Paul Nicholas Ayers (b September 1961)^[1] has been Archdeacon of Leeds since 2017.^[2] Ayers has a family with 4 children and 11 grandchildren.

Ayers was educated at St Peter's College, Oxford and Trinity College, Bristol. He was ordained in 1986.
His posts up to 2017 were

• 1985-88: Curate St John the Baptist, Clayton, West Yorkshire
• 1988-91: Curate, St Andrew, Keighley
• 1991-1997: Vicar St Cuthbert, Wrose
• 1997-2017:Vicar, SS Laurence & Paul, Pudsey^[3]