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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 750. ISBN 978-0-7151-1029-4.
- ↑ Acting Archdeacon of Richmond to move on to become next Dean of Chelmsford. The Northern Echo. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ↑ Ripon Area. leeds.anglican.org. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ↑ Paul Slater. leeds.anglican.org. Archived 21 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ↑ Diocese of Leeds — Archdeacon Paul Slater to be new Bishop of Richmond (Accessed 13 July 2016)
- ↑ "Richmond in North Yorkshire gets first bishop since 1921". BBC News. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Cathedral rewrites history books with ceremony". The Yorkshire Post. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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- ↑ "Bishop Paul to retire from his Leeds area role in the new year". Diocese of Leeds. 1 October 2021.