 Leeds Parish Church , rebuilt and reconsecrated in 1841 after an elaborate ceremony , was of almost cathedral size , the centre of a huge parish ministered by many curates . Lang 's district was the Kirkgate , one of the poorest areas , many of whose 2 @,@ 000 inhabitants were prostitutes . Lang and his fellow curates fashioned a clergy house from a derelict public house . He later moved next door , into a condemned property which became his home for his remaining service in Leeds . In addition to his normal parish duties , Lang acted temporarily as Principal of the Clergy School , was chaplain to Leeds Infirmary , and took charge of a men 's club of around a hundred members . On 24 May 1891 he was ordained to full priesthood . 
