List of the Archbishops of York

The following people were bishops and archbishops of York , they belonged to the Roman Catholic Church until 1559 , then to the Church of England :

Bishops of York
Name (life data)	Term of office	annotation	image
Paulinus (St.) † October 10, 644	625 to 633	then Bishop of Rochester
Vacant
Ceadda (St.) † March 2, 672	664 to 669	then Bishop of Lichfield
Wilfrith I (St.) † around 709	664 to 678	then Bishop of Selsey
Bosa (St.) † March 9, 705	678 to 686
Wilfrith I (St.) † around 709	686 to 691	then Bishop of Leicester
Bosa (St.) † March 9, 705	691 to 705
John of Beverley (St.) † May 7, 721	705 to 718	before that Bishop of Hexham ; he resigned from his office
Wilfrith II. † April 29 745 / 746	718 to 732
Archbishops of York
Name (life data)	Term of office	annotation	image
Ecgbeorht † November 19, 766	732/735 to 766	735 the diocese of York was raised to the archbishopric by Pope Gregory III.
Æthelbeorth † November 8, 780	767 to 780
Eanbald I. † August 10, 796	780 to 796
Eanbald II. † after 808	796 to after 808
Wulfsige † between 830 and 837	(after) 808 to 830/837
Wigmund † 854	837 to 854
Wolfhere † around 900	854 to 900
Æthelbeald † between 904 and 928	900 to 904/928
Hrotheweard † 931	904/928 to 931
Wulfstan I. † December 26, 956	931 to 956
Oskytel † November 1, 971	956 to 971	before that Bishop of Dorchester
Edwaldus	971	he ruled for only 9 months.
Osweald † February 29, 992	972 to 992	before that Bishop of Worcester ; he probably kept the post
Ealdwulf † 1002	992 to 1002	was also Bishop of Worcester
Wulfstan II. † 1023	1003 to 1023	was also Bishop of Worcester until 1016
Ælfric Puttoc † January 22, 1051	1023 to 1041	the office of bishop was removed from him in 1040, then Bishop of Worcester
Æthelric	1041 to 1042
Ælfric Puttoc † January 22, 1051	1042 to 1051	reinstated; before that Bishop of Worcester
Cynesige † January 22, 1060	1051 to 1060
Ealdred † September 11, 1069	1060 to 1069	before that Bishop of Hereford and until 1062 also Bishop of Worcester
Thomas I of Bayeux † November 18, 1100	1070 to 1100
Gerard of Rouen † May 21, 1108	1100 to 1108	before that Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Hereford
Thomas II † February 24, 1114	1109 to 1114
Thurstan † February 6, 1140	1119 to 1140	he resigned shortly before his death and entered a monastery
William Fitzherbert † June 8, 1154	1143 to 1147
Henry Murdac † October 14, 1153	1147 to 1153
William Fitzherbert † June 8, 1154	1153 to 1154
Roger de Pont l'Évêque † November 22 or 26, 1181	1154 to 1181
Geoffrey † about December 18, 1212	1189 to 1212	before that Lord Chancellor and until 1181 Bishop of Lincoln
Simon Langton † 1248	1215	elected in June 1215, repealed by Pope Innocent III. in August 1215
Walter de Gray † May 1, 1255	1216 to 1255	before that Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Worcester
Sewal de Bovill † May 10, 1258	1256 to 1258
Godfrey de Ludham † January 12, 1265	1258 to 1265
William Langton † July 15, 1279	1265	elected in March 1265, repealed by Pope Clement IV in November 1265
St. Bonaventure † July 15, 1274	1265 to 1266	Elected but not consecrated, resigned from office in October 1266
Walter Giffard † around April 25, 1279	1266 to 1279	before that Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Bath and Wells
William of Wickwane † about August 27, 1285	1279 to 1285
John le Romeyn † March 11, 1296	1286 to 1296
Henry of Newark † August 15, 1299	1296 to 1299
Thomas of Corbridge † September 22, 1304	1300 to 1304
William Greenfield † December 6, 1315	1306 to 1315	was before that Lord Chancellor
William Melton † April 5, 1340	1317 to 1340	was previously Lord Seal Keeper and during that time Chancellor of the Exchequer twice
William Zouche † July 19, 1352	1342 to 1352	was previously Lord Seal Keeper and twice Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Thoresby † November 6, 1373	1353 to 1373	was Lord Chancellor and Lord Seal Keeper, as well as Bishop of St. Davids and Worcester
Alexander Neville † May 1392	1374 to 1388	was thereafter Bishop of St. Andrews
Thomas Arundel † February 19, 1414	1388 to 1396	before that Bishop of Ely and then Archbishop of Canterbury , and several times Lord Chancellor
Robert Waldby † January 6, 1398	1397 to 1398	before that Bishop of Chichester
Richard le Scrope † June 8, 1405	1398 to 1405	before that Bishop of Lichfield
Thomas Langley † November 20, 1437	1405 to 1406	elected in August 1405, repealed by Pope Innocent VII in May 1406; previously Lord Seal Keeper, then Prince-Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor
Robert Hallam † September 4, 1417	1406 to 1407	then Bishop of Salisbury
Henry Bowet † October 20, 1423	1407 to 1423	before that Bishop of Bath and Wells
Philip Morgan † October 25, 1435	1423 to 1424	elected but repealed
Richard Fleming † January 25, 1431	1424 to 1425	he resigned after his election and returned to the post of Bishop of Lincoln
John Kemp † March 22, 1454	1426 to 1452	before that Bishop of London , then Archbishop of Canterbury
William Booth † September 12, 1464	1452 to 1464	before that Bishop of Lichfield
George Neville † June 8, 1476	1465 to 1476	Lord chancellor; before that Bishop of Exeter
Lawrence Booth † May 19, 1480	1476 to 1480	before that Lord Chancellor and Prince-Bishop of Durham
Thomas Rotherham † May 29, 1500	1480 to 1500	before that Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Chancellor and Lord Seal Keeper
Thomas Savage † September 3, 1507	1501 to 1507	before that Bishop of London
Christopher Bainbridge † July 14, 1514	1508 to 1514	before that, Prince-Bishop of Durham
Thomas Wolsey † November 29, 1530	1514 to 1530	before that Bishop of Lincoln, at the same time Lord Chancellor, as well as Bishop of Bath and Wells and Winchester , Prince-Bishop of Durham
Edward Lee † September 13, 1544	1531 to 1544
Robert Holgate † November 15, 1555	1545 to 1554	of Pope Paul III. not recognized as archbishop, first Anglican bishop; before that Bishop of Llandaff
Nicholas Heath † 1579	1555 to 1559	the last Roman Catholic Archbishop appointed by the Pope
Thomas Young † June 26, 1568	1561 to 1568	before that Bishop of St. Davids
Edmund Grindal † July 6, 1583	1570 to 1576	before that Bishop of London, then Archbishop of Canterbury
Edwin Sandys † July 10, 1588	1577 to 1588	before that Bishop of London
John Piers † September 28, 1594	1589 to 1594	before that Bishop of Salisbury
Matthew Hutton † January 15, 1606	1595 to 1606	before that, Prince-Bishop of Durham
Tobias Matthew † May 29, 1628	1606 to 1628	before that, Prince-Bishop of Durham
George Montaigne † November 6, 1628	1628	before that, Prince-Bishop of Durham
Samuel Harsnett † May 25, 1631	1629 to 1631	before that Bishop of Norwich
Richard Neile † October 31, 1640	1632 to 1640	before that Bishop of Winchester
John Williams † March 25, 1650	1641 to 1650	before that Bishop of Lincoln
Accepted Frewen † March 28, 1664	1660 to 1664	before that Bishop of Lichfield
Richard Sterne † June 18, 1683	1664 to 1683	before that Bishop of Carlisle
John Dolben † April 11, 1686	1683 to 1686	before that Bishop of Rochester
Vacant
Thomas Lamplugh † May 5, 1691	1688 to 1691	before that Bishop of Exeter
John Sharp † February 2, 1714	1691 to 1714
Sir William Dawes † April 30, 1724	1714 to 1724	before that Bishop of Chester
Lancelot Blackburne † March 23, 1743	1724 to 1743	before that Bishop of Exeter
Thomas Herring † March 13, 1757	1743 to 1747	before that Bishop of Bangor ; then Archbishop of Canterbury
Matthew Hutton † March 19, 1758	1747 to 1757	before that Bishop of Bangor, then Archbishop of Canterbury
John Gilbert † August 9, 1761	1757 to 1761	before that Bishop of Salisbury
Robert Hay Drummond † December 10, 1776	1761 to 1776	before that Bishop of Salisbury
William Markham † November 3, 1807	1777 to 1807	before that Bishop of Chester
Edward Harcourt † November 5, 1847	1808 to 1847	before that Bishop of Carlisle
Thomas Musgrave † May 4, 1860	1847 to 1860	before that Bishop of Hereford
Charles Thomas Longley † October 28, 1868	1860 to 1862	before that Bishop of Durham, then Archbishop of Canterbury
William Thomson † December 25, 1890	1862 to 1890
William Connor Magee † May 5, 1891	1891	before that Bishop of Peterborough
William Dalrymple Maclagan † September 19, 1910	1891 to 1908	before that Bishop of Lichfield; resigned December 31, 1908
Cosmo Gordon Lang † December 5, 1945	1909 to 1928	then Archbishop of Canterbury
William Temple † October 26, 1944	1929 to 1942	then Archbishop of Canterbury
Cyril Forster Garbett † December 31, 1955	1942 to 1955	before that Bishop of Winchester
Arthur Michael Ramsey † April 23, 1988	1956 to 1961	before that Bishop of Durham, then Archbishop of Canterbury
Frederick Donald Coggan † May 17, 2000	1961 to 1974	before that Bishop of Bradford, then Archbishop of Canterbury
Stuart Yarworth Blanch † June 3, 1994	1975 to 1983	before that Bishop of Liverpool
John Stapylton Habgood	1983 to 1995	before that Bishop of Durham
David Hope	1995 to 2005	before that Bishop of London
John Sentamu	2005 to 2020	the first African Archbishop of the Church of England ; before that Bishop of Birmingham
Stephen Cottrell	from 2020	appointed, took office in June 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Unless otherwise stated, the evidence for this can be found at: Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London 1961, pp. 263 to 266.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} The numbering is only done to better distinguish eponymous bishops from one another. It is not part of the names.
3. ↑ Michael Lapidge: Wilfrid II. In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 , p. 476.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Personal data in Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) (English).
5. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
6. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
7. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography ( memento of the original dated August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English).  
9. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
10. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
11. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
12. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
13. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
14. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
15. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
16. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
17. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
18. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
19. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on british-history.ac.uk (English). 
20. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
21. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
22. ↑ Thoresby, John. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 20, 2016. (English).
23. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
24. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London 1961, p. 300.
25. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
26. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London 1961, p. 211.
27. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
28. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
29. ↑ Langley, Thomas. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 20, 2016. (English).
30. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London 1961, p. 251.
31. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
32. ↑ Short biography at www.yba.llgc.org.uk (English)
33. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London 1961, p. 224.
34. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
35. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London 1961, p. 236.
36. ↑ Booth, Laurence . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 1 : Abbas-Cutts . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 55 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
37. ↑ Rotheram, Thomas . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 3 : Kaile-Ryves . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1924, pp. 489 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
38. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
39. ↑ Bainbridge, Christopher. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 20, 2016. (English).
40. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
41. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
42. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
43. ↑ Mountaigne or Mountain, George . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 3 : Kaile-Ryves . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1924, pp. 223 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
44. ↑ Harsnett, Samuel . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 2 : Dabbs-Juxton . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 319 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
45. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
46. ↑ Short biography in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (English).
47. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
48. ↑ Short biography in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (English).
49. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
50. ↑ Dawes, William . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 2 : Dabbs-Juxton . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 19 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
51. ↑ Herring, Thomas . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 2 : Dabbs-Juxton . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 258 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
52. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London 1961, p. 212
53. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
54. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
55. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
56. ↑ Short biography in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 (English).
57. ↑ Church of England press release: Bishop Stephen Cottrell to be the next Archbishop of York , December 17, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019.

Web links

• List of Archbishops at www.yorkminster.org (English)