Chad was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Catholic monk who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He was later canonised as a saint.
Stained glass depiction from Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York
From a late copy of The old Englisch Homely on the life of St. Chad, c. 1200, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
The altar in the crypt of the Church of St Mary, Lastingham, probable site of the early Anglo-Saxon church where Cedd and Chad officiated at Eucharist.
St Chad (left), alongside Mercian kings Peada and Wulfhere, as portrayed in 19th century sculpture above the western entrance to Lichfield Cathedral.
The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the northern regions of England as well as the Isle of Man.
Archbishop of York