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    archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of...
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  • was an illegitimate son of King Henry II of England who became bishop-elect of Lincoln and archbishop of York. The identity of his mother is uncertain...
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    The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion...
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    Abbot of Tavistock, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York in early medieval England. He was related to a number of other ecclesiastics of the period...
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    King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621–1641, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1621–1625, and Archbishop of York 1641–1646. He was the last bishop...
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  • May 1108) was Archbishop of York between 1100 and 1108 and Lord Chancellor of England from 1085 until 1092. A Norman, he was a member of the cathedral...
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    Collectio canonum Wigorniensis, has been shown to be the work of a later archbishop of York, Wulfstan, and was not connected with Ecgbert until after the Anglo-Saxon...
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    The Archbishop of New York is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, who is responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative...
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  • as Bishop of Manchester (1921–1929), Archbishop of York (1929–1942) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–1944). The son of an Archbishop of Canterbury...
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  • Abbot of Peterborough, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York. Traditional stories state that Ealdwulf was a layman and chancellor to King Edgar of England...
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  • William of York (late 11th century – 8 June 1154) was an English priest and twice Archbishop of York, before and after a rival, Henry Murdac. He was thought...
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    seat of the archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York...
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    Oswald of Worcester (died 29 February 992) was Archbishop of York from 972 to his death in 992. He was of Danish ancestry, but brought up by his uncle...
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    Bishop of Worcester (1559–1570), London (1570–1576) and Archbishop of York (1576–1588) during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the translators...
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  • December 956) was Archbishop of York between 931 and 952. He is often known as Wulfstan I, to separate him from Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York. Wulfstan was...
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  • Catholic prelate and the first Archbishop of Boston John Williams, Archbishop of York (1582–1650), Archbishop of York, 1641–1650 Thomas Leighton Williams...
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    the archbishop of York (the junior of the Church of England's two archbishops). York Minster serves as the mother church of the Province of York. In 1836...
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    The archbishop of Canterbury is the "Primate of All England" (the "first bishop" of England), effectively serving as the head of the established Church...
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    the legendary king Ebraucus. The Archbishop of York uses Ebor (an abbreviation for Eboracensis, Latin for "of York") as his surname in his signature...
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    i.e., Canterbury or York. This is the area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, i.e. the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. Decision-making within...
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    1949) is a retired Anglican bishop and life peer. He was Archbishop of York and Primate of England from 2005 to 2020. Born near Kampala in Uganda, Sentamu...
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    that he was the second Archbishop of York called Wulfstan. Wulfstan was born about 1008 at Long Itchington in the English county of Warwickshire. His family...
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    was Bishop of London, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though born far from the centres of political and...
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    Thomas of Bayeux (died 18 November 1100) was Archbishop of York from 1070 until 1100. He was educated at Liège and became a royal chaplain to Duke William...
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  • Lupus; died 28 May 1023) was an English Bishop of London, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York. He is thought to have begun his ecclesiastical...
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    Hutton (1529–1606) was archbishop of York from 1595 to 1606. Hutton, the son of Matthew Hutton of Priest Hutton, in the parish of Warton, Lancashire, was...
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    in virtually all matters of state. He also held important ecclesiastical appointments. These included the Archbishop of York—the second most important...
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  • page is about Thurstan of Bayeux (1070 – 1140) who became Archbishop of York. Thurstan of Caen became the first Norman Abbot of Glastonbury in circa 1077...
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    effectively a revival of the title, separating it from the duchy. Some authorities say he also held the title of Archbishop of York, but this is probably...
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    Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, was the most rapid in modern Church of England...
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