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    The Rt Revd Malcolm Chamberlain consecrated as Bishop of Wakefield

    11/06/2025

    NEWS - The Rt Revd Malcolm Chamberlain was consecrated on Wednesday June 11, and will take up his role as Bishop of Wakefield shortly.

    3 min read
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    Learning more about the Lord’s Prayer at Lancaster Priory

    09/06/2025

    NEWS - Archbishop Stephen was at Lancaster Priory on Pentecost Sunday, 8 June, as part of an evening to learn more about the Lord’s Prayer and how it can offer a way to live as well as a way to pray. 

    3 min read
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    Joint Statement from the Archbishop of York and Bishop of London

    06/06/2025

    NEWS - Archbishop Stephen and Bishop Sarah respond to Bishop Martyn's decision to stand down as lead bishop for the Living in Love and Faith process. 

    2 min read
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    York Minster goes for Eco Gold – and succeeds!

    05/06/2025

    NEWS - York Minster has announced it has received a Gold Eco Church Award. The achievement follows many years of strategic and sustained action to address the climate crisis and a commitment to better care for God’s creation, now and into the future. 

    4 min read
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    A statement from the Archbishop of York

    05/06/2025

    NEWS - The Archbishop has issued a statement following further attack on the Anglican-run Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

    1 min read
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    Jonathan Gough Appointed as Interim Pastoral & Theological Advisor

    03/06/2025

    NEWS - Jonathan Gough Appointed as Interim Pastoral & Theological Advisor to the Archbishop of York

     

    2 min read
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    The Revd Leah Vasey-Saunders announced as the next Bishop of Doncaster

    29/05/2025

    NEWS - The next Bishop of Doncaster will be the Revd Leah Vasey-Saunders, Downing Street has announced today. Leah is currently the Vicar of Lancaster at Lancaster Priory, a role she has held for four years.

    6 min read
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    House of Bishops statement on Gaza

    22/05/2025

    NEWS - The House of Bishops, which has been meeting in York this week, has issued a statement on the situation in Gaza.

    4 min read
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    Archbishop of York joins ecumenical colleagues for the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV

    19/05/2025

    NEWS - The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell was in Rome to attend the Mass of Inauguration which saw Pope Leo XIV officially begin his pontificate. 

    2 min read
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    New Bishop of Carlisle is announced

    09/05/2025

    NEWS - Downing Street has announced that His Majesty The King has approved the nomination of the Rt Rev Rob Saner-Haigh as the 68th Bishop of Carlisle.

    4 min read