John Habgood
Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; British Anglican bishop and life peer (1927-2019) · United Kingdom · On the map · Religious Figures · Died at 91
John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood, was a British Anglican bishop, academic, and life peer. He was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983, and Archbishop of York from 18 November 1983 to 1995. In 1995, he was made a life peer and so continued to serve in the House of Lords after stepping down as archbishop.
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He took a leave of absence in later life, and in 2011 was one of the first peers to explicitly retire from the Lords.
