John Habgood, Baron Habgood
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The Most Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Habgood |
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| Archbishop of York | |
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Habgood in 1981
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| Province | Province of York |
| Diocese | Diocese of York |
| Installed | 18 November 1983 |
| Term ended | 1995 |
| Predecessor | Stuart Blanch |
| Successor | David Hope |
| Other posts | Bishop of Durham (1973–1983) |
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| Consecration | c. 1973 |
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| Birth name | John Stapylton Habgood |
| Born | 23 June 1927 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Profession | Author |
John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood, PC (born 23 June 1927) is a British retired 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.
He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1983, and was created a life peer as Baron Habgood, of Calverton in the County of Buckinghamshire on 8 September 1995. Later in his life he ceased attending the House of Lords and took leave of absence; on 3 October 2011 he became one of the first two Peers to formally and permanently retire from membership under a newly instituted procedure.
He was educated at Eton, King's College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. A University Demonstrator in Pharmacology from 1950 he became a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge in 1952. He was a Curate at St Mary Abbots, Kensington from 1954 to 1956 when he became Vice-Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge. He was Rector of St John's Church, Jedburgh from 1962 to 1967; and Principal of Queen's College from 1967 until his appointment to the episcopate.
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