William MacLeod (priest)

William Arthur MacLeod was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born in Duns in 1867^[1] and educated at Loretto School and Selwyn College, Cambridge.^[2] He was ordained in 1892^[3] and was initially a Curate at Christ Church, Greenwich. He then held similar posts at Addington and Godalming.^[4] He was British Chaplain in St Petersburg from 1900 to 1908 and then Vicar of All Saints, South Acton until 1919 (including a spell as a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I) . He was Vicar of Wakefield from 1919 until his death; and when that church became a cathedral, its first Provost.^[5]

References

^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ "MacLeod, William Arthur (MLT888WA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP 1940
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
^ The Times, Thursday, 10 November 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46287; col A Deaths

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Provost of Wakefield 1931 – 1932	Succeeded by Noel Thomas Hopkins

v t e Provosts and Deans of Wakefield
Provosts	William MacLeod Noel Hopkins Philip Pare John Lister John Allen George Nairn-Briggs (became Dean)
Deans	George Nairn-Briggs Jonathan Greener Tony Macpherson (Acting) Simon Cowling

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds) Smitha Prasadam, Bishop of Huddersfield Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon
Other bishops	AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Deans	John Dobson, Dean of Ripon Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield Andy Bowerman, Dean of Bradford
Archdeacons	Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds Jonathan Gough, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Bill Braviner, Archdeacon of Halifax Cat Thatcher, Archdeacon-designate of Pontefract

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014)
Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond)
Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirkstall)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

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