The area bishop of Ripon has oversight of the archdeaconry of Richmond and Craven, which consists of the deaneries of Bowland, Ewecross, Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon, Skipton, and Wensley.
[2] The title took its name after the historic market and spa town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.
Following the creation of the Diocese of Leeds[7] on 20 April 2014, the see of Knaresborough was eventually renamed to become the suffragan see for the area Bishop of Ripon.
[11] On 9 November 2017, it was announced that Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Waikato (in Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia) was to become the next Bishop of Ripon and she was installed on 4 February 2018.
[13] On 27 April 2023, it was announced that Anna Eltringham was to become the next area Bishop of Ripon;[14] she took up the post with her episcopal consecration on 22 June 2023.