Toby Matthew Howarth (born 12 July 1962) is a Church of England bishop. He is the current and first area[1] of Bishop of Bradford in the Diocese of Leeds.[2]
Howarth was educated at Yale University and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford; and ordained in 1990. He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1992 (27 September), at Derby Cathedral, by Peter Dawes, Bishop of Derby. He studied at Birmingham University for his MA.[3] His first post was a curacy at Derby, after which he was with Crosslinks in India then the Netherlands. He was a tutor at Selly Oak College from 2000 until 2004; and Priest in charge at St Christopher's Church, Springfield from then until 2011. He was then the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for International Relations until his elevation to the episcopate.[4]