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The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justin Welby, who was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on 21 March 2013. Welby is the 105th person to hold the position ...
April 18, 1161. Theobald (born c. 1090, near Bec, Normandy [France]—died April 18, 1161) was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1138, prominent during the reigns of kings Stephen and Henry II of England. Theobald entered the abbey of Bec in Normandy, became prior ( c. 1127), was elected abbot in 1136, and was chosen archbishop of Canterbury in ...
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Saints in Anglicanism. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of Canterbury, the see that churches must be in communion with in order to be a part of the Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Justin Welby.
Lanfranc, OSB (1005 x 1010 – 24 May 1089) was a celebrated Italian jurist who renounced his career to become a Benedictine monk at Bec in Normandy.He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen's Abbey in Caen, Normandy and then as Archbishop of Canterbury in England, following its conquest by William the Conqueror.
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In the Christian church, an archbishop is a bishop of superior rank who has authority over other bishops in an ecclesiastic province or area. The Church of England is presided over by two archbishops: the archbishop of Canterbury, who is ‘primate of All England’, and the archbishop of York, who is ‘primate of England’.
May 6, 2023 · The Archbishop of Canterbury was at the front and centre of the action this weekend, as Britain watched King Charles’s Coronation.When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned as Queen in 1953, the defining moment of the ceremony was when a previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, raised the sparkling St Edward’s Crown high in the air, and placed it on her head.
Thomas Becket ( / ˈbɛkɪt / ), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London [1] and later Thomas à Becket [note 1] (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then notably as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170.
