Dr John Sentamu has announced that he will retire from his post as
Archbishop of York on 7 June 2020, Trinity Sunday, 3 days prior to his
71st birthday.Making the announcement the Archbishop said that
until that date he will focus on a number of key areas in the Diocese of
York and the Northern Province including the launch and embedding of
the Diocesan evangelism and discipleship programme ‘Reach, Grow,
Sustain.’
There will also be an opportunity to the Archbishop to
continue leading the bishops’ missions in the Northern Province of the
Church of England in Liverpool, Southwell & Nottingham and in York.
He will continue with the facilitation of conversations for the ‘One
Yorkshire’ deal as it plans for a possible Mayoral election in 2020.
Dr Sentamu will also be involved in extending his Young Leaders Award
Programme into the lives of schools in the Southern Province of the
Church of England, following the success of the programme in working
with 550 schools in the Northern Province.
He will lead Missions already planned in three Provinces of the Anglican Communion.
Dr Sentamu said: “I will be retiring from my post as Archbishop of York
in June 2020. I have decided to announce my retirement now in order to
provide the Church of England with the widest possible timeframe to
pray, discern with wisdom and insight and put in place a timetable for
my successor and to consider fully the work they will be called to do in
service to the national church, the Northern Province and the Diocese
of York.”
“I am deeply grateful to Her Majesty The Queen for
graciously allowing me to continue as Archbishop of York until June 2020
in order to enable me to complete the work to which I have been
called.”
“I am full of joy and expectation to see all that God is
doing and will be doing in this diocese and in the Northern Province
over the coming months.”