John Habgood


Donald Habgood

Archbishop of York
Habgood in 1981
ProvinceProvince of York
DioceseDiocese of York
Installed18 November 1983
Term ended1995
PredecessorStuart Blanch
SuccessorDavid Hope
Other postBishop of Durham (1973–1983)
Orders
Ordination1954
Consecration1973
Personal details
BornJohn Stapylton Habgood
(1927-06-23)23 June 1927
Wolverton, England
Died6 March 2019(2019-03-06) (aged 91)
York, England
DenominationAnglican
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
7 September 1995 – 3 October 2011
In office
4 July 1973 – 7 September 1995

John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood, PC (23 June 1927 – 6 March 2019) 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. He took a leave of absence in later life, and in 2011 was one of the first peers to explicitly retire from the Lords.