York Provincial Registry
Provincial Registry York
Registry of the Province of York of the Church of England.
Louise Connacher is the Provincial Registrar for the Province of York.
Registry Assistant: Simone Bolton.
The Province comprises the Dioceses of Blackburn, Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Sodor and Man, Southwell and Nottingham and York.
Clergy from overseas wishing to minister in the Province of York
Application to the Provincial Registry for the Permission of the Archbishop of York to officiate as a priest or deacon in the Province of York of the Church of England needs to be made by clergy who were ordained priest or deacon outside England. An application form and note of guidance may be obtained by clicking on the overseas clergy section, or writing to the Registry, or e-mail registry@luptonfawcett.law giving the applicant’s full name and address.
Bishops and their appointment and resignation
The Registrar deals with the procedure and legal requirements after a person has been selected as the bishop of a particular see and the name announced by the Prime Minister’s Office.
For a diocesan bishop this usually includes:
All bishops in the Province are required to sign an instrument of resignation after they have tendered their resignation to The King through the Prime Minister’s Office. The Archbishop then formally accepts the resignation declaring the see vacant from the resignation date.
Clergy discipline
The Provincial Registrar is the Archbishop’s Legal Secretary, and as such acts on the Archbishop’s behalf in discipline matters which come before her.
“The team are well aware of our requirements, communicate well and in a practical helpful way”.
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