2020 news archive

  1. The Confirmation of Election of the Rt Revd Mark Tanner as the next Bishop of Chester

    14/07/2020

    NEWS - Bishop Mark Tanner will be confirmed as the Bishop of Chester at 11am on Wednesday 15 July 2020, in a service broadcast entirely online due to Covid-19 restrictions. 

    2 min read
  2. General Synod Cross

    Church must ‘learn afresh how to share the gospel’, Archbishop of York tells Synod

    11/07/2020

    NEWS - Presidential Address at the General Synod of the Church of England

    3 min read
  3. Head and shoulders of Archbishop dressed in purple clerical shirt and black suit

    Let's head to a more caring new normal

    11/07/2020

    FEATURE - Archbishop Stephen writes in the Yorkshire Post today encouraging us to work on a big canvas of inclusion, welcome, hospitality and diversity. The article follows in full...

    5 min read

  4. Newly-confirmed Archbishop of York to preach on the power of prayer

    10/07/2020

    NEWS - Chaplains from a hospital and a hospice are to join the newly-confirmed Archbishop of York this weekend as he leads worship from York Minster for the Church of England’s weekly online service.

    3 min read

  5. New Archbishop of York speaks to pupils in national online school collective worship

    09/07/2020

    NEWS - This Friday, the day after he legally becomes the 98th Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell will answer young people’s questions about compassion during a virtual collective worship session.

    4 min read
  6. Archbishop holding silver crozier having just taken it off high altar in York Minster

    Archbishop Elect Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell to take his Crozier as 98th Archbishop of York

    09/07/2020

    NEWS - Bishop Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell, will today take up the historic Braganza Crozier – his staff of office – in a short ceremony at York Minster, following his Confirmation of Election as the 98th Archbishop of York.  

    4 min read
  7. Head and shoulders of Archbishop dressed in purple clerical shirt and black suit

    Election of Bishop Stephen Cottrell as the 98th Archbishop of York, Thursday 11 June 2020

    11/06/2020

    NEWS - Bishop Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell was today formally ‘Elected’ by York Minster’s College of Canons to be the 98th Archbishop of York.

    3 min read

  8. Confirmation of Election of Bishop Stephen Cottrell as the 98th Archbishop of York, Thursday 9 July 2020

    20/05/2020

    NEWS - Bishop Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell will be confirmed as the 98th Archbishop of York at 11am on Thursday 9 July 2020, in a service broadcast entirely via video conference due to the Coronavirus restrictions. 

    5 min read
  9. Bishop Stephen Cotrell outside York Minster on day of announcement as 98th Archbishop of York

    Bishop Stephen Cottrell to be the next Archbishop of York

    17/12/2019

    NEWS - The Queen has approved the nomination of the Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell as the next Archbishop of York, Downing Street has announced.

    6 min read