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Archbishop of Canterbury

Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis la

Senior bishop of the Church of England

  • Dated from 17 November 1558 CE
  • Also called Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury
Who held it Compare

Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 18 holders
  • 7 gaps
  • 10 steps named in the records
  1. 29 December 1575 CE – 6 July 1583 CE Edmund Grindal Archbishop of Canterbury

  2. Gap about 21 years with no holder recorded

    November 1604 CE – 2 November 1610 CE Richard Bancroft British Archbishop of Canterbury
  3. 4 March 1611 CE – 5 August 1633 CE George Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury
  4. 6 August 1633 CE – 10 January 1645 CE William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury (1573-1645)

  5. Gap about 33 years with no holder recorded

    27 January 1678 CE – 1 February 1690 CE William Sancroft Archbishop of Canterbury (1617-1693)
  6. 31 May 1691 CE – 22 November 1694 CE John Tillotson Archbishop of Canterbury

  7. Gap about 111 years with no holder recorded

    1 February 1805 CE – 21 July 1828 CE Charles Manners-Sutton Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Norwich

  8. Gap about 34 years with no holder recorded

    20 October 1862 CE – 27 October 1868 CE Charles Longley Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868)

  9. Gap about 15 years with no holder recorded

    13 January 1883 CE – 11 October 1896 CE Edward Benson Archbishop of Canterbury (1829-1896)

  10. Gap about 7 years with no holder recorded

    14 January 1903 CE – 12 November 1928 CE Randall Davidson Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury (1848-1930)
  11. 13 November 1928 CE – 31 March 1942 CE Cosmo Gordon Lang British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945)
  12. 1 April 1942 CE – 26 October 1944 CE William Temple Archbishop of Canterbury (1881-1944)
  13. 12 January 1945 CE – 31 May 1961 CE Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury (1887-1972)
  14. 1 June 1961 CE – 15 November 1974 CE Michael Ramsey Archbishop of Canterbury (1904-1988)

  15. Gap about 6 years with no holder recorded

    Runcie Escutcheon 1 February 1980 CE – 31 January 1991 CE Robert Runcie Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-1991
  16. 19 April 1991 CE – 31 October 2002 CE George Carey Anglican bishop (1935-)
  17. 2 December 2002 CE – 31 December 2012 CE Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012)
  18. 4 February 2013 CE – 7 January 2025 CE Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013 to 2025

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