral|Wakefield]]. The Diocese of Leeds was formed in 2014 by the merger of the former Anglican dioceses of [[Diocese of Bradford|Bradford]], [[Diocese of Ripon|Ripon]], and [[Diocese of Wakefield|Wakefield]], with all three former diocesan cathedrals given co-equal status in the new diocese.<ref>{{cite web|title=West Yorkshire Reorganisation Scheme|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/dioceses-commission/west-yorkshire-reorganisation-scheme.aspx|website=churchofengland.org|publisher=Archbishops' Council of the Church of England|access-date=18 March 2017|date=20 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cathedrals|url=http://leeds.anglican.org/cathedrals|website=anglican.org|publisher=Diocese of Leeds|access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref>

In the case of [[York]] the [[collegiate church]]es of [[Beverley Minster|Beverley]], [[Ripon Minster|Ripon]] and [[Southwell Minster|Southwell]] were almost in the same position, but although the archbishop had a stall in each, he had no diocesan cathedra in them. The chapters were not united with that of the metropolitan church in the direct government of the diocese, or the election of the archbishop, nor had they those other rights which were held to denote the cathedral character of a church.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole paragraph|date=March 2017}}