Archdiocese of York

Historical Details

• Archdiocese of York
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 735
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain

• Diocese of York
  • Latin Name: Eboracensis
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain

Past Ordinaries

• St. Paulinus of York † ( 625 Appointed - 633 Appointed, Bishop of Rochester, England)
• Ceadda † ( 664 Appointed - 669 Appointed, Bishop of Lichfield, England)
• Wilfrid † ( 669 Appointed - 678 Resigned)
• Bosa † ( 678 Appointed - 705 Died)
• Wilfrid † ( 686 Appointed - 692 Appointed, Bishop of Leicester, England)
• St. John of Beverly † ( 705 Appointed - 718 Resigned)
• Wilfrith † ( 718 Appointed - 732 Died)
• Egbert † ( 734 Appointed - 19 Nov 766 Died)
• Ethelbert (Coena) † ( 767 Appointed - 10 Nov 780 Died)
• Eanbald † ( 780 Appointed - 10 Aug 796 Died)
• Eanbald † ( 796 Appointed - )
• Wulfsige (Wulfwig) † ( 808 Appointed - 837 Died)
• Wigmund † ( 837 Appointed - )
• Wulfhere † ( 854 Appointed - 900 Died)
• Ethelbald † ( 900 Appointed - )
• Wulfstan † ( 931 Appointed - 26 Dec 956 Died)
• Oskytel † ( 958 Appointed - 1 Nov 971 Died)
• Oswald † ( 972 Appointed - 29 Feb 992 Died)
• Aldulf † ( 995 Appointed - 6 May 1002 Died)
• Wulfstan † ( 1003 Appointed - 28 May 1023 Died)
• Elfirc † ( 1023 Appointed - 22 Jan 1051 Died)
• Kinsige (Kynsige) † ( 1051 Appointed - 22 Dec 1060 Died)
• Ealdred † (25 Dec 1060 Appointed - 11 Sep 1069 Died)
• Thomas of Bayeux † (23 May 1070 Appointed - 18 Nov 1100 Died)
• Gerard † ( 1100 Appointed - 21 May 1108 Died)
• Thomas † ( 1109 Appointed - 24 Feb 1114 Died)
• Thurstan de Bayeux † (15 Aug 1114 Appointed - 21 Jan 1140 Resigned)
• St. William FitzHerbert † (Jan 1141 Appointed - Jan 1147 Resigned)
• Henry Murdac, O. Cist. † (24 Jul 1147 Appointed - 14 Oct 1153 Died)
• St. William FitzHerbert † (20 Dec 1153 Appointed - 8 Jun 1154 Died)
• Roger de Pont L’Évêque † ( 1154 Appointed - 26 Nov 1181 Died)
• Geoffrey Plantagenet † (16 Sep 1189 Confirmed - 18 Dec 1212 Died)
• Walter de Gray † (27 Mar 1216 Appointed - 1 May 1255 Died)
• Sewall de Bovill † (4 May 1256 Appointed - 10 May 1258 Died)
• Godfrey Ludham † (25 Jul 1258 Appointed - 12 Jan 1265 Died)
• Walter Giffard † (15 Oct 1266 Appointed - 22 Apr 1279 Died)
• William Wickwane † (17 Sep 1279 Ordained Bishop - 26 Aug 1285 Died)
• John Le Romain (Romanus) † (10 Feb 1286 Ordained Bishop - 11 Mar 1296 Died)
• Henry Newark † ( 1298 Appointed - 15 Aug 1299 Died)
• Thomas Corbridge † (28 Feb 1300 Ordained Bishop - 22 Sep 1304 Died)
• William Greenfield † (30 Jan 1306 Ordained Bishop - 6 Dec 1315 Died)
• William de Melton † (25 Sep 1317 Ordained Bishop - 4 Apr 1340 Died)
• William Zouch † (7 Jul 1342 Ordained Bishop - 19 Jul 1352 Died)
• John Thoresby † (17 Nov 1352 Appointed - 6 Nov 1373 Died)
• Alexander Neville † (3 Apr 1374 Appointed - 30 Apr 1388 Resigned)
• Thomas Arundel † (13 Jun 1388 Appointed - 24 Nov 1396 Appointed, Archbishop of Canterbury, England)
• Robert Waldby, O.E.S.A. † (5 Oct 1396 Appointed - 6 Jan 1398 Died)
• Richard Lescrope † (15 Mar 1398 Appointed - 8 Jun 1405 Died)
• Henry Bowet † (7 Nov 1407 Appointed - 20 Oct 1423 Died)
• Richard Fleming † (14 Feb 1424 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
• John Kempe † (20 Jul 1425 Appointed - 21 Jul 1452 Appointed, Archbishop of Canterbury, England)
• William Booth † (21 Jul 1452 Appointed - 12 Sep 1464 Died)
• George Neville † (15 Mar 1465 Appointed - 8 Jun 1476 Died)
• Lawrence Booth † (31 Jul 1476 Appointed - 19 May 1480 Died)
• Thomas Rotheram (Scott) † (7 Jul 1480 Appointed - 29 May 1500 Died)
• Thomas Savage † (18 Jan 1501 Appointed - 3 Sep 1507 Died)
• Christopher Bainbridge † (22 Sep 1508 Appointed - 14 Jul 1514 Died)
• Thomas Wolsey † (15 Sep 1514 Appointed - 29 Nov 1530 Died)
• Edward Lee † (20 Oct 1531 Appointed - 13 Sep 1544 Died)
• Henry de Bruto † (19 Feb 1546 Appointed - )
• Nicholas Heath † (21 Jun 1555 Confirmed - 1559 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Thomas Arundel † (Archbishop: 13 Jun 1388 to 24 Nov 1396)
• Christopher Bainbridge † (Archbishop: 22 Sep 1508 to 14 Jul 1514)
• Thomas of Bayeux † (Archbishop: 23 May 1070 to 18 Nov 1100)
• Thurstan de Bayeux † (Archbishop: 15 Aug 1114 to 21 Jan 1140)
• St. John of Beverly † (Bishop: 705 to 718)
• Lawrence Booth † (Archbishop: 31 Jul 1476 to 19 May 1480)
• William Booth † (Archbishop: 21 Jul 1452 to 12 Sep 1464)
• Sewall de Bovill † (Archbishop: 4 May 1256 to 10 May 1258)
• Henry Bowet † (Archbishop: 7 Nov 1407 to 20 Oct 1423)
• Henry de Bruto † (Archbishop: 19 Feb 1546)
• Thomas Corbridge † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1300 to 22 Sep 1304)
• William Duffy, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1535)
• William Egremont, O.E.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jun 1463 to 1501)
• St. William FitzHerbert † (Archbishop: Jan 1141 to Jan 1147)
• Richard Fleming † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1424 - Did Not Take Effect)
• Walter Giffard † (Archbishop: 15 Oct 1266 to 22 Apr 1279)
• Walter de Gray † (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1216 to 1 May 1255)
• William Greenfield † (Archbishop: 30 Jan 1306 to 6 Dec 1315)
• John Grene, C.R.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1452 to 1462)
• Robert Hallam †
• John Hatton † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1506 to 25 Apr 1516)
• Nicholas Heath † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1555 to 1559)
• William Hogieston (Howe), O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1530)
• John Kempe † (Archbishop: 20 Jul 1425 to 21 Jul 1452)
• Edward Lee † (Archbishop: 20 Oct 1531 to 13 Sep 1544)
• John Le Romain (Romanus) † (Archbishop: 10 Feb 1286 to 11 Mar 1296)
• Richard Lescrope † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1398 to 8 Jun 1405)
• Godfrey Ludham † (Archbishop: 25 Jul 1258 to 12 Jan 1265)
• Matthew Makarell, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1527)
• John Max, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 1525 to 25 May 1536)
• William de Melton † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1317 to 4 Apr 1340)
• Philippe Morgan †
• Henry Murdac, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 24 Jul 1147 to 14 Oct 1153)
• Alexander Neville † (Archbishop: 3 Apr 1374 to 30 Apr 1388)
• George Neville † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1465 to 8 Jun 1476)
• Henry Newark † (Archbishop: 1298 to 15 Aug 1299)
• Geoffrey Plantagenet † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1189 to 18 Dec 1212)
• Roger de Pont L’Évêque † (Archbishop: 1154 to 26 Nov 1181)
• Thomas Rotheram (Scott) † (Archbishop: 7 Jul 1480 to 29 May 1500)
• Thomas Savage † (Archbishop: 18 Jan 1501 to 3 Sep 1507)
• John Thoresby † (Archbishop: 17 Nov 1352 to 6 Nov 1373)
• Robert Waldby, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 5 Oct 1396 to 6 Jan 1398)
• William Wickwane † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1279 to 26 Aug 1285)
• Richard Wilson † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jul 1516 to 27 Feb 1523)
• Thomas Wolsey † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1514 to 29 Nov 1530)
• St. Paulinus of York † (Bishop: 625 to 633)
• William Zouch † (Archbishop: 7 Jul 1342 to 19 Jul 1352)
• Aldulf † (Archbishop: 995 to 6 May 1002)
• Bosa † (Bishop: 678 to 705)
• Ceadda † (Bishop: 664 to 669)
• Ealdred † (Archbishop: 25 Dec 1060 to 11 Sep 1069)
• Eanbald † (Archbishop: 780 to 10 Aug 796)
• Eanbald † (Archbishop: 796 - )
• Egbert † (Archbishop: 734 to 19 Nov 766)
• Elfirc † (Archbishop: 1023 to 22 Jan 1051)
• Ethelbald † (Archbishop: 900 - )
• Ethelbert (Coena) † (Archbishop: 767 to 10 Nov 780)
• Gerard † (Archbishop: 1100 to 21 May 1108)
• Kinsige (Kynsige) † (Archbishop: 1051 to 22 Dec 1060)
• Oskytel † (Archbishop: 958 to 1 Nov 971)
• Oswald † (Archbishop: 972 to 29 Feb 992)
• Thomas † (Archbishop: 1109 to 24 Feb 1114)
• Wigmund † (Archbishop: 837 - )
• Wilfrid † (Bishop: 669 to 678)
• Wilfrith † (Bishop: 718 to 732)
• Wulfhere † (Archbishop: 854 to 900)
• Wulfsige (Wulfwig) † (Archbishop: 808 to 837)
• Wulfstan † (Archbishop: 1003 to 28 May 1023)
• Wulfstan † (Archbishop: 931 to 26 Dec 956)

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