Archbishop of York visits Rotherham Minster

THE sun shone and hundreds of people packed into Rotherham Minster as the Archbishop of York, the Most Rev and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, paid a visit the Diocese of Sheffield on Tuesday.

He led a service of Communion in the minster, held to celebrate his visit, and his time in Rotherham also included lunch at the town hall and a tour of the AMRC at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Catcliffe.

In the afternoon, the Archbishop went to Sheffield, addressing St Thomas’s, Crookes, and speaking individually to young interns from parishes across Sheffield.

The charismatic archbishop — who is the second most senior cleric in the Church of England — was accompanied throughout his one-day visit by the Rt Rev Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Sheffield, and the Rt Rev Peter Burrows, Bishop of Doncaster.