Archbishop of York | |
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Archbishopric | |
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![]() Arms of theDiocese of York:Gules, two keys in saltire the wards upwards argent in chief a regal crown proper[1] | |
Incumbent: Stephen Cottrell since 9 July 2020 | |
Style | The Most Reverend andRight Honourable (otherwiseHis Grace) |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | York |
Residence | Bishopthorpe Palace |
Information | |
First holder | Paulinus of York |
Established | Bishopric in 626 Archbishopric in 735 |
Diocese | York |
Cathedral | York Minster |
Website | |
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Thearchbishop of York is a senior bishop in theChurch of England, second only to thearchbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is thediocesan bishop of theDiocese of York and themetropolitan bishop of theprovince of York, which covers the northern regions of England (north of theTrent) as well as theIsle of Man.
The archbishop's throne (cathedra) is inYork Minster in centralYork, and the official residence isBishopthorpe Palace in the village ofBishopthorpe outside York. The current archbishop isStephen Cottrell, since theconfirmation of his election on 9 July 2020.[2]
There was a bishop inEboracum (Roman York) from very early times; during the Middle Ages, it was thought to have been one of the dioceses established by thelegendaryKing Lucius. Bishops of York are known to have been present at the councils ofArles (Eborius) andNicaea (unnamed). However, this early Christian community was laterdestroyed by the pagan Anglo-Saxons and there is no direct succession from these bishops to the post-Augustinian ones.
TheCatholic diocese was refounded byPaulinus (a member ofAugustine's mission) in the 7th century. Notable among these early bishops isWilfrid. These early bishops of York acted as diocesan rather than archdiocesan prelates until the time ofEcgbert of York,[a] who received thepallium fromPope Gregory III in 735 and established metropolitan rights in the north. Until the Danish invasion the archbishops of Canterbury occasionally exercised authority, and it was not until theNorman Conquest that the archbishops of York asserted their complete independence.
At the time of the Norman invasion York had jurisdiction overWorcester,Lichfield, andLincoln, as well as claiming the dioceses in the Northern Isles andScotland which were in fact independent.[4] But the first three sees just mentioned were taken from York in 1072. In 1154 the suffragan sees of theIsle of Man andOrkney were transferred to the Norwegianarchbishop of Nidaros (today's Trondheim), and in 1188 York finally accepted it had no authority over all of the Scottish dioceses exceptWhithorn, so that only the dioceses ofWhithorn,Durham, andCarlisle remained to the archbishops as suffragan sees. Of these, Durham was practically independent, for thepalatine bishops of that see were little short of sovereigns in their own jurisdiction. Sodor and Man were returned to York during the 14th century, to compensate for the loss of Whithorn to the Scottish Church.
Several of the archbishops of York held the ministerial office ofLord Chancellor of England and played some parts in affairs of state. AsPeter Heylyn (1600–1662) wrote: "This see has yielded to the Church eight saints, to the Church of Rome three cardinals, to the realm of England twelve Lord Chancellors and twoLord Treasurers, and to the north of England twoLord Presidents." The bishopric's role was also complicated bycontinued conflict over primacy with the see of Canterbury.
At the time of theEnglish Reformation, York possessed three suffragan sees, Durham, Carlisle, and Sodor and Man, to which during the brief space ofQueen Mary I's reign (1553–1558) may be added the Diocese of Chester, founded byHenry VIII, but subsequently recognised by the Pope.
Until the mid 1530s (and from 1553 to 1558) the bishops and archbishops were Catholics in communion with thepope in Rome. This is no longer the case, as the archbishop of York, together with the rest of theChurch of England, is a member of theAnglican Communion.
Walter de Grey purchasedYork Place as his London residence, which after the fall ofCardinalThomas Wolsey, was renamed thePalace of Whitehall.
The archbishop of York is anex officio member of the House of Lords and is styled Primate of England (whereas the archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of All England); he is referred to as "The Most Reverend", retired archbishops are styled as "The Right Reverend". As archbishops are, by convention, appointed to thePrivy Council they may, therefore, also use the style of "The Right Honourable" for life (unless they are later removed from the council). In debates in the House of Lords, the archbishop is referred to as "The Most Reverend Primate, the archbishop of York". "The Right Honourable" is not used in this instance. He may also be formally addressed as "Your Grace"—or, more often these days, simply as "archbishop", or "Father".
The surname of the archbishop of York is not always used in formal documents; often only the first name and see are mentioned. The archbishop is legally entitled to sign his name as "Ebor" (from theLatin for York). The right to use a title as a legal signature is only permitted to bishops,peers of the Realm and peers by courtesy.[citation needed] The current archbishop of York usually signs as "+Stephen Ebor".
In theEnglish and Welsh order of precedence, the archbishop of York is ranked above all individuals in the realm, with the exception of the sovereign and members of theroyal family, the archbishop of Canterbury and thelord chancellor.[5] Immediately below him is theprime minister and then thelord president of the council.
The archbishop of York is themetropolitan bishop of theprovince of York and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England after the archbishop of Canterbury.[6] The See is currently occupied byStephen Cottrell since 9 July 2020.
The Province of York includes 10 Anglican dioceses inNorthern England:Blackburn,Carlisle,Chester,Durham,Liverpool,Manchester,Newcastle,Sheffield,Leeds, andYork, as well as 2 other dioceses:Southwell and Nottingham in theMidlands andSodor and Man covering theIsle of Man.
Bishops of York | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
625 | 633 | Paulinus | Formerly a monk at St. Andrew's Monastery in Rome; translated toRochester; canonised.[7] |
633 | 664 | See vacant | |
664 | 669 | Chad | Resigned thesee of York; later becamebishop of Mercia and Lindsey; canonised. |
664 | 678 | Wilfrid(I) | Ejected from York; later becamebishop of Selsey[b]canonised. |
678 | 706 | Bosa | Canonised. |
706 | 714 | John of Beverley | Translated fromHexham; resigned the see; canonised in 1037. |
714 | 732 | Wilfrid II | Resigned the see; canonised. |
c. 732 | 735 | Ecgbert | York elevated to archbishopric in 735. |
Pre-Conquest archbishops of York | |||
From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
735 | 766 | Ecgbert | York elevated to archbishopric in 735. |
c. 767 | c. 780 | Æthelbert | Also known as Æthelbeorht, Adalberht, Ælberht, Aelberht, Aldbert or Æthelbert. |
c. 780 | 796 | Eanbald(I) | |
796 | c. 808 | Eanbald(II) | |
c. 808 | c. 834 | Wulfsige | |
837 | 854 | Wigmund | |
854 | c. 896 | Wulfhere | Fled the Danes in 872, returned in 873. |
900 | c. 916 | Æthelbald | Sometimes known as Æthelbeald, Athelbald, or Ethelbald. |
c. 916 | 931 | Hrotheweard | Sometimes known as Lodeward. |
931 | 956 | Wulfstan(I) | |
c. 958 | 971 | Oscytel | Also known as Oscytel.Translated fromDorchester. |
971 | Edwald | Also known as Edwaldus or Ethelwold. | |
971 | 992 | Oswald | Held both the sees of York andWorcester; canonised. |
995 | 1002 | Ealdwulf | Held both the sees of York andWorcester. |
1002 | 1023 | Wulfstan(II) | Also known as Lupus. Also held the see ofWorcester (1002–1016). |
1023 | 1051 | Ælfric Puttoc | Also held the see ofWorcester (1040–1041). |
1051 | 1060 | Cynesige | Also known as Kynsige. |
1061 | 1069 | Ealdred | Also known as Aldred. Held the see ofWorcester 1046–1061, ofHereford 1056–1060, and of York 1061–1069. |
Footnote(s):[c] and Source(s):[10][11] |
Archbishops of York (Conquest to Reformation) | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1070 | 1100 | Thomas of Bayeux | Also known as Thomas(I). |
1100 | 1108 | Gerard | Translated fromHereford. |
1109 | 1114 | Thomas(II) | |
1119 | 1140 | Thurstan | He was elected in 1114, but was notconsecrated until 1119. |
1140 | Waltheof of Melrose | Nominated archbishop, but was quashed byKing Stephen; later becameAbbot of Melrose. | |
1140 | Abbot ofFécamp Abbey. Nominated archbishop, but was quashed byPope Innocent II. | ||
1143 | 1147 | William (FitzHerbert) | Deposed byPope Eugene III; canonised in 1226. |
1147 | Hilary of Chichester | Deposed byPope Eugene III, electedbishop of Chichester. | |
1147 | 1153 | Henry Murdac | FormerlyAbbot ofFountains Abbey. |
1153 | 1154 | William (FitzHerbert)(again) | Restored byPope Anastasius IV; canonised in 1226. |
1154 | 1181 | ![]() | Formerlyarchdeacon of Canterbury. |
1191 | 1212 | Geoffrey (Plantagenet) | Formerlybishop-elect of Lincoln; elected archbishop in 1189, but was onlyconsecrated in 1191. |
1215 | Simon Langton | Elected archbishop of York in June 1215, but was quashed on 20 August 1215 byPope Innocent III on request fromKing John; later becamearchdeacon of Canterbury. | |
1216 | 1255 | ![]() | Translated fromWorcester. |
1256 | 1258 | Sewal de Bovil | FormerlyDean of York. |
1258 | 1265 | Godfrey Ludham | Also known as Godfrey Kineton. FormerlyDean of York. |
1265 | William Langton | Dean of York (1262–1279); elected archbishop in March 1265, but was quashed in November 1265.[12] | |
1265 | 1266 | ![]() | Selected as archbishop in November 1265, but neverconsecrated and resigned the appointment in October 1266. |
1266 | 1279 | Walter Giffard | Translated fromBath and Wells. |
1279 | 1285 | William de Wickwane | |
1286 | 1296 | John le Romeyn | Also known as John Romanus. |
1298 | 1299 | Henry of Newark | FormerlyDean of York. |
1300 | 1304 | Thomas of Corbridge | |
1306 | 1315 | William Greenfield | FormerlyDean of Chichester |
1317 | 1340 | ![]() | |
1342 | 1352 | William Zouche | Also known as William de la Zouche. |
1353 | 1373 | CardinalJohn of Thoresby | Translated fromWorcester; created aCardinal in 1361.[13] |
1374 | 1388 | Alexander Neville | Translated toSt Andrews in 1388. |
1388 | 1396 | ![]() | Translated fromEly; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1397 | 1398 | Robert Waldby | Translated fromChichester. |
1398 | ![]() | Bishop of Durham, elected but put aside by KingRichard II. | |
1398 | 1405 | Richard le Scrope | Translated fromLichfield. |
1405 | 1406 | Thomas Langley | Elected archbishop in August 1405, but was quashed in May 1406. |
1406 | 1407 | ![]() | Nominated archbishop in May 1406 byPope Innocent VII, but was vetoed by KingHenry IV. |
1407 | 1423 | Henry Bowet | Translated fromBath and Wells. |
1423 | 1424 | Philip Morgan | Elected archbishop in 1423, but was quashed in 1424. |
1424 | 1425 | ![]() | Conferred as archbishop byPope Martin V, but was refused by KingHenry V, and Fleming resigned the appointment in July 1425. |
1426 | 1452 | ![]() | Translated fromLondon; created aCardinal in 1439;[14] translated toCanterbury. |
1452 | 1464 | William Booth | Translated fromLichfield. |
1465 | 1476 | George Neville | Translated fromExeter. |
1476 | 1480 | Lawrence Booth | Translated fromDurham. |
1480 | 1500 | ![]() | Translated fromLincoln. |
1501 | 1507 | ![]() | Translated fromLondon. |
1508 | 1514 | ![]() | Translated fromDurham; created aCardinal in 1511.[15] |
1514 | 1530 | ![]() | Translated fromLincoln in 1514; created a Cardinal in 1515;[16] held withBath and Wells 1518–23,Durham 1523–29 andWinchester 1529–30. |
Source(s):[11][17][18][19] |
Post-Reformation archbishops of York | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1531 | 1544 | ![]() | Translated fromSt Davids. |
1545 | 1554 | ![]() | Translated fromLlandaff. |
1555 | 1559 | ![]() | Translated fromWorcester. |
1561 | 1568 | ![]() | Translated fromSt Davids. |
1570 | 1576 | ![]() | Translated fromLondon; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1577 | 1588 | ![]() | Translated fromLondon. |
1589 | 1594 | ![]() | Translated fromSalisbury. |
1595 | 1606 | ![]() | Translated fromDurham. |
1606 | 1628 | ![]() | Translated fromDurham. |
1628 | ![]() | Translated fromDurham. | |
1629 | 1631 | ![]() | Translated fromNorwich. |
1632 | 1640 | ![]() | Translated fromWinchester. |
1641 | 1646 | ![]() | Translated fromLincoln. Deprived when the English episcopacy was abolished by Parliament. Died 1650. |
1646 | 1660 | The see was abolished during theCommonwealth and theProtectorate.[20][21] | |
1660 | 1664 | ![]() | Translated fromLichfield. |
1664 | 1683 | ![]() | Translated fromCarlisle. |
1683 | 1686 | ![]() | Translated fromRochester. |
1688 | 1691 | ![]() | Translated fromExeter. |
1691 | 1714 | ![]() | FormerlyDean of Canterbury. |
1714 | 1724 | ![]() | Translated fromChester. |
1724 | 1743 | ![]() | Translated fromExeter. |
1743 | 1747 | ![]() | Translated fromBangor; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1747 | 1757 | ![]() | Translated fromBangor; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1757 | 1761 | ![]() | Translated fromSalisbury. |
1761 | 1776 | ![]() | Translated fromSalisbury. |
1776 | 1807 | ![]() | Translated fromChester. |
1808 | 1847 | ![]() | Translated fromCarlisle. Surname changed fromVenables-Vernon toVenables-Vernon-Harcourt in 1831. |
1847 | 1860 | ![]() | Translated fromHereford. |
1860 | 1862 | ![]() | Translated fromDurham; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1862 | 1890 | ![]() | Translated fromGloucester. |
1891 | ![]() | Translated fromPeterborough. | |
1891 | 1908 retired | ![]() | Translated fromLichfield. |
1909 | 1928 | ![]() | Translated fromStepney; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1929 | 1942 | ![]() | Translated fromManchester; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1942 | 1955 retired | ![]() | Translated fromWinchester. |
1956 | 1961 | ![]() | Translated fromDurham; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1961 | 1974 | ![]() | Translated fromBradford; afterwards translated toCanterbury. |
1975 | 1983 retired | ![]() | Translated fromLiverpool. |
1983 | 1995 retired | ![]() | Translated fromDurham. |
1995 | 2005 retired | ![]() | Translated fromLondon. |
2005 | 2020 retired | ![]() | Translated fromBirmingham; retired 7 June 2020.[23] |
2020 | present | ![]() | Translated fromChelmsford;election confirmed 9 July 2020.[2] |
Source(s):[11][25][26] |
From 1660 to 1900, all the archbishops of York died in office or were translated to Canterbury and died in that office.
William Maclagan was the first to voluntarily resign his office in 1908, two years before his death. All of his successors who were not translated to Canterbury have also resigned their office before death, and (like all archbishops of Canterbury) have been offered a peerage upon resignation.[d]
Archbishop | Title | Notes | |
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Cosmo Gordon Lang | Baron Lang of Lambeth in 1942 | Extinct in 1945 | asarchbishop of Canterbury |
Michael Ramsey | Baron Ramsey of Canterbury for life in 1974 | Extinct in 1988 | |
Donald Coggan | Baron Coggan for life in 1980 | Extinct in 2000 | |
Stuart Blanch | Baron Blanch for life in 1983 | Extinct in 1994 | |
John Habgood | Baron Habgood for life in 1995 | Retired from the House in 2011;[27] extinct in 2019 | |
David Hope | Baron Hope of Thornes for life in 2005 | Retired from the House in 2015;[28] extant | |
John Sentamu | Baron Sentamu for life in 2021 | Extant |
Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese have been:
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