The
Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as
York Minster, is the
cathedral of
York,
England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the
Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the
Church of England, and is the cathedral for the
Diocese of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the
Dean of York. The title "
minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the
High Church or
Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.