David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes


The Lord Hope of Thornes

Archbishop of York
DioceseYork
In office1995–2005
PredecessorJohn Habgood
SuccessorJohn Sentamu
Other post(s)Bishop of London (1991–1995)
Bishop of Wakefield (1985–1991)
Orders
Ordination1965 (deacon); 1967 (priest)
Consecration18 October 1985
by John Habgood
Personal details
Born
David Michael Hope

(1940-04-14) 14 April 1940 (age 84)
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Linacre College, Oxford
St Stephen's House, Oxford
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
4 April 2005 – 30 April 2015
Life Peerage
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Spiritual
In office
2 July 1991 – 28 February 2005

David Michael Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, KCVO, PC (born 14 April 1940) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Wakefield between 1985 and 1991 and the Bishop of London between 1991 and 1995. From 1995 to 2005, he was the Archbishop of York in the Church of England.[1] In March 2005, he was made a life peer and therefore a member of the House of Lords; he had already sat in the house as a Lord Spiritual when he was a bishop. He retired from the Lords in April 2015.

  1. ^ "No. 54149". The London Gazette. 6 September 1995. p. 12103.

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