Leah Vasey-Saunders
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DioceseDiocese of Sheffield
In office2025 to present
Previous postVicar of Lancaster Priory (2021–2025)
Ordination2003 (deacon)
2004 (priest)
2004 (priest)
Leah Vasey-Saunders | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Doncaster | |
.jpg) Vasey-Saunders in 2025 | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sheffield |
| In office | 2025 to present |
| Previous post | Vicar of Lancaster Priory (2021–2025) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2003 (deacon) 2004 (priest) |
| Consecration | 16 September 2025 by Stephen Cottrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | University of Huddersfield St John's College, Durham Cranmer Hall, Durham |
Leah Vasey-Saunders (born 1977) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2025, she has served as the Bishop of Doncaster (sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Sheffield).[1]
Leah was born in 1977.[2] She studied music at the University of Huddersfield, graduating with a Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree in 1998.[2][1] She trained for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham, during which she studied theology at St John's College, Durham and graduated from the University of Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2003.[2][3]
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