Why would an Archbishop give such long notice of retirement?
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BBC News reports here that the Church of England's Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, retires on 7 June 2020. The news report is dated 1 October 2018, which 15 months' notice.
This seems very long, even for such a senior post in the Church of England. Why would an Archbishop give such long notice of retirement?
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BBC News reports here that the Church of England's Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, retires on 7 June 2020. The news report is dated 1 October 2018, which 15 months' notice.
This seems very long, even for such a senior post in the Church of England. Why would an Archbishop give such long notice of retirement?
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This question is not about Christianity anymore than asking what is the Popes favorite color.
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@kris, I think this is a legit question. It's not asking about why this archbishop gives a long notice (which may be less on point, but still sort of topical). I believe it's asking about the process within the Church of England.
– Peter Turner♦
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@peterturner agreed, but it might be better phrased as something like "is this typical practice for bishops in the C of E?"
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BBC News reports here that the Church of England's Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, retires on 7 June 2020. The news report is dated 1 October 2018, which 15 months' notice.
This seems very long, even for such a senior post in the Church of England. Why would an Archbishop give such long notice of retirement?
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BBC News reports here that the Church of England's Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, retires on 7 June 2020. The news report is dated 1 October 2018, which 15 months' notice.
This seems very long, even for such a senior post in the Church of England. Why would an Archbishop give such long notice of retirement?
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This question is not about Christianity anymore than asking what is the Popes favorite color.
– Kris
6 hours ago
1
@kris, I think this is a legit question. It's not asking about why this archbishop gives a long notice (which may be less on point, but still sort of topical). I believe it's asking about the process within the Church of England.
– Peter Turner♦
6 hours ago
@peterturner agreed, but it might be better phrased as something like "is this typical practice for bishops in the C of E?"
– Matt Gutting
5 hours ago
add a comment |Â
This question is not about Christianity anymore than asking what is the Popes favorite color.
– Kris
6 hours ago
1
@kris, I think this is a legit question. It's not asking about why this archbishop gives a long notice (which may be less on point, but still sort of topical). I believe it's asking about the process within the Church of England.
– Peter Turner♦
6 hours ago
@peterturner agreed, but it might be better phrased as something like "is this typical practice for bishops in the C of E?"
– Matt Gutting
5 hours ago
This question is not about Christianity anymore than asking what is the Popes favorite color.
– Kris
6 hours ago
This question is not about Christianity anymore than asking what is the Popes favorite color.
– Kris
6 hours ago
1
1
@kris, I think this is a legit question. It's not asking about why this archbishop gives a long notice (which may be less on point, but still sort of topical). I believe it's asking about the process within the Church of England.
– Peter Turner♦
6 hours ago
@kris, I think this is a legit question. It's not asking about why this archbishop gives a long notice (which may be less on point, but still sort of topical). I believe it's asking about the process within the Church of England.
– Peter Turner♦
6 hours ago
@peterturner agreed, but it might be better phrased as something like "is this typical practice for bishops in the C of E?"
– Matt Gutting
5 hours ago
@peterturner agreed, but it might be better phrased as something like "is this typical practice for bishops in the C of E?"
– Matt Gutting
5 hours ago
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Archbishops in the Church of England, as a rule, must retire on or before their seventieth birthdays. However, in special circumstances, the Queen can grant an extension of up to one year.
Archbishop Sentamu will be 70 on June 10th 2019. In the ordinary course of events therefore he was scheduled to retire on June 10th, 2019, unless he announced he wished to go earlier.
However, the Queen has granted an extension of almost one year, allowing the Archbishop to defer his retirement until the Sunday before his 71st birthday, Trinity Sunday, 7th June, 2020.
The "news" here is not so much that he is retiring in 2020, as that he is not, as originally expected, retiring in 2019. The real news is the extension, but obviously the date that someone is retiring is considered more interesting, and newsworthy, than the date that he is not.
As a rule 20 months notice (October 2018 to June 2020) would not be usual.
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Archbishops in the Church of England, as a rule, must retire on or before their seventieth birthdays. However, in special circumstances, the Queen can grant an extension of up to one year.
Archbishop Sentamu will be 70 on June 10th 2019. In the ordinary course of events therefore he was scheduled to retire on June 10th, 2019, unless he announced he wished to go earlier.
However, the Queen has granted an extension of almost one year, allowing the Archbishop to defer his retirement until the Sunday before his 71st birthday, Trinity Sunday, 7th June, 2020.
The "news" here is not so much that he is retiring in 2020, as that he is not, as originally expected, retiring in 2019. The real news is the extension, but obviously the date that someone is retiring is considered more interesting, and newsworthy, than the date that he is not.
As a rule 20 months notice (October 2018 to June 2020) would not be usual.
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Archbishops in the Church of England, as a rule, must retire on or before their seventieth birthdays. However, in special circumstances, the Queen can grant an extension of up to one year.
Archbishop Sentamu will be 70 on June 10th 2019. In the ordinary course of events therefore he was scheduled to retire on June 10th, 2019, unless he announced he wished to go earlier.
However, the Queen has granted an extension of almost one year, allowing the Archbishop to defer his retirement until the Sunday before his 71st birthday, Trinity Sunday, 7th June, 2020.
The "news" here is not so much that he is retiring in 2020, as that he is not, as originally expected, retiring in 2019. The real news is the extension, but obviously the date that someone is retiring is considered more interesting, and newsworthy, than the date that he is not.
As a rule 20 months notice (October 2018 to June 2020) would not be usual.
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Archbishops in the Church of England, as a rule, must retire on or before their seventieth birthdays. However, in special circumstances, the Queen can grant an extension of up to one year.
Archbishop Sentamu will be 70 on June 10th 2019. In the ordinary course of events therefore he was scheduled to retire on June 10th, 2019, unless he announced he wished to go earlier.
However, the Queen has granted an extension of almost one year, allowing the Archbishop to defer his retirement until the Sunday before his 71st birthday, Trinity Sunday, 7th June, 2020.
The "news" here is not so much that he is retiring in 2020, as that he is not, as originally expected, retiring in 2019. The real news is the extension, but obviously the date that someone is retiring is considered more interesting, and newsworthy, than the date that he is not.
As a rule 20 months notice (October 2018 to June 2020) would not be usual.
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Archbishops in the Church of England, as a rule, must retire on or before their seventieth birthdays. However, in special circumstances, the Queen can grant an extension of up to one year.
Archbishop Sentamu will be 70 on June 10th 2019. In the ordinary course of events therefore he was scheduled to retire on June 10th, 2019, unless he announced he wished to go earlier.
However, the Queen has granted an extension of almost one year, allowing the Archbishop to defer his retirement until the Sunday before his 71st birthday, Trinity Sunday, 7th June, 2020.
The "news" here is not so much that he is retiring in 2020, as that he is not, as originally expected, retiring in 2019. The real news is the extension, but obviously the date that someone is retiring is considered more interesting, and newsworthy, than the date that he is not.
As a rule 20 months notice (October 2018 to June 2020) would not be usual.
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This question is not about Christianity anymore than asking what is the Popes favorite color.
– Kris
6 hours ago
1
@kris, I think this is a legit question. It's not asking about why this archbishop gives a long notice (which may be less on point, but still sort of topical). I believe it's asking about the process within the Church of England.
– Peter Turner♦
6 hours ago
@peterturner agreed, but it might be better phrased as something like "is this typical practice for bishops in the C of E?"
– Matt Gutting
5 hours ago