Leah Vasey-Saunders

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).

Early life and education Leah was born in 1977. She studied music at the University of Huddersfield, graduating with a Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree in 1998. She served a further curacy at St George, Newcastle upon Tyne.

From 2008 to 2010 she was team vicar of St John's Heath Hayes, then part of the Cannock Team Ministry and concurrently curate of St Peter, Hednesford. She became the first vicar of the new parish of St John, Heath Hayes in 2010. From 2013 she was Priest-in-Charge of All Saints, Harworth and Bircotes. From 2016 to 2021 she was Canon Precentor of Wakefield Cathedral.

In addition to her parish ministry, she is chair of On Fire Mission, a network "promoting charismatic and Catholic renewal" within the Church of England.

Episcopal ministry On 29 May 2025, it was announced that Vasey-Saunders would be the next Bishop of Doncaster, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Sheffield. She was consecrated into bishop's orders on 16 September 2025, by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.

Personal life

A keen musician, she is married to the Revd Dr Mark Vasey-Saunders: they have four children.