York (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

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.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

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of York
628	Territory Lost	Diocese of York	Diocese of Lindsey (erected)
656	Territory Lost	Diocese of York	Diocese of Mercia (erected)
678	Territory Lost	Diocese of York	Diocese of Hexham (erected)
Archdiocese of York
735	Elevated	Diocese of York	Archdiocese of York
1579	Lost	Archdiocese of York