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Anglican Archbishop of York

Senior bishop in the Church of England

  • Dated from 1559 CE
  • Also called Archbishop of York

Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 5 holders
  • 3 gaps
  • 1 step named in the records
  1. 1570 CE – 1576 CE Edmund Grindal Archbishop of Canterbury
  2. Gap about 284 years with no holder recorded

    1860 CE – 1862 CE Charles Longley Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868)
  3. Gap about 47 years with no holder recorded

    1909 CE – 1928 CE Cosmo Gordon Lang British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945)
  4. 1929 CE – 1942 CE William Temple Archbishop of Canterbury (1881-1944)
  5. Gap about 14 years with no holder recorded

    1956 CE – 1961 CE Michael Ramsey Archbishop of Canterbury (1904-1988)

Connections

Succession in office 1

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