Archbishop's Staff

These people work directly with the Archbishop of York, helping shape the work of the Diocese.

The Right Reverend Richard Frith

Title:

The Bishop of Hull

Email:

richard AT bishop.karoo.co.uk

Tel:

01482 649019

The Right Reverend Richard Frith took up his current post in January 1999. A clergyman's son, Richard was born in 1949 and educated at Marlborough College, Wiltshire and Fitzwilliam College Cambridge. He began...
The Right Reverend Martin Wallace

Title:

The Bishop of Selby

Email:

bishselby AT clara.net

Tel:

01653 627191

Originally born in London, Bishop Martin lived in various south coast towns before training at Kings College London and Canterbury. He then served in parishes in an industrial area of Sheffield, the...
The Right Reverend Martin Warner

Title:

The Bishop of Whitby

Email:

bishopofwhitby AT yorkdiocese.org

Tel:

01642 714472

The Right Reverend Martin Warner was Assistant Curate at St Peter’s, Plymouth from 1984 to 1988. From 1988 to 1993 he was Team Vicar of the Parish of the Resurrection, Leicester. Martin was the Administrator...
The Very Reverend Keith Jones

Title:

Dean Of York

Email:

juleed AT yorkminster.org

Tel:

01904 557 202

Keith Jones was born in Shropshire of Welsh ancestry, has a degree in English from Cambridge (Selwyn) and read Part 2 Theology there. He became Dean of York in 2005, having been for the previous eight years Dean of...
The Venerable Richard Seed

Title:

Archdeacon of York

Email:

archdeacon.of.york AT yorkdiocese.org

Tel:

01904 623798

Richard Seed was born on 9 May 1949 in Leeds, and as a young man fully expected to join a religious community – this became a problem when he met his future wife, Jane, in his curacy parish! Richard attended Edinburgh...
The Venerable Paul Ferguson

Title:

Archdeacon of Cleveland

Email:

archdeacon.of.cleveland AT yorkdiocese.org

Tel:

01642 706095

Paul Ferguson was born and brought up in Birkenhead on Merseyside – a town which, he says, is as near to the north-west’s equivalent of Middlesbrough as can be. As a youngster he began to play the piano and the...
The Venerable David Butterfield

Title:

The Archdeacon of the East Riding

Email:

archdeacon.of.eastriding AT yorkdiocese.org

Tel:

01482 881659

David Butterfield comes from Shipley in the West Riding. He has been a churchgoer since he joined the church choir at the age of eight. He studied music at London University and it was during that time that he became a...
The Reverend Canon Elaine Bielby

Title:

Dean of Women's Ministry

Email:

ebielby AT ebielby.karoo.co.uk

Tel:

01482 666677

Elaine Bielby is Dean of Women’s Ministry for the Diocese of York. She is also Priest in Charge of Welton with Melton, a parish in the East Riding Archdeaconry, and a member of the Diocesan Training Team. Prior...
The Revd David Mann

Title:

Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Adviser on Vocations

Email:

david.mann AT yorkdiocese.org

Tel:

01904 744619

Dav Mann is Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Adviser on Vocations as part of a network being set up across the diocese. Since his appointment, most of his time has been working with the ‘healthy’...
The Reverend Dr Gavin Wakefield

Title:

Director of Training, Mission & Ministry

Email:

gavin.wakefield AT yorkdiocese.org

Tel:

01904 699500

Gavin Wakefield is the Director of Training, Mission and Ministry for the Diocese of York. He has previously worked as a parish priest in Sheffield and Chelmsford, and was Deputy Warden of Cranmer Hall Durham. His...
Canon Peter Warry

Title:

Diocesan Secretary

Email:

office AT yorkdiocese.org

Tel:

01904 699500

Born and bred in West Yorkshire, although venturing briefly across the Pennines to study at Lancaster University, Peter joined the Operational Research department at Rowntree Mackintosh on his graduation in...