Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1920 — Heads of Church of England. [ARTICLE]

Heads of Church of England.

The highest office in the Church of England is held by the archbishop of Canterbury, officially known as primate of all England, in distinction from the archbishop of Yorii, who is simply primate of England. The jurisdiction of the latter extends over the province or county of York, which includes ten dioceses in that part of England from the Humber to the Dee and embraces the Isle of Man as well. The rest of England Is under the jurisdiction of the archbishop of Canterbury. That dignitary, however, as primate of all England, is supposed to possess a certain authority over the church In i the whole country. He takes precedence on all public occasions, not only of the archbishop of York, but of all the nobility save the Immediate members of the royal family. He crowns the king, but the queen is crowned by the archbishop of York.