Archbishop of York
The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan bishop of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. His cathedral is York Minster in central York and his official residence is the Archbishop's Palace in Bishopthorpe. The Province of York includes the 12 Dioceses north of the Midlands as well as the Diocese of Southwell (Nottinghamshire) and the Diocese of Sodor and Man (the Isle of Man). The Archbishop is also a member of the House of Lords.
History There was a bishop in York from very early Christian times. Bishops of York were particularly present at the Councils of Arles and Nicaea. However, this early Christian community was later blotted out by the pagan Saxons. There was no important archbishop of York till the consecration of St. Wilfrid in 664. His successors acted as diocesan prelates until the time of Egbert of York, who received the pallium from Pope Gregory III in 735 and established metropolitan rights in the north. The sees of Canterbury and York were long struggling for precedence, often leading to scandalous scenes of dissension. In the 11th century, for instance, there was an arrangement which lasted until 1118 that the archbishops of York must be consecrated in Canterbury cathedral and swear allegiance to the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the mid 14th century, Pope Innocent VI confirmed an arrangement that the Archbishop of Canterbury should take precedence with the title Primate of All England, and that the Archbishop of York should retain the style of Primate of England. Several of the archbishops of York held the office of Lord Chancellor and played some parts in affairs of state. As Peter 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 two Lord Treasurers, and to the north of England two Lord Presidents." Walter de Grey purchased York Place in London, which after the fall of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, was to become the Palace of Whitehall.
Archbishops of York, 627–presentPaulinus, 627–633 Chad 644–664 St. Wilfrid 664–678 Bosa 678–705 St. John of Beverley 705–718Wilfrid II 718–732 Egbert 735–766 Ethelbert 767–780 Eanbald I 780–796 Eanbald II 796–808 Wulfsige 808–837 Wigmund 837–854 Wulfhere 854–900 Ethelbald 900–904Hrotheweard 904–931 Wulfstan 931–956 Oskytel 958–971 Edwald 971 Oswald 972–992 Aldulf 992–1002 Wulfstan II 1003–1023 Aelfric Puttoc 1023–1051 Cynesige 1051–1060 Aldred 1062–1069Thomas I 1070–1100Gerard 1100–1108Thomas II 1109–1114Thurstan 1119–1140William I FizHerbert 1143–1147Henry Murdac 1147–1153William I FizHerbert 1153–1154Roger de Pont L'Evêque 1154–1181Geoffrey Plantagenet 1181–1212Walter de Gray 1216–1255Sewal de Bovil 1256–1258Godfrey Ludham 1258–1265Walter Giffard 1266–1279William II Wickwane 1279–1285John I le Romeyn 1286–1296Henry I of Newark 1298–1299Thomas III of Corbridge 1300–1304William III Greenfield 1306–1315William IV of Melton 1317–1340William V Zouche 1342–1352John II of Thoresby 1353–1373Alexander Neville 1374–1388Thomas IV Arundel 1388–1396Robert I Waldby 1397–1398Richard I le Scrope 1398–1405Henry II Bowet 1407–1423John III Kempe 1426–1452William VI Booth 1452–1464George I Neville 1465–1476Lawrence Booth 1476–1480Thomas V Rotherham 1480–1500Thomas VI Savage 1501–1507Christopher Bainbridge 1508–1514Thomas VII Wolsey 1514–1530Edward Lee 1531–1544Robert II Holgate 1545–1554 — not considered by Rome to have been an archbishopNicholas Heath 1555–1559 — the last archbishop recognised as such by Rome.Thomas VIII Young 1561–1568Edmund Grindal 1570–1576Edwin Sandys 1577–1588John IV Piers 1589–1594Matthew Hutton 1595–1606Tobias Matthew 1606–1628George Montaigne 1628Samuel Harsnett 1629–1631Richard II Neile 1632–1640John V Williams 1641–1650Accepted Frewen 1660–1664Richard III Sterne 1664–1683John Dolben 1683–1686Thomas IX Lamplugh 1688–1691John VI Sharp 1691–1714Sir William VII Dawes 1714–1724Lancelot Blackburn 1724–1743Thomas X Herring 1743–1747Matthew Hutton 1747–1757John Gilbert 1757–1761Robert Hay Drummond 1761–1776William VIII Markham 1776–1807Edward Harcourt 1808–1847Thomas XI Musgrave 1847–1860Charles Thomas Longley 1860–1862William IX Thomson 1862–1890William Connor Magee 1891William X Dalrymple Maclagan 1891–1908Cosmo Gordon Lang 1909–1928William XI Temple 1929–1942Cyril Forster Garbett 1942–1955Arthur Michael Ramsey 1956–1961Frederick Donald Coggan 1961–1974Stuart Yarworth Blanch 1975–1983John VIII Stapylton Habgood 1983–1995David Hope 1995–2005
See AlsoArchbishop of CanterburyUK topics
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