THE Rt Revd Glyn Webster - a former York vicar and Acting Dean of York Minster, as well as chaplain to the Queen - is to retire from his role as Bishop of Beverley next January.

Glyn originally worked as a State Registered Nurse at the Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, before training for the ministry and then spending eleven years as Vicar of St Luke’s York, and becoming Senior Chaplain of York Hospital.

He served as Rural Dean of the Deanery of York for ten years, was appointed as Canon Treasurer of York Minster in 2000, and appointed as Canon Chancellor in 2003, and during vacancies, he twice served as Acting Dean of York Minster.

He was a member of the Crown Nominations Commission and during his time as Prolocutor for the Northern Province, he served on the Archbishops’ Council. In 2010, he was appointed as Chaplain to The Queen, which he stepped down from after becoming a Bishop.

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, said, “Bishop Glyn’s tireless ministry has been a huge blessing to many people and churches across the north of England.

"I pray that in retirement he will find well-deserved rest, as well as new opportunities to serve the gospel he has preached and lived so faithfully over many years of ministry.

"He is a wonderful example of the sacrificial and joyful love that is, and will continue to be, needed in order for us to live together well in our diversity and to witness to our unity in Jesus Christ.”

Bishop Glyn said: “As I approach my retirement from stipendiary ministry, I thank all those who I have had the privilege of ministering to.

"I am also deeply aware of how much I have received from the many thousands of people I have had contact with in my life as priest and bishop. I pay a particular debt of gratitude to the clergy with whom I have been privileged to serve alongside."