It  was  originally  divided  into  the  archdeacon-
ries of  Richmond  (first  mentioned,  as  part
of  York  diocese,  1088)  and  Craven  (created
1836).  An  archdeaconry  of  Ripon  was  formed
in  1894.  A  bishop  suffragan  was  appointed
in  1888  with  the  title  of  Bishop  of  Penrith,
which  in  1889  was  changed  to  Richmond,  and
in  1905  a  bishop  suffragan  of  Knaresborough
was  appointed.  A  bishop's  palace  was  built
near  Ripon,  1838-41.  The  church  of  SS.
Peter  and  Wilfrid,  Ripon,  whose  crypt  dates
back  to  the  seventh  century,  had  belonged
to  the  Augustinian  Canons  from  the  eleventh
century  until  the  Dissolution  under  Henry
vm.  It  was  refounded  as  a  collegiate  church
by  James  I.  in  1604,  and  in  1836  it  became
the  cathedral  church  of  the  new  see,  and  its
dean  and  prebendaries  became  dean  and
canons.
1.  Charles    Thomas    Longley,    1836 ;     ad-

ministered the  diocese  successfully.
Sir  Robert  Peel,  in  the  House  of
Commons,  commended  his  '  unremit-
ting activity,  zeal,  and  piety ' ;  tr.  to
Durham,  1856.
2.  Robert  Bickersteth,  1856;  Evangelical;

advocated  legalisation  of  marriage  with
a  deceased  wife's  sister;    d.  1884.
3.  William  Boyd  Carpenter,  1884  ;  res.  1911.
