In 627, Honorius was consecrated as archbishop by
Paulinus of York at
Lincoln. Honorius wrote to Pope
Honorius I asking the pope to raise the
see of York to an archbishopric, so that when one archbishop in England died, the other would be able to consecrate the deceased bishop's successor. The pope agreed, and sent a
pallium for Paulinus, but by this time, Paulinus had already been forced to flee from Northumbria. When Paulinus, after the death of King
Edwin of Northumbria in October 633, fled Northumbria, he was received by Honorius and appointed to the
bishopric of Rochester. The papal letter may also mean that the traditional date of consecration for Honorius may need re-dating, as the long gap between 627, when he is said to have been consecrated, and 634, when he finally received a pallium, is much longer than usually found. It may be that Honorius was consecrated closer to 634. Honorius consolidated the work of converting the English by sending Felix, a Burgundian, to
Dunwich after Felix came to the archbishop and made known his desire to go to
East Anglia as a missionary. or Felix may have already been consecrated on the continent. The dating of this episode is unclear, but it is probably close to 631. It is possible that King
Sigeberht of East Anglia, who converted to Christianity while he was in exile on the continent, had already met Felix and was behind Felix's journey to Honorius. As well as his help to Felix, Honorius consecrated the first Anglo-Saxon bishop,
Ithamar of Rochester, ==Death and legacy==