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York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
Walter de Gray Archbishop of York Tomb of Archbishop de Gray in York Minster Elected 10 November 1215 Term ended 1 May 1255 Predecessor Geoffrey Plantagenet Successor Sewal de Bovil Other post(s) Bishop of Lichfield Bishop of Worcester Orders Consecration 5 October 1214 Personal details Born Walter de Gray c. 1180 Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk Died 1 May 1255 Fulham Buried York Minster Parents John ...
The 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 the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the northern regions of England (north of the Trent) as well as the Isle of Man.
Glyn Hamilton Webster (born 3 June 1951) is a retired British Anglican bishop who was the Bishop of Beverley in the Church of England from January 2013 to January 2022. He was previously the canon chancellor (a canon residentiary) and Acting Dean of York at York Minster in the Diocese of York.
In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint, 184 solar panels are being fitted to York Minster's roof.
The diocese is headed by the archbishop of York and its cathedral is York Minster. The diocese is divided into three archdeaconries of Cleveland in the north (with a Bishop of Whitby), the East Riding (with a Bishop of Hull), and in the south-west the Archdeaconry of York (with a bishop of Selby).
His translation to the archbishopric of York was as Sandys's successor in 1589. His tenure of the primacy was short. He died at Bishopthorpe on 28 September 1594, aged 71. He was unmarried. He was buried at the east end of York Minster, with a long epitaph.
Born William fitzHerbert in York, [2] William was the son of Herbert of Winchester, or Herbert fitzAlberic, [3] chancellor and treasurer of King Henry I. [4] Most sources say his mother was Emma, half-sister of King Stephen and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, [5] and that she was an illegitimate daughter of Stephen II, Count of Blois, Stephen's father. [6]