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26 Jan 2005

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Archbishop to become Lord

-26/01/05

The retiring Archbishop of York is to be granted a life peerage, it was announced yesterday.

Prime Minister Tony Blair personally recommended the peerage for the Most Reverend David Hope, who is leaving to pursue his ministry as a parish priest.

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