founder, Geoffrey Coffin, who had at one time been assistant organist at the Minster. In 2018, a £2 million project to refurbish the current organ was announced. The project took two years for its completion in March 2021 and saw nearly all of its 5,403 pipes removed and taken to organ specialists Harrison & Harrison in Durham. Organists The organists of York Minster have had several official titles, the job description roughly equates to that of Organist and Master of the Choristers. The current Organist and Director of Music of the Minster is Robert Sharpe. There is also an Assistant Director of Music, Ben Morris. Among the notable organists of York Minster are four members of the Camidge family, who served as the cathedral's organists for over 100 years, and a number of composers including John Naylor, T. Tertius Noble, Edward Bairstow, Francis Jackson, and Philip Moore. Dean and chapter As of 12 November 2022: Dean – Dominic Barrington (since 12 November 2022 installation) Pastor – Michael Smith (since 7 July 2013 installation Missioner – Maggie McLean (since 17 November 2019 installation) Precentor – Victoria Johnson (from 11 January 2020) Chancellor – vacant since 31 August 2020 Burials Bosa of York, Bishop of York and Saint (died ) Eanbald, Archbishop (780–796) Osbald, King of Northumbria (died 799) Guthred Hardacnutson, King of Northumbria (died 895) Tostig Godwinson, brother of King Harold II (both died in separate battles in 1066) Ealdred, Archbishop (1061–1069) Thomas of Bayeux, Archbishop (1070–1100) Gerard, Archbishop (1100–1108) Thomas II of York, Archbishop (1108–1114) William of York, Archbishop (1141–1147, 1153–1154) Henry Murdac, Archbishop (1147–1153) Roger de Pont L'Évêque, Archbishop (1154–1181) Walter de Gray, Archbishop (1216–1255) Sewal de Bovil, Dean and Archbishop (1256–1258) Godfrey Ludham, Archbishop (1258–1265) William Langton, Archbishop (1265) Walter Giffard, Archbishop (1266–1279) John le Romeyn, Archbishop (1286–1296) Henry of Newark, Archbishop (1296–1299) William Greenfield, Archbishop (1306–1315) William of Hatfield, infant son of Edward III (1337) William Melton, Archbishop (1317–1340) William Zouche, Archbishop (1342–1352) Henry Percy, soldier (1364–1403) Richard le Scrope, Archbishop (1398–1405) Henry Bowet, Archbishop (1407–1423) Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop (1480–1500) Thomas Savage, Archbishop (1501–1507) Hugh Ashton, Archdeacon of York (died 1522) John Piers, Archbishop (1589–1594) George Meriton, Dean of York (1579–1624) Thomas Danby (MP) (1610–1660) Richard Neile, Archbishop (1631–1640) Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, (1730–1782) John Farr Abbott, barrister (1756–1794) Astronomical clock The astronomical clock was installed in the North Transept of York Minster in 1955.