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Province of York
The
Province of York
is one of two
ecclesiastical provinces
making up the
Church of England
and consists of 12
dioceses
which cover the northern third of
England
and the
Isle of Man
. York was elevated to an archbishopric in 735:
Ecgbert
was the first
archbishop
. At one time the Archbishops of York also claimed metropolitan authority over
Scotland
but these claims were never realised and ceased when the
Archdiocese of St Andrews
was established.
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