Archbishop of York

The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England (north of the Trent) as well as the Isle of Man. The archbishop is a member ex officio of the House of Lords, and is styled Primate of England. (The Archbishop of Canterbury is "Primate of All England".)

His throne is in York Minster in central York and his official residence is Bishopthorpe Palace in the village of Bishopthorpe, outside York. The incumbent, since 5 October 2005, is John Sentamu. He signs +Sentamu Ebor: (since both John and Sentamu are his forenames).

Contents

History

Roman

There was a bishop in York from very early Christian times. Bishops of York were present at the Councils of Arles and Nicaea. However, this early Christian community was later destroyed by the pagan Saxons and there is no direct succession from these bishops to the post-Augustinian ones.

Saxon, Viking and Medieval

The diocese was refounded by Paulinus (a member of Augustine's mission) in the 7th century. Notable among these early bishops is Wilfrid. These early bishops of York acted as diocesan rather than archdiocesan prelates until the time of Ecgbert of York, who received the pallium from Pope 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 till the Norman Conquest that the archbishops of York asserted their complete independence.

At the time of the Norman invasion York had jurisdiction over Worcester, Lichfield, and Lincoln, as well as the dioceses in the Northern Isles and Scotland. But the first three sees just mentioned were taken from York in 1072. In 1154 the suffragan sees of the Isle of Man and Orkney were transferred to the Norwegian archbishop of Nidaros (today's Trondheim), and in 1188 all the Scottish dioceses except Whithorn were released from subjection to York, so that only the dioceses of Whithorn, Durham, and Carlisle remained to the Archbishops as suffragan sees. Of these, Durham was practically independent, for the palatine bishops of that see were little short of sovereigns in their own jurisdiction. Sodor and Man were returned to York during the fourteenth century, to compensate for the loss of Whithorn to the Scottish Church.

Several of the archbishops of York held the ministerial office of Lord Chancellor of England 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." The bishopric's role was also complicated by continued conflict over primacy with the see of Canterbury.

Reformation

At the time of the English Reformation, York possessed three suffragan sees, Durham, Carlisle and Sodor and Man, to which during the brief space of Queen Mary I's reign (1553–1558) may be added the Diocese of Chester, founded by Henry VIII, but subsequently recognised by the Pope.

Until 1559, the bishops and archbishops were in communion with the pope in Rome. This is no longer the case, as the Archbishop of York, together with the rest of the Church of England, is a member of the Anglican Communion.

Walter de Grey purchased York Place in London, which after the fall of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, was renamed the Palace of Whitehall. The Archbishop of York 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.[1][2][3] Since 5 October 2005, the incumbent is the Most Reverend John Sentamu.[1]

The archbishop's throne is in York Minster in central York and his official residence is Bishopthorpe Palace in the village of Bishopthorpe, outside York.

The Province of York includes the 12 Anglican 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 ex officio of the House of Lords.[1]

List of archbishops

Pre-Conquest

Bishops of York
From Until Incumbent Notes
626 633 Paulinus Formerly a monk at St. Andrew's Monastery in Rome; translated to Rochester; canonised.[4]
633 664 Vacant
664 669 Chad of Mercia Resigned the see of York; later became Bishop of Mercia and Lindsey; canonised.
664 678 Wilfrid (I) Ejected from York; later became Bishop of Selsey; canonised.
678 706 Bosa Canonised.
706 714 John of Beverley Translated from Hexham; 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 Translated from Dorchester; also known as Oscytel.
971 Edwald Also known as Edwaldus or Ethelwold.
971 992 Oswald of Worcester Held both the sees of York and Worcester; canonised.
995 100 Ealdwulf Held both the sees of York and Worcester.
1002 1023 Wulfstan (II) Held both the sees of York and Worcester until 1016; also known as Lupus.
1023 1041 Ælfric Puttoc Held the sees of York and Worcester 1040–41; ejected from both in 1041.
1041 1042 Æthelric Elected Archbishop in 1041, but was quashed in 1042.
1042 1051 Ælfric Puttoc (again) Restored to York only.
1051 1060 Cynesige Also known as Kynsige.
1061 1069 Ealdred Held the see of Worcester 1046-61, of Hereford 1056-60, and of York 1061-69; also known as Aldred.
Source(s): [1][2][3]

Conquest to Reformation

Archbishops of York (Conquest to Reformation)
From Until Incumbent Notes
1070 1100 Thomas of Bayeux Also known as Thomas (I).
1100 1108 Gerard Translated from Hereford.
1109 1114 Thomas (II)
1119 1140 Thurstan He was elected in 1114, but wasn't consecrated until 1119.
1140 Waltheof of Melrose Nominated Archbishop, but was quashed by King Stephen; later became Abbot of Melrose.
1140 Henry de Sully Abbot of Fécamp Abbey. Nominated Archbishop, but was quashed by Pope Innocent II.
1143 1147 William (FitzHerbert) Deposed by Pope Eugene III; canonised in 1226.
1147 1147 Hilary of Chichester Deposed by Pope Eugene III, elected Bishop of Chichester.
1147 1153 Henry Murdac Formerly Abbot of Fountains Abbey.
1153 1154 William (FitzHerbert) (again) Restored by Pope Anastasius IV; canonised in 1226.
1154 1181 Roger de Pont L'Évêque Formerly Archdeacon of Canterbury.
1191 1212 Geoffrey (Plantagenet) Formerly Bishop-elect of Lincoln; elected Archbishop in 1189, but was only consecrated in 1191.
1215 Simon Langton Elected Archbishop of York in June 1215, but was quashed on 20 August 1215 by Pope Innocent III on request from King John; later became Archdeacon of Canterbury.
1216 1255 Walter de Gray Translated from Worcester.
1256 1258 Sewal de Bovil Formerly Dean of York.
1258 1265 Godfrey Ludham Formerly Dean of York; also known as Godfrey Kineton.
1265 William Langton Dean of York (1262–1279); elected Archbishop in March 1265, but was quashed in November 1265.[5]
1265 1266 Bonaventure Selected as Archbishop in November 1265, but never consecrated and resigned the appointment in October 1266.
1266 1279 Walter Giffard Translated from Bath and Wells.
1279 1285 William de Wickwane
1286 1296 John le Romeyn Also known as John Romanus.
1298 1299 Henry of Newark Formerly Dean of York.
1300 1304 Thomas of Corbridge
1306 1315 William Greenfield
1317 1340 William Melton
1342 1352 William Zouche Also known as William de la Zouche.
1353 1373 Cardinal John of Thoresby Translated from Worcester; created a Cardinal in 1361.[6]
1374 1388 Alexander Neville Translated to St Andrew's in 1388.
1388 1396 Thomas Arundel Translated from Ely; translated to Canterbury.
1397 1398 Robert Waldby Translated from Chichester.
1398 1398 Walter Skirlaw Bishop of Durham, elected but put aside by King Richard II.
1398 1405 Richard le Scrope Translated from Lichfield.
1405 1406 Thomas Langley Elected Archbishop in August 1405, but was quashed in May 1406.
1406 1407 Robert Hallam Nominated Archbishop in May 1406 by Pope Innocent VII, but was vetoed by King Henry IV.
1407 1423 Henry Bowet Translated from Bath and Wells.
1423 1424 Philip Morgan Elected Archbishop in 1423, but was quashed in 1424.
1424 1425 Richard Fleming Conferred as Archbishop by Pope Martin V, but was refused by King Henry V, and Fleming resigned the appointment in July 1425.
1426 1452 Cardinal John Kemp Translated from London; created a Cardinal in 1439;[7] translated to Canterbury.
1452 1464 William Booth Translated from Lichfield.
1465 1476 George Neville Translated from Exeter.
1476 1480 Lawrence Booth Translated from Durham.
1480 1500 Thomas Rotherham Translated from Lincoln.
1501 1507 Thomas Savage Translated from London.
1508 1514 Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge Translated from Durham; created a Cardinal in 1511.[8]
1514 1530 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Translated from Lincoln in 1514; created a Cardinal in 1515;[9] held with Bath and Wells 1518-23, Durham 1523-29 and Winchester 1529-30.
Source(s): [1][2][3]

Post-Reformation

Post-Reformation Archbishops of York (Conquest to Reformation)
From Until Incumbent Notes
1531 1544 Edward Lee Translated from St David's.
1545 1554 Robert Holgate Translated from Llandaff.
1555 1559 Nicholas Heath Translated from Worcester.
1561 1568 Thomas Young Translated from St David's.
1570 1576 Edmund Grindal Translated from London; translated to Canterbury.
1577 1588 Edwin Sandys Translated from London.
1589 1594 John Piers Translated from Salisbury.
1595 1606 Matthew Hutton Translated from Durham.
1606 1628 Tobias Matthew Translated from Durham.
1628 George Montaigne Translated from Durham.
1629 1631 Samuel Harsnett Translated from Norwich.
1632 1640 Richard Neile Translated from Winchester.
1641 1650 John Williams Translated from Lincoln.
1650 1660 Vacant
1660 1664 Accepted Frewen Translated from Lichfield.
1664 1683 Richard Sterne Translated from Carlisle.
1683 1686 John Dolben Translated from Rochester.
1688 1691 Thomas Lamplugh Translated from Exeter.
1691 1714 John Sharp Formerly Dean of Canterbury.
1714 1724 Sir William Dawes Translated from Chester.
1724 1743 Lancelot Blackburne Translated from Exeter.
1743 1747 Thomas Herring Translated from Bangor; translated to Canterbury.
1747 1757 Matthew Hutton Translated from Bangor; translated to Canterbury.
1757 1761 John Gilbert Translated from Salisbury.
1761 1776 Robert Hay Drummond Translated from Salisbury.
1776 1807 William Markham Translated from Chester.
1808 1847 The Hon Edward Venables-Vernon
from 1831: The Hon Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt		 Translated from Carlisle.
1847 1860 Thomas Musgrave Translated from Hereford.
1860 1862 Charles Longley Translated from Durham; translated to Canterbury.
1862 1890 William Thomson Translated from Gloucester.
1891 William Magee Translated from Peterborough.
1891 1908 William Maclagan Translated from Lichfield.
1909 1928 Cosmo Gordon Lang Translated from Stepney; translated to Canterbury.
1929 1942 William Temple Translated from Manchester; translated to Canterbury.
1942 1955 Cyril Garbett Translated from Winchester.
1956 1961 Michael Ramsey Translated from Durham; translated to Canterbury.
1961 1974 Donald Coggan Translated from Bradford; translated to Canterbury.
1975 1983 Stuart Blanch Translated from Liverpool.
1983 1995 John Habgood Translated from Durham.
1995 2005 David Hope Translated from London.
2005 present John Sentamu[10] Translated from Birmingham.
Source(s): [1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
  2. ^ a b c d Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 224, 281–283. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
  3. ^ a b c d British History Online Archbishops of York 1066-1300 Retrieved on 21 November 2008.
  4. ^ St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York. Retrieved on 20 November 2008.
  5. ^ William de Langeton alias of Rotherfield. Retrieved on 20 November 2008.
  6. ^ John Cardinal Thoresby. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 20 November 2008.
  7. ^ John Cardinal Kempe. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 20 November 2008.
  8. ^ Christopher Cardinal Bainbridge. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 20 November 2008.
  9. ^ Thomas Cardinal Wolsey. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 20 November 2008.
  10. ^ The Archbishop of York. The official website of Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York. Retrieved on 21 November 2008.

External links