Metropolitan Archdiocese of York, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Past Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of York (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Nicholas Heath
(1555 – 1559)

Born:	1501 (London, England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1540.04.04
Died:	1578.12 († 77)

Bishop of Rochester (England) (1539 – 1543)

Bishop of Worcester (England) (1543 – 1551)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1555 – 1559)

Archbishop Henry de Bruto
(1546.02.19 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1546.02.19 – ?)

Archbishop Edward Lee
(1531 – 1544.09.13)

Born:	1482 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1531.12.10
Died:	1544.09.13 († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1531 – 1544.09.13)

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
(1514.09.15 – 1530.11.29)

Born:	1471 (Ipswitch, England)
Ordained Priest:	1498.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1514.03.26
Created Cardinal:	1515.09.10
Died:	1530.11.29 (Leicester, England † 58)

Bishop of Tournai (Belgium) (1514 – 1518)

Bishop of Lincoln (England) (1514.02.06 – 1514.09.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1514.09.15 – 1530.11.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1515.09.10 – 1530.11.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Bath and Wells (England) (1518.07.30 – 1523.03.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Durham (England) (1523.03.26 – 1529.02.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Winchester (England) (1529.02.08 – 1530.11.29)

Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge
(1508.09.22 – 1514.07.14)

Born:	1464 (Hilton, England)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1507?
Created Cardinal:	1511.03.10
Died:	1514.07.14 (Roma, Italy † 49)

Bishop of Durham (England) (1507.08.27 – 1508.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1508.09.22 – 1514.07.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1511.03.17 – 1511.12.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1511.12.22 – 1514.07.14)

Archbishop Thomas Savage
(1501.01.18 – 1507.09.02)

Born:	1463 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1493.04.28
Died:	1507.09.02 († 43)

Bishop of Rochester (England) (1492.12.03 – 1497)

Bishop of London (England) (1497 – 1501.01.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1501.01.18 – 1507.09.02)

Archbishop Thomas Rotherham
(1480.07.07 – 1500.05.29)

Born:	1423.08.24 (Rotherham, England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1468.04.03
Died:	1500.05.29 († 76)

Bishop of Rochester (England) (1468 – 1472.01.08)

Bishop of Lincoln (England) (1472.01.08 – 1480.07.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1480.07.07 – 1500.05.29)

Archbishop Lawrence Booth
(1476.07.31 – 1480.05.19)

Born:	1420 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1457.09.25
Died:	1480.05.19 († 59)

Bishop of Durham (England) (1457.08.22 – 1476.07.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1476.07.31 – 1480.05.19)

Archbishop George Neville
(1465.03.15 – 1476.06.08)

Born:	1432 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1458.12.03
Died:	1476.06.08 († 43)

Bishop of Exeter (England) (1456.02.04 – 1465.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1465.03.15 – 1476.06.08)

Archbishop William Booth
(1452.07.21 – 1464.09.12)

Born:	1390? (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1447.07.09
Died:	1464.09.12 († 73)

Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (England) (1447.04.26 – 1452.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1452.07.21 – 1464.09.12)

Cardinal John Kemp
(1425.07.20 – 1452.07.21)

Born:	1380 (Ollanfigh, England)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1419.12.03
Created Cardinal:	1439.12.18
Died:	1454.03.22 († 73)

Bishop of Rochester (England) (1419.06.21 – 1421.02.28)

Bishop of Chichester (England) (1421.02.28 – 1421.11.17)

Bishop of London (England) (1421.11.17 – 1425.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1425.07.20 – 1452.07.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1440.01.08 – 1452.07.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Canterbury (England) (1452.07.28 – 1454.03.22)

Bishop of Santa Rufina (Italy) (1452.07.28 – 1454.03.22)

Cardinal-Bishop of Santa Rufina (1452.07.28 – 1454.03.22)

Archbishop Richard Fleming
(1424.02 – 1425.07)

Born:	1360? (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1420.04.28
Died:	1431.01.25 († 70)

Bishop of Lincoln (England) (1419.11.20 – 1431.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1424.02 – 1425.07)

Archbishop Henry Bowet
(1407.10.07 – 1423.10.20)

Born:	(England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1401.11.20
Died:	1423.10.20

Bishop of Bath and Wells (England) (1401.08.19 – 1407.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1407.10.07 – 1423.10.20)

Archbishop Robert Hallam (later Pseudocardinal)
(1406.05.22 – 1407.10.23)

Born:	(England)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1407
Created Cardinal:	1411.06.06
Died:	1417.09.04

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1406.05.22 – 1407.10.23)

Bishop of Salisbury (England) (1407.10.23 – 1417.09.04)

Archbishop-elect Thomas Langley (later Pseudocardinal)
(1405.08 – 1406.05.14▼)

Born:	1363 (Middleton, England)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1406.08.08
Created Cardinal:	1411.06.06
Died:	1437.11.28 (Bishop Auckland, England † 73)

Bishop of London (England) (1404 – 1405.08▼)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1405.08 – 1406.05.14▼)

Bishop of Durham (England) (1406.05.14 [1406.06.17] – 1437.11.28)

Archbishop Richard Le Scrope
(1398.03.15 – 1405.06.08)

Born:	1350? (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1386.08.19
Died:	1405.06.08 († 54)

Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (England) (1386.08.18 – 1398.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1398.03.15 – 1405.06.08)

Archbishop Robert Waldby, O.E.S.A.
(1397.10.05 – 1398.01.06)

Born:	(England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1387?
Died:	1398.01.06

Bishop of Aire (France) (1387 – 1390)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1391.11.14 – 1395)

Archbishop-Bishop of Chichester (England) (1395 – 1396)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1397.10.05 – 1398.01.06)

Archbishop Thomas Arundel
(1388.04.03 – 1397.09.25)

Born:	1353 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1374.04.09
Died:	1414.02.19 († 60)

Bishop of Ely (England) (1373.08.13 – 1388.04.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1388.04.03 – 1397.09.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Canterbury (England) (1397.09.25 – 1398)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Canterbury (England) (1399.10.21 – 1414.02.19)

Archbishop Alexander Neville
(1374.04.03 – 1388)

Born:	1340 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1374.06.04
Died:	1392.05 († 51)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1374.04.03 – 1388)

Cardinal John Thoresby
(1352.08.16 – 1373.11.06)

Born:	(England)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1347.09.23
Created Cardinal:	1361.09.17
Died:	1373.11.06

Bishop of Saint David’s (Wales) (1347.05.23 – 1349.09.04)

Bishop of Worcester (England) (1349.09.04 – 1352.08.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1352.08.16 [1354.09.08] – 1373.11.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1361.09.17 – 1373.11.06)

Archbishop William Zouche
(1340.05.02 – 1352.07.19)

Born:	(England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1342.07.07
Died:	1352.07.19

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1340.05.02 – 1352.07.19)

Archbishop William Melton
(1315.12 – 1340.04.05)

Born:	(England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1317.09
Died:	1340.04.05

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1315.12 – 1340.04.05)

Archbishop William Greenfield
(1304.12.04 – 1315.12.06)

Born:	(England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1306.01.30
Died:	1315.12.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1304.12.04 – 1315.12.06)

Archbishop Thomas of Corbridge
(1299.11.12 – 1304.09.22)

Born:	(England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1300.02.28
Died:	1304.09.22

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1299.11.12 – 1304.09.22)

Archbishop Henry of Newark
(1296.05.07 – 1299.08.15)

Consecrated Bishop:	1298.06.15
Died:	1299.08.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1296.05.07 – 1299.08.15)

Archbishop John le Romeyn
(1285.10.29 – 1296.03.11)

Consecrated Bishop:	1286.02.10
Died:	1296.03.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1285.10.29 [1286.06.09] – 1296.03.11)

Archbishop William de Wickwane
(1279.06.22 – 1285.08.27)

Consecrated Bishop:	1279.09.17
Died:	1285.08.27

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1279.06.22 – 1285.08.27)

Archbishop Walter Giffard
(1266.10.15 – 1279.04.22)

Died:

1279.04.22

Bishop of Bath and Wells (England) (1264.05.22 – 1266.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1266.10.15 [1266.11.01] – 1279.04.22)

Archbishop Godfrey Ludham
(1258.07.25 – 1265.01.12)

Consecrated Bishop:	1258.09.22
Died:	1265.01.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1258.07.25 – 1265.01.12)

Archbishop Sewal de Bovil
(1255.10.01 – 1258.05.10)

Consecrated Bishop:	1256.07.23
Died:	1258.05.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1255.10.01 – 1258.05.10)

Archbishop Walter de Gray
(1215.11.10 – 1255.05.01)

Consecrated Bishop:	1214.10.05
Died:	1255.05.01

Bishop of Worcester (England) (1214.01.20 – 1215.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1215.11.10 – 1255.05.01)

Archbishop Geoffrey Plantagenet
(1189.08 – 1212.12.12)

Ordained Priest:	1189.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1191.08.18
Died:	1212.12.12

Bishop of Lincoln (England) ([1173.05] 1175 – 1182.01.06 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1189.08 – 1212.12.12)

Archbishop Roger de Pont L’Evêque
(1154 – 1181.11.26)

Consecrated Bishop:	1154.10.10
Died:	1181.11.26

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1154 – 1181.11.26)

Saint Archbishop William FitzHerbert
(1153.12.20 – 1154.06.08)

Consecrated Bishop:	1143.09.26
Died:	1154.06.08 (York, England)
Canonised:	1226.03.18 (equipollently)
Feast:	06.08

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1141.01 – 1147)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1153.12.20 – 1154.06.08)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Henry Murdac, O. Cist.
(1147 – 1153.10.14)

Consecrated Bishop:	1147.12.07
Died:	1153.10.14

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1147 – 1153.10.14)

Saint Archbishop William FitzHerbert
(1141.01 – 1147)

Consecrated Bishop:	1143.09.26
Died:	1154.06.08 (York, England)
Canonised:	1226.03.18 (equipollently)
Feast:	06.08

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1141.01 – 1147)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1153.12.20 – 1154.06.08)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Thurstan
(1114 – 1140.02.06)

Consecrated Bishop:	1119.10.19
Died:	1140.02.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1114 – 1140.02.06)

Archbishop Thomas
(1109 – 1114.02.24)

Consecrated Bishop:	1109.06.27
Died:	1114.02.24

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1109 – 1114.02.24)

Archbishop Gerard
(1100.12 – 1108.05.21)

Ordained Priest:	1096.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1096.06.08
Died:	1108.05.21

Bishop of Hereford (England) (1095 – 1100.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1100.12 – 1108.05.21)

Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux
(1070.05.23 – 1100.11.18)

Consecrated Bishop:	1070.12.25
Died:	1100.11.18

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1070.05.23 – 1100.11.18)

Archbishop Ealdred
(1061 – 1069.09.11)

Died:

1069.09.11

Bishop of Worcester (England) (1046 – 1061)

Bishop of Hereford (England) (1056 – 1060)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) ([1060] 1061 – 1069.09.11)

Archbishop Cynesige
(1051 – 1060.01.20)

Consecrated Bishop:	1051
Died:	1060.01.20

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1051 – 1060.01.20)

Archbishop Ælfric Puttoc
(1042 – 1051.01.22)

Consecrated Bishop:	1023
Died:	1051.01.22

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1023 – 1041)

Bishop of Worcester (England) (1040 – 1041)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1042 – 1051.01.22)

Archbishop Ælfric Puttoc
(1023 – 1041)

(see above)

Archbishop Wulfstan
(1002 – 1023.05.28)

Died:

1023.05.28

Bishop of London (England) (996 – 1002)

Bishop of Worcester (England) (1002 – 1016)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1002 – 1023.05.28)

Archbishop Ealdwulf
(995 – 1002.05.06)

Consecrated Bishop:	995
Died:	1002.05.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (995 – 1002.05.06)

Saint Archbishop Oswald
(972 – 992.02.29)

Died:	992.02.29
Feast:	02.29

Bishop of Worcester (England) (961 – 992.02.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (972 – 992.02.29)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Edwald
(971 – 971)

Consecrated Bishop:

971

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (971 – 971)

Archbishop Oskytel
(958 – 971.11.01)

Died:

971.11.01

Bishop of Dorchester (England) (951 – 971.11.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (958 – 971.11.01)

Archbishop Wulfstan
(931 – 952)

Consecrated Bishop:	931
Died:	956.12.26

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (931 – 952)

Archbishop Hrotheweard
(916? – 931)

Died:

931

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (916? – 931)

Archbishop Æthelbald
(900 – 916?)

Consecrated Bishop:

900

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (900 – 916?)

Archbishop Wulfhere
(854 – 900)

Consecrated Bishop:	854
Died:	900

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (854 – 900)

Archbishop Wigmund
(837 – 854)

Died:

854

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (837 – 854)

Archbishop Wulfsige
(808 – 837)

Died:

837

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (808 – 837)

Archbishop Eanbald
(796 – 808)

Consecrated Bishop:	796.08.14
Died:	808

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (796 – 808)

Archbishop Eanbald
(780 – 796.08.10)

Died:

796.08.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (780 – 796.08.10)

Archbishop Æthelbert
(766 – 780.11.08)

Consecrated Bishop:	767.04.24
Died:	780.11.08

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (766 – 780.11.08)

Archbishop Ecgbert
(735 – 766.11.19)

Consecrated Bishop:	734
Died:	766.11.19

Bishop of York (England) (732 – 735)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (735 – 766.11.19)

Bishops of York (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ecgbert (later Archbishop)
(732 – 735)

(see above)

Saint Bishop Wilfrid
(718 – 732)

Died:	745.04.29
Feast:	04.24

Bishop of York (England) (718 – 732)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop John of Beverley
(706 – 714)

Consecrated Bishop:	687.08.25
Died:	721.05.07
Feast:	05.07

Bishop of Hexham (England) (687 – 706)

Bishop of York (England) (706 – 714)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Bosa
(678 – 705.03.09)

Consecrated Bishop:	678
Died:	705.03.09

Bishop of York (England) (678 – 705.03.09)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Wilfrid
(664 – 678)

Born:	633
Consecrated Bishop:	664
Died:	709 († 76)

Bishop of York (England) (664 – 678)

Bishop of Selsey (England) (681 – 685)

Bishop of Leicester (England) (692 – 705)

Bishop of Hexham (England) (705 – 709)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Chad of Mercia
(664 – 669)

Born:	634
Consecrated Bishop:	664
Died:	672.03.02 (Lichfield, England † 37)
Feast:	03.02

Bishop of York (England) (664 – 669)

Bishop of Lichfield (England) (669 – 672.03.02)

Bishop. Brother of Saint Cedd.

Saint Bishop Paulinus of York
(626 – 633)

Consecrated Bishop:	625
Died:	644.10.10
Feast:	10.10

Bishop of York (England) (626 – 633)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Underwood (1531 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Matthew Makarell, O. Praem. (1527 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Richard Wilson, O.E.S.A. (1516.07.21 – 1523.02.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Hatton (1506 – 1516.04.25)

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History

Past Ordinaries

Former Prelates