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(Redirected from Michael Leslie Yorke) Anglican priest (1939–2019) Not to be confused with Michael York.

Michael Leslie Yorke (25 March 1939 – 19 April 2019) was an Anglican priest in the last decades of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st. He was born on 25 March 1939 and educated at Midhurst Grammar School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1965 his first post was a curacy at Croydon Parish Church after which he served as Succentor, Precentor and Chaplain at Chelmsford Cathedral. Following this he was Rector of Hadstock, a Canon Residentiary at Chelmsford Cathedral, Vicar of St Margaret's with St Nicholas, King's Lynn and Provost of Portsmouth Cathedral. In 1999 he became Dean of Lichfield, and was Dean Emeritus in retirement.

He died on 19 April 2019 at the age of 80.

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Church of England titles
Preceded byDavid Staffurth Stancliffe	Provost of Portsmouth 1994–1999	Succeeded byWilliam Henry Taylor
Preceded byNicholas Thomas Wright	Dean of Lichfield 1999–2005	Succeeded byAdrian John Dorber

v t e Provosts and Deans of Portsmouth
Provosts	Bernard Williams Thomas Masters Eric Porter Goff Michael Nott David Stancliffe Michael Yorke William Taylor (became Dean)
Deans	William Taylor (previously Provost) David Brindley Peter Leonard (Acting) Anthony Cane

v t e Deans of Lichfield
Medieval	Stephen Seagrave Roger de Convenis John Garssia Richard FitzRalph John of Thoresby Simon de Brisele John Bokyngham William de Manton Laurence de Ibstock Anthony Rous Francis de Teobaldeschi William Pakington Thomas de Stretton Robert Wolveden John Verney Thomas Heywood
Early modern	John Yotton Ralph Colyngwood James Denton Richard Sampson Henry Williams John Ramridge Laurence Nowell George Boleyn James Montague William Tooker Walter Curle Augustine Lindsell John Warner Samuel Fell Griffin Higgs William Paul Thomas Wood Matthew Smallwood Lancelot Addison William Binckes Jonathan Kimberley William Walmesley Nicholas Penny John Addenbrooke Baptist Proby
Late modern	John Woodhouse Henry Howard Weldon Champneys Edward Bickersteth Herbert Mortimer Luckock Henry Savage Frederic Iremonger William MacPherson George Holderness John Lang Tom Wright Michael Yorke Adrian Dorber Pete Wilcox (Acting) Jan McFarlane

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