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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Residences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Residences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Residences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_recent_archbishops" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_recent_archbishops"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>List of recent archbishops</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_recent_archbishops-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Archbishops_who_became_peers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Archbishops_who_became_peers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Archbishops who became peers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Archbishops_who_became_peers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ercebiscop_of_Cantawarabyrig" title="Ercebiscop of Cantawarabyrig – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Ercebiscop of Cantawarabyrig" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%81%D8%A9_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="رئيس أساقفة كانتربيري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="رئيس أساقفة كانتربيري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzobispu_de_Canterbury" title="Arzobispu de Canterbury – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Arzobispu de Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B1%D1%96%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Архібіскуп Кентэрберыйскі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Архібіскуп Кентэрберыйскі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Архиепископ на Кентърбъри – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Архиепископ на Кентърбъри" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebisbe_de_Canterbury" title="Arquebisbe de Canterbury – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Arquebisbe de Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcibiskup_canterbursk%C3%BD" title="Arcibiskup canterburský – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Arcibiskup canterburský" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archesgob_Caergaint" title="Archesgob Caergaint – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Archesgob Caergaint" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86rkebiskop_af_Canterbury" title="Ærkebiskop af Canterbury – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ærkebiskop af Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzbischof_von_Canterbury" title="Erzbischof von Canterbury – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Erzbischof von Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_peapiiskop" title="Canterbury peapiiskop – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Canterbury peapiiskop" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9" title="Αρχιεπίσκοπος του Καντέρμπερι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρχιεπίσκοπος του Καντέρμπερι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzobispo_de_Canterbury" title="Arzobispo de Canterbury – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Arzobispo de Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88efepiskopo_de_Canterbury" title="Ĉefepiskopo de Canterbury – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉefepiskopo de Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterburyko_artzapezpiku" title="Canterburyko artzapezpiku – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Canterburyko artzapezpiku" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%81_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="اسقف اعظم کانتربری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اسقف اعظم کانتربری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archev%C3%AAque_de_Cantorb%C3%A9ry" title="Archevêque de Cantorbéry – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Archevêque de Cantorbéry" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeaspag_Canterbury" title="Ardeaspag Canterbury – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ardeaspag Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcebispo_de_Canterbury" title="Arcebispo de Canterbury – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Arcebispo de Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%94%ED%84%B0%EB%B2%A0%EB%A6%AC_%EB%8C%80%EC%A3%BC%EA%B5%90" title="캔터베리 대주교 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="캔터베리 대주교" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AA" title="कैंटरबरी के आर्चबिशप – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कैंटरबरी के आर्चबिशप" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uskup_Agung_Canterbury" title="Uskup Agung Canterbury – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Uskup Agung Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkibiskup_af_Kantaraborg" title="Erkibiskup af Kantaraborg – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Erkibiskup af Kantaraborg" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcivescovo_di_Canterbury" title="Arcivescovo di Canterbury – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Arcivescovo di Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A3_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99" title="הארכיבישוף מקנטרברי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הארכיבישוף מקנטרברי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askofu_Mkuu_wa_Canterbury" title="Askofu Mkuu wa Canterbury – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Askofu Mkuu wa Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiepiscopus_Cantuariensis" title="Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenterberio_arkivyskupas" title="Kenterberio arkivyskupas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kenterberio arkivyskupas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketua_Biskop_Canterbury" title="Ketua Biskop Canterbury – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ketua Biskop Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aartsbisschop_van_Canterbury" title="Aartsbisschop van Canterbury – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aartsbisschop van Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99" title="カンタベリー大主教 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カンタベリー大主教" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkebiskop_av_Canterbury" title="Erkebiskop av Canterbury – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Erkebiskop av Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch%C3%AAv%C3%AAque_d%C3%A9_Cantorb%C3%A9ry" title="Archêvêque dé Cantorbéry – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Archêvêque dé Cantorbéry" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcebispo_da_Cantu%C3%A1ria" title="Arcebispo da Cantuária – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Arcebispo da Cantuária" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhiepiscopul_de_Canterbury" title="Arhiepiscopul de Canterbury – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Arhiepiscopul de Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Архиепископ Кентерберийский – Russian" lang="ru" 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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Senior bishop of the Church of England</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Primate of All England" redirects here. For the Primate of England, see <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">Archbishop of York</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a list of archbishops, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_archbishops_of_Canterbury" title="List of archbishops of Canterbury">List of archbishops of Canterbury</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Anglican_Communion" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Anglican Communion"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>archbishop of Canterbury</b> is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Primus_inter_pares" title="Primus inter pares">ceremonial head</a> of the worldwide <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a> and the bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Canterbury" title="Diocese of Canterbury">diocese of Canterbury</a>. The first archbishop was <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury" title="Augustine of Canterbury">Augustine of Canterbury</a>, the "Apostle to the English", who was sent to England by Pope <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory the Great">Gregory the Great</a> and arrived in 597.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The position is currently vacant following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Justin_Welby" title="Justin Welby">Justin Welby</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Archbishops_of_Canterbury" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Archbishops of Canterbury">105th</a> archbishop, effective 7 January 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-res-order_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-res-order-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the vacancy the official functions of the office have been delegated primarily to the archbishop of York, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cottrell" title="Stephen Cottrell">Stephen Cottrell</a>, with some also undertaken by the bishop of London, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Mullally" title="Sarah Mullally">Sarah Mullally</a>, and the bishop of Dover, <a href="/wiki/Rose_Hudson-Wilkin" title="Rose Hudson-Wilkin">Rose Hudson-Wilkin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From Augustine until <a href="/wiki/William_Warham" title="William Warham">William Warham</a>, the archbishops of Canterbury were in <a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">full communion</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and usually received the <a href="/wiki/Pallium" title="Pallium">pallium</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a>, King <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> broke communion with Rome and proclaimed himself the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Governor_of_the_Church_of_England" title="Supreme Governor of the Church of England">head of the Church of England</a>. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer" title="Thomas Cranmer">Thomas Cranmer</a>, appointed in 1533, was the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury and would become one of the most important figures in the development of <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a>. </p><p>The archbishop is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/British_monarch" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarch">British monarch</a> on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of the United Kingdom">prime minister of the United Kingdom</a> and formally elected by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_canons" class="mw-redirect" title="College of canons">college of canons</a> of Canterbury Cathedral. In practice, however, candidates are chosen by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Nominations_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Nominations Commission">Crown Nominations Commission</a>, a Church of England body which advises the prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-Bailey_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bailey-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_roles_and_status">Present roles and status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Present roles and status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Currently the archbishop fills four main roles:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Canterbury" title="Diocese of Canterbury">diocese of Canterbury</a>, which covers the <a href="/wiki/East_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="East Kent">eastern</a> parts of the County of <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>. Founded in 597, it is the oldest <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">see</a> in the English church.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_archbishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan archbishop">metropolitan archbishop</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">province of Canterbury</a>, which covers the southern two-thirds of England.</li> <li>the senior <a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">primate</a> and chief religious figure of the Church of England (the <a href="/wiki/British_sovereign" class="mw-redirect" title="British sovereign">British sovereign</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme governor">supreme governor</a> of the church). Along with their colleague the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">archbishop of York</a> they chair the <a href="/wiki/General_Synod_of_the_Church_of_England" title="General Synod of the Church of England">General Synod</a> and sits on or chairs many of the church's important boards and committees; power in the church is not highly centralised, however, so the two archbishops can often lead only through persuasion. The archbishop of Canterbury plays a central part in national ceremonies such as <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_British_monarch" title="Coronation of the British monarch">coronations</a>; due to their high public profile, their opinions are often in demand by the news media.</li> <li>spiritual leader of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>. The archbishop, although without legal authority outside England, is recognised by convention as <i><a href="/wiki/Primus_inter_pares" title="Primus inter pares">primus inter pares</a></i> ("first among equals") of all Anglican <a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">primates</a> worldwide. Since 1867 the archbishop has convened more or less decennial meetings of worldwide Anglican bishops, the <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Conferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Lambeth Conferences">Lambeth Conferences</a>.</li></ol> <p>In the last two of these functions, they have an important <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical">ecumenical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interfaith_dialogue" title="Interfaith dialogue">interfaith</a> role, speaking on behalf of Anglicans in England and worldwide. </p><p>The archbishop's main residence is <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Palace" title="Lambeth Palace">Lambeth Palace</a> in the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lambeth" title="London Borough of Lambeth">London Borough of Lambeth</a>. They also have lodgings in the Old Palace, <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a>, located beside <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" title="Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury Cathedral</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Chair_of_St_Augustine" title="Chair of St Augustine">Chair of St Augustine</a> sits. </p><p>As holder of one of the "five great sees" (the others being <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_London" title="Bishop of London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Durham" title="Bishop of Durham">Durham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">Winchester</a>), the archbishop of Canterbury is <i>ex officio</i> one of the <a href="/wiki/Lords_Spiritual" title="Lords Spiritual">Lords Spiritual</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>. They are one of the highest-ranking people in England and the highest ranking non-royal in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_order_of_precedence" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom order of precedence">United Kingdom's order of precedence</a>. </p><p>Since <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> broke with <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Rome</a>, the archbishops of Canterbury have been selected by the English (British since the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Act of Union</a> in 1707) monarch. Since the 20th century, the appointment of archbishops of Canterbury conventionally alternates between <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Catholics">Anglo-Catholics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Anglicanism" title="Evangelical Anglicanism">Evangelicals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most recent archbishop, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Welby" title="Justin Welby">Justin Welby</a> was the 105th holder of the office; he was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on 4 February 2013. As archbishop he signed himself as <i>+ Justin Cantuar</i>. On 12 November 2024, he announced his decision to resign;<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he did so effective 7 January 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-res-order_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-res-order-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are currently two other living former archbishops: <a href="/wiki/George_Carey" title="George Carey">George Carey</a> (born 1935), the 103rd archbishop; and <a href="/wiki/Rowan_Williams" title="Rowan Williams">Rowan Williams</a> (born 1950), the 104th archbishop. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_roles">Additional roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Additional roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to their office, the archbishop holds a number of other positions; for example, they are joint president of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Christians_and_Jews" title="Council of Christians and Jews">Council of Christians and Jews</a> in the United Kingdom. Some positions they formally hold <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> and others virtually so (the incumbent of the day, although appointed personally, is appointed because of their office). Amongst these are:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Christ_Church_University" title="Canterbury Christ Church University">Canterbury Christ Church University</a><sup id="cite_ref-arch_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arch-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visitor" title="Visitor">Visitor</a> for the following academic institutions: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Souls_College,_Oxford" title="All Souls College, Oxford">All Souls College, Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_College,_Cambridge" title="Selwyn College, Cambridge">Selwyn College, Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merton_College,_Oxford" title="Merton College, Oxford">Merton College, Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keble_College,_Oxford" title="Keble College, Oxford">Keble College, Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Hall,_Cambridge" title="Ridley Hall, Cambridge">Ridley Hall, Cambridge</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kent" title="University of Kent">University of Kent</a> (main campus located in <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_King%27s_College" title="University of King's College">University of King's College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Valence_School" title="Sutton Valence School">Sutton Valence School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benenden_School" title="Benenden School">Benenden School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbrook_School,_Kent" title="Cranbrook School, Kent">Cranbrook School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haileybury_and_Imperial_Service_College" title="Haileybury and Imperial Service College">Haileybury and Imperial Service College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_School" title="Harrow School">Harrow School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_School,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="King's College School, Wimbledon">King's College School, Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_School,_Canterbury" title="The King's School, Canterbury">The King's School, Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_School,_Leatherhead" title="St John's School, Leatherhead">St John's School, Leatherhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough_College" title="Marlborough College">Marlborough College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauntsey%27s_School" title="Dauntsey's School">Dauntsey's School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wycliffe_Hall,_Oxford" title="Wycliffe Hall, Oxford">Wycliffe Hall, Oxford</a> (also Patron)</li></ul></li> <li>Governor of <a href="/wiki/Charterhouse_School" title="Charterhouse School">Charterhouse School</a></li> <li>Governor of <a href="/wiki/Wellington_College,_Berkshire" title="Wellington College, Berkshire">Wellington College</a></li> <li>Visitor, <a href="/wiki/Dulwich_Estate" title="Dulwich Estate">The Dulwich Charities</a></li> <li>Visitor, <a href="/wiki/Whitgift_Foundation" title="Whitgift Foundation">Whitgift Foundation</a></li> <li>Visitor, Hospital of the Blessed <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>, Guildford (Abbot's Fund)</li> <li>Trustee, <a href="/wiki/Bromley_%26_Sheppard%27s_Colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="Bromley & Sheppard's Colleges">Bromley College</a></li> <li>Trustee, <a href="/wiki/Allchurches_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Allchurches Trust">Allchurches Trust</a></li> <li>President, Corporation of <a href="/wiki/Church_House,_Westminster" title="Church House, Westminster">Church House, Westminster</a></li> <li>Director, <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Canterbury" title="Diocese of Canterbury">Canterbury Diocesan</a> Board of Finance</li> <li>Patron, <a href="/wiki/St_Edmund%27s_School_Canterbury" title="St Edmund's School Canterbury">St Edmund's School Canterbury</a></li> <li>Patron, The <a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Parish_Clerks" title="Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks">Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks</a></li> <li>Patron, <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_Abroad" title="Prisoners Abroad">Prisoners Abroad</a></li> <li>Patron, The <a href="/wiki/Kent_Savers_Credit_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent Savers Credit Union">Kent Savers Credit Union</a></li> <li>Patron, Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecumenical_and_interfaith">Ecumenical and interfaith</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ecumenical and interfaith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The archbishop is also a president of <a href="/wiki/Churches_Together_in_England" title="Churches Together in England">Churches Together in England</a> (an <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical">ecumenical</a> organisation).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Fisher" title="Geoffrey Fisher">Geoffrey Fisher</a>, 99th archbishop of Canterbury, was the first since 1397 to visit Rome, where he held private talks with <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">Pope John XXIII</a> in 1960. In 2005, Rowan Williams became the first archbishop of Canterbury to attend a papal funeral since the Reformation. He also attended the inauguration of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a>. The 101st archbishop, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Coggan" title="Donald Coggan">Donald Coggan</a>, was the first to attend a papal inauguration, that of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2002, the archbishop has co-sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Middle_East_Peace_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandria Middle East Peace process">Alexandria Middle East Peace process</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Mufti_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Mufti of Egypt">Grand Mufti of Egypt</a>. In July 2008, the archbishop attended a conference of Christians, Jews and Muslims convened by the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="King of Saudi Arabia">king of Saudi Arabia</a> at which the notion of the "clash of civilizations" was rejected. Delegates agreed "on international guidelines for dialogue among the followers of religions and cultures."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Delegates said that "the deepening of moral values and ethical principles, which are common denominators among such followers, would help strengthen stability and achieve prosperity for all humans."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg/170px-Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg/255px-Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg/340px-Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="155" /></a><figcaption>Arms of the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">see</a> of Canterbury. Nearly 500 years after the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Reformation</a>, the arms still depict the <a href="/wiki/Pallium" title="Pallium">pallium</a>, a symbol of the authority of the Pope and metropolitan archbishops.</figcaption></figure> <p>It has been suggested that the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Britannia</a> had four archbishops, seated at <a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a> (London), <a href="/wiki/Eboracum" title="Eboracum">Eboracum</a> (<a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a>), <a href="/wiki/Lindum_Colonia" title="Lindum Colonia">Lindum Colonia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_England" title="Lincoln, England">Lincoln</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Corinium_Dobunnorum" title="Corinium Dobunnorum">Corinium Dobunnorum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cirencester" title="Cirencester">Cirencester</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in the 5th and 6th centuries Britannia began to be overrun by <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">pagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic peoples</a> who came to be known collectively as the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxons</a>. Of the kingdoms they created, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kent" title="Kingdom of Kent">Kent</a> arguably had the closest links with European politics, trade and culture, because it was conveniently situated for communication with <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a>. In the late 6th century, King <a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelberht_of_Kent" title="Æthelberht of Kent">Æthelberht of Kent</a> married a Christian <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> princess named <a href="/wiki/Bertha_of_Kent" title="Bertha of Kent">Bertha</a>, possibly before becoming king, and certainly a number of years before the arrival of the first Christian mission to England.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He permitted the preaching of Christianity.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first archbishop of Canterbury was Saint <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury" title="Augustine of Canterbury">Augustine of Canterbury</a> (not to be confused with Saint <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine of Hippo</a>), who arrived in Kent in 597 AD, having been sent by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Pope Gregory I</a> on a mission to the English. He was accepted by <a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelberht_of_Kent" title="Æthelberht of Kent">King Æthelbert</a>, on his conversion to Christianity, about the year 598. It seems that Pope Gregory, ignorant of recent developments in the former Roman province, including the spread of the <a href="/wiki/Pelagian_heresy" class="mw-redirect" title="Pelagian heresy">Pelagian heresy</a>, had intended the new archiepiscopal sees for England to be established in London and York.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the event, Canterbury was chosen instead of London, owing to political circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then the archbishops of Canterbury have been referred to as occupying the <a href="/wiki/Chair_of_St._Augustine" class="mw-redirect" title="Chair of St. Augustine">Chair of St. Augustine</a>. </p><p>A gospel book believed to be directly associated with St Augustine's mission survives in the <a href="/wiki/Parker_Library,_Corpus_Christi_College" title="Parker Library, Corpus Christi College">Parker Library, Corpus Christi College</a>, University of Cambridge, England. Catalogued as Cambridge <i>Manuscript 286</i>, it has been positively dated to 6th-century Italy and this bound book, the <a href="/wiki/St_Augustine_Gospels" title="St Augustine Gospels">St Augustine Gospels</a>, is still used during the swearing-in ceremony of new archbishops of Canterbury. </p><p>Before the break with papal authority in the 16th century, the Church of England was an integral part of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western European church</a>. Since the break the Church of England, an <a href="/wiki/Christian_state" title="Christian state">established national church</a>, still considers itself part of the broader Western Catholic tradition (although this is not accepted by the Roman Catholic Church which regards Anglicanism as schismatic<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and does not accept Anglican holy orders as valid) as well as being the "mother church" of the worldwide Anglican Communion. </p><p>The <i>Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales</i> (1835) noted the net annual revenue for the Canterbury see was £19,182.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Province_and_Diocese_of_Canterbury">Province and Diocese of Canterbury</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Province and Diocese of Canterbury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CanterburyCathedral.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/CanterburyCathedral.png/220px-CanterburyCathedral.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/CanterburyCathedral.png/330px-CanterburyCathedral.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/CanterburyCathedral.png/440px-CanterburyCathedral.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" title="Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury Cathedral</a> from the north west <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1890–1900</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The archbishop of Canterbury exercises metropolitical (or supervisory) jurisdiction over the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Province of Canterbury</a>, which encompasses thirty of the forty-two dioceses of the Church of England, with the rest falling within the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_York" title="Province of York">Province of York</a>. The four Welsh dioceses were also under the province of Canterbury until 1920 when they were transferred from the <a href="/wiki/Established_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Established church">established church</a> of England to the <a href="/wiki/Disestablishment_of_the_Church_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Disestablishment of the Church in Wales">disestablished Church in Wales</a>. </p><p>The archbishop of Canterbury has a ceremonial provincial <i>curia</i>, or court, consisting of some of the senior bishops of their <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_London" title="Bishop of London">bishop of London</a> — the most senior cleric of the church with the exception of the two archbishops — serves as Canterbury's provincial <a href="/wiki/Dean_(Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean (Church)">dean</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">bishop of Winchester</a> as <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(ecclesiastical)" title="Chancellor (ecclesiastical)">chancellor</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lincoln" title="Bishop of Lincoln">bishop of Lincoln</a> as vice-chancellor, the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Salisbury" title="Bishop of Salisbury">bishop of Salisbury</a> as <a href="/wiki/Precentor" title="Precentor">precentor</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Worcester" title="Bishop of Worcester">bishop of Worcester</a> as chaplain and the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Rochester" title="Bishop of Rochester">bishop of Rochester</a> as <a href="/wiki/Cross-bearer" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-bearer">cross-bearer</a>. </p><p>Along with <a href="/wiki/Primacy_of_Canterbury" title="Primacy of Canterbury">primacy over the archbishop of York</a>, the archbishop of Canterbury also has a precedence of honour over the other bishops of the Anglican Communion. They are recognised as <i>primus inter pares</i>, or first amongst equals. They do not, however, exercise any direct authority in the provinces outside England, except in certain minor roles dictated by Canon in those provinces (for example, they are the judge in the event of an ecclesiastical prosecution against the archbishop of Wales). They do hold <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">metropolitical</a> authority over several <a href="/wiki/Extra-provincial_Anglican_churches" title="Extra-provincial Anglican churches">extra-provincial Anglican churches</a>, and they serve as <i>ex officio</i> <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Bishop of the Falkland Islands">bishop of the Falkland Islands</a>. </p><p>As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the archbishop has four <a href="/wiki/Suffragan" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffragan">suffragan</a> bishops: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dover" title="Bishop of Dover">bishop of Dover</a> is given the additional title of "bishop in Canterbury" and empowered to act almost as if the bishop of Dover were the <a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">diocesan bishop</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Canterbury" title="Diocese of Canterbury">Diocese of Canterbury</a>, since the archbishop is so frequently away fulfilling national and international duties.</li> <li>Two further suffragans, the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ebbsfleet" title="Bishop of Ebbsfleet">bishop of Ebbsfleet</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Richborough" title="Bishop of Richborough">bishop of Richborough</a>, are <a href="/wiki/Provincial_episcopal_visitor" title="Provincial episcopal visitor">provincial episcopal visitors</a> for the whole <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Province of Canterbury</a>, licensed by the archbishop as "flying bishops" to provide oversight throughout the province to parishes which for conscience' sake cannot accept that women can be ordained in the Sacrament of Ordination in the Church of England.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Maidstone" title="Bishop of Maidstone">bishop of Maidstone</a> provides alternative episcopal oversight for the province of Canterbury for particular members who take a conservative evangelical view of male headship. On 23 September 2015, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Thomas_(bishop)" title="Rod Thomas (bishop)">Rod Thomas</a> was consecrated bishop of Maidstone.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously the bishop of Maidstone was an actual suffragan bishop working in the diocese, until it was decided at the diocesan synod of November 2010 that a new bishop would not be appointed.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Styles_and_privileges">Styles and privileges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Styles and privileges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Primate of All England" redirects here.</div> <p>The archbishops of Canterbury and York are both styled as "The Most Reverend"; retired archbishops are styled as "The Right Reverend". The archbishop is, by convention, appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a> and may, therefore, also use the style of "<a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a>" for life, unless later removed from the council. In formal documents, the archbishop of Canterbury is referred to as "The Most Reverend <a href="/wiki/Forenames" class="mw-redirect" title="Forenames">Forenames</a>, by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan". In debates in the House of Lords, the archbishop is referred to as "The Most Reverend Primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury". "The Right Honourable" is not used in either instance. They may also be formally addressed as "Your Grace" or, more informally, as "Archbishop". </p><p>The surname of the archbishop of Canterbury is not always used in formal documents; often only the first name and see are mentioned. The archbishop is legally entitled to sign their name as "Cantuar" (the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for Canterbury). The right to use a title as a legal signature is only permitted to bishops, <a href="/wiki/Peers_of_the_Realm" class="mw-redirect" title="Peers of the Realm">peers of the Realm</a> and peers by courtesy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Justin Welby as archbishop of Canterbury usually signed as "<i>+Justin Cantuar:</i>". </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_England_and_Wales" title="Order of precedence in England and Wales">English and Welsh order of precedence</a>, the archbishop of Canterbury is ranked above all individuals in the realm, with the exception of the sovereign and members of the <a href="/wiki/British_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal Family">royal family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately below them is the <a href="/wiki/Lord_chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord chancellor">lord chancellor</a> and then the archbishop of York. </p><p>The archbishop of Canterbury awards academic degrees, commonly called "<a href="/wiki/Lambeth_degree" title="Lambeth degree">Lambeth degrees</a>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Residences">Residences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Residences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg/310px-Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg/465px-Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg/620px-Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1083" data-file-height="488" /></a><figcaption>The Archbishop of Canterbury's official London residence and office is <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Palace" title="Lambeth Palace">Lambeth Palace</a>, photographed looking east across the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The archbishop of Canterbury's official residence and office in London is <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Palace" title="Lambeth Palace">Lambeth Palace</a>. They also have an apartment within the <a href="/wiki/Old_Palace,_Canterbury" title="Old Palace, Canterbury">Old Palace</a>, next to <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" title="Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury Cathedral</a> which incorporates some 13th-century fabric of the medieval Archbishop's Palace. </p><p>Former seats of the archbishops include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croydon_Palace" title="Croydon Palace">Croydon Palace</a>: the summer residence of the archbishops from the 15th to the 18th centuries.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Addington_Palace" title="Addington Palace">Addington Palace</a>: purchased as a replacement for Croydon Palace in 1807; sold in 1897.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop%27s_Palace,_Maidstone" title="Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone">Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone</a>: constructed in the 1390s, the palace was seized by the Crown at the time of the Reformation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otford_Palace" title="Otford Palace">Otford Palace</a>: a medieval palace, rebuilt by Archbishop Warham <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1515</span> and forfeited to the Crown by Thomas Cranmer in 1537.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop%27s_Palace,_Charing" title="Archbishop's Palace, Charing">Archbishop's Palace, Charing</a>: a palace existed from at least the 13th century; seized by the Crown after the Dissolution. Remnants survive as a farmhouse.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knole_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Knole House">Knole House</a>: built by Archbishop Bourchier in the second half of the 15th century, it was forfeited to the Crown by Archbishop Cranmer in 1538.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_recent_archbishops">List of recent archbishops</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of recent archbishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_archbishops_of_Canterbury" title="List of archbishops of Canterbury">List of archbishops of Canterbury</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Bishop_of_Canterbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Bishop of Canterbury">Assistant Bishop of Canterbury</a></div> <p>Since 1900, the following have served as archbishop of Canterbury:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1896–1902: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Temple" title="Frederick Temple">Frederick Temple</a></li> <li>1903–1928: <a href="/wiki/Randall_Davidson" title="Randall Davidson">Randall Davidson</a></li> <li>1928–1942: <a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon_Lang" title="Cosmo Gordon Lang">Cosmo Gordon Lang</a></li> <li>1942–1944: <a href="/wiki/William_Temple_(bishop)" title="William Temple (bishop)">William Temple</a></li> <li>1945–1961: <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Fisher" title="Geoffrey Fisher">Geoffrey Fisher</a></li> <li>1961–1974: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ramsey" title="Michael Ramsey">Michael Ramsey</a></li> <li>1974–1980: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Coggan" title="Donald Coggan">Donald Coggan</a></li> <li>1980–1991: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Runcie" title="Robert Runcie">Robert Runcie</a></li> <li>1991–2002: <a href="/wiki/George_Carey" title="George Carey">George Carey</a></li> <li>2002–2012: <a href="/wiki/Rowan_Williams" title="Rowan Williams">Rowan Williams</a></li> <li>2013–2025: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Welby" title="Justin Welby">Justin Welby</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archbishops_who_became_peers">Archbishops who became peers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Archbishops who became peers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1660 to 1902, all the archbishops of Canterbury died in office. In 1928, two years before his death, Randall Davidson became the first to voluntarily resign his office. All his successors except William Temple (who died in office in 1944) have also resigned their office before death. </p><p>All those who retired have been given <a href="/wiki/Peerage" title="Peerage">peerages</a>: initially hereditary baronies (although both recipients of such titles died without male heirs and so their titles became extinct on their deaths), and <a href="/wiki/Life_peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life peerage">life peerages</a> after the enactment of the <a href="/wiki/Life_Peerages_Act_1958" title="Life Peerages Act 1958">Life Peerages Act 1958</a>. Such titles have allowed retired archbishops to retain the seats in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> which they held <i>ex officio</i> before their retirement. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Archbishop</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Randall_Davidson" title="Randall Davidson">Randall Davidson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Davidson_of_Lambeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Davidson of Lambeth">Baron Davidson of Lambeth</a> in 1928 </td> <td>Extinct in 1930 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon_Lang" title="Cosmo Gordon Lang">Cosmo Gordon Lang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Lang_of_Lambeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Lang of Lambeth">Baron Lang of Lambeth</a> in 1942 </td> <td>Extinct in 1945 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Fisher" title="Geoffrey Fisher">Geoffrey Fisher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Fisher_of_Lambeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Fisher of Lambeth">Baron Fisher of Lambeth</a> for life in 1961 </td> <td>Extinct in 1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ramsey" title="Michael Ramsey">Michael Ramsey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Ramsey_of_Canterbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Ramsey of Canterbury">Baron Ramsey of Canterbury</a> for life in 1974 </td> <td>Extinct in 1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Coggan" title="Donald Coggan">Donald Coggan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Coggan" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Coggan">Baron Coggan</a> for life in 1980 </td> <td>Extinct in 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Runcie" title="Robert Runcie">Robert Runcie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Runcie" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Runcie">Baron Runcie</a> for life in 1991 </td> <td>Extinct in 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Carey" title="George Carey">George Carey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Carey_of_Clifton" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Carey of Clifton">Baron Carey of Clifton</a> for life in 2002 </td> <td>Extant </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rowan_Williams" title="Rowan Williams">Rowan Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baron_Williams_of_Oystermouth" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Williams of Oystermouth">Baron Williams of Oystermouth</a> for life in 2013 </td> <td>Extant (retired from the House in 2020<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishop_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accord_of_Winchester" title="Accord of Winchester">Accord of Winchester</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Wighard" title="Wighard">Wighard</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_of_Tarsus" title="Theodore of Tarsus">Theodore of Tarsus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhtwald" title="Berhtwald">Berhtwald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatwine" title="Tatwine">Tatwine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nothhelm" title="Nothhelm">Nothhelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuthbert_of_Canterbury" title="Cuthbert of Canterbury">Cuthbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bregowine" title="Bregowine">Bregowine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A6nberht" title="Jænberht">Jænberht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelhard" title="Æthelhard">Æthelhard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wulfred" title="Wulfred">Wulfred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feologild" title="Feologild">Feologild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceolnoth" title="Ceolnoth">Ceolnoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelred_(archbishop)" title="Æthelred (archbishop)">Æthelred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plegmund" title="Plegmund">Plegmund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athelm" title="Athelm">Athelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wulfhelm" title="Wulfhelm">Wulfhelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oda_of_Canterbury" title="Oda of Canterbury">Oda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86lfsige" title="Ælfsige">Ælfsige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byrhthelm_(bishop_of_Wells)" title="Byrhthelm (bishop of Wells)">Byrhthelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunstan" title="Dunstan">Dunstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelgar" title="Æthelgar">Æthelgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigeric_(bishop)" title="Sigeric (bishop)">Sigeric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86lfric_of_Abingdon" title="Ælfric of Abingdon">Ælfric of Abingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86lfheah_of_Canterbury" title="Ælfheah of Canterbury">Ælfheah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyfing_(Archbishop_of_Canterbury)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyfing (Archbishop of Canterbury)">Lyfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelnoth_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Æthelnoth (archbishop of Canterbury)">Æthelnoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eadsige" title="Eadsige">Eadsige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_of_Jumi%C3%A8ges" title="Robert of Jumièges">Robert of Jumièges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stigand" title="Stigand">Stigand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conquest to <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Reformation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lanfranc" title="Lanfranc">Lanfranc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury" title="Anselm of Canterbury">Anselm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_d%27Escures" title="Ralph d'Escures">Ralph d'Escures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_de_Corbeil" title="William de Corbeil">William de Corbeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theobald_of_Bec" title="Theobald of Bec">Theobald of Bec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Becket" title="Thomas Becket">Thomas Becket</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roger_de_Bailleul" title="Roger de Bailleul">Roger de Bailleul</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_of_Dover" title="Richard of Dover">Richard of Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_of_Forde" title="Baldwin of Forde">Baldwin of Forde</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Fitz_Jocelin" title="Reginald Fitz Jocelin">Reginald Fitz Jocelin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Walter" title="Hubert Walter">Hubert Walter</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reginald_(sub-prior)" title="Reginald (sub-prior)">Reginald</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_de_Gray" title="John de Gray">John de Gray</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Langton" title="Stephen Langton">Stephen Langton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walter_d%27Eynsham" title="Walter d'Eynsham">Walter d'Eynsham</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_le_Grant" title="Richard le Grant">Richard le Grant</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Neville" title="Ralph Neville">Ralph Neville</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_of_Sittingbourne" title="John of Sittingbourne">John of Sittingbourne</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Blund" title="John Blund">John Blund</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_of_Abingdon" title="Edmund of Abingdon">Edmund of Abingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boniface_of_Savoy_(bishop)" title="Boniface of Savoy (bishop)">Boniface</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Chillenden" title="William Chillenden">William Chillenden</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kilwardby" title="Robert Kilwardby">Robert Kilwardby</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robert_Burnell" title="Robert Burnell">Robert Burnell</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Peckham" title="John Peckham">John Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Winchelsey" title="Robert Winchelsey">Robert Winchelsey</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cobham" title="Thomas Cobham">Thomas Cobham</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reynolds" title="Walter Reynolds">Walter Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Mepeham" title="Simon Mepeham">Simon Mepeham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_de_Stratford" title="John de Stratford">John de Stratford</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_de_Ufford" title="John de Ufford">John de Ufford</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bradwardine" title="Thomas Bradwardine">Thomas Bradwardine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Islip" title="Simon Islip">Simon Islip</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Edington" title="William Edington">William Edington</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Langham" title="Simon Langham">Simon Langham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whittlesey" title="William Whittlesey">William Whittlesey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Sudbury" title="Simon Sudbury">Simon Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Courtenay_(bishop)" title="William Courtenay (bishop)">William Courtenay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Arundel" title="Thomas Arundel">Thomas Arundel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Walden" title="Roger Walden">Roger Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Arundel" title="Thomas Arundel">Thomas Arundel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chichele" title="Henry Chichele">Henry Chichele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stafford_(bishop)" title="John Stafford (bishop)">John Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kemp" title="John Kemp">John Kemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bourchier_(cardinal)" title="Thomas Bourchier (cardinal)">Thomas Bourchier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Morton_(cardinal)" title="John Morton (cardinal)">John Morton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Langton" title="Thomas Langton">Thomas Langton</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Deane_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Henry Deane (archbishop of Canterbury)">Henry Deane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Warham" title="William Warham">William Warham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer" title="Thomas Cranmer">Thomas Cranmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Pole" title="Reginald Pole">Reginald Pole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-Reformation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Parker" title="Matthew Parker">Matthew Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Grindal" title="Edmund Grindal">Edmund Grindal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whitgift" title="John Whitgift">John Whitgift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bancroft" title="Richard Bancroft">Richard Bancroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Abbot_(bishop)" title="George Abbot (bishop)">George Abbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Laud" title="William Laud">William Laud</a></li> <li><i>Episcopacy abolished (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Commonwealth</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Juxon" title="William Juxon">William Juxon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Sheldon" title="Gilbert Sheldon">Gilbert Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sancroft" title="William Sancroft">William Sancroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tillotson" title="John Tillotson">John Tillotson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tenison" title="Thomas Tenison">Thomas Tenison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wake" title="William Wake">William Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Potter_(bishop)" title="John Potter (bishop)">John Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Herring" title="Thomas Herring">Thomas Herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Hutton_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury)">Matthew Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Secker" title="Thomas Secker">Thomas Secker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Cornwallis" title="Frederick Cornwallis">Frederick Cornwallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)">John Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manners-Sutton" title="Charles Manners-Sutton">Charles Manners-Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Howley" title="William Howley">William Howley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bird_Sumner" title="John Bird Sumner">John Bird Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Longley" title="Charles Longley">Charles Longley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Campbell_Tait" title="Archibald Campbell Tait">Archibald Campbell Tait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_White_Benson" title="Edward White Benson">Edward White Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Temple" title="Frederick Temple">Frederick Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_Davidson" title="Randall Davidson">Randall Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon_Lang" title="Cosmo Gordon Lang">Cosmo Lang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Temple_(bishop)" 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title="Bishop of Exeter">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_in_Europe" title="Bishop in Europe">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Gloucester" title="Bishop of Gloucester">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Guildford" title="Bishop of Guildford">Guildford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hereford" title="Bishop of Hereford">Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Leicester" title="Bishop of Leicester">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lichfield" title="Bishop of Lichfield">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lincoln" title="Bishop of Lincoln">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_London" title="Bishop of London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Norwich" title="Bishop of Norwich">Norwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Oxford" title="Bishop of Oxford">Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Peterborough" title="Bishop of Peterborough">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Portsmouth_(Anglican)" title="Bishop of Portsmouth (Anglican)">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Rochester" title="Bishop of Rochester">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Albans" title="Bishop of St Albans">St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Edmundsbury_and_Ipswich" title="Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich">St Edmundsbury & Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Salisbury" title="Bishop of Salisbury">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Southwark" title="Anglican Bishop of Southwark">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Truro" title="Bishop of Truro">Truro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Worcester" title="Bishop of Worcester">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suffragan_bishop" title="Suffragan bishop">Suffragan<br />bishops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Aston" title="Bishop of Aston">Aston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Barking" title="Bishop of Barking">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Basingstoke" title="Bishop of Basingstoke">Basingstoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bedford" title="Bishop of Bedford">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bradwell" title="Bishop of Bradwell">Bradwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Brixworth" title="Bishop of Brixworth">Brixworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Buckingham" title="Bishop of Buckingham">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Colchester" title="Bishop of Colchester">Colchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Crediton" title="Bishop of Crediton">Crediton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Croydon" title="Bishop of Croydon">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dorchester_(modern)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Dorchester (modern)">Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dorking" title="Bishop of Dorking">Dorking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dover" title="Bishop of Dover">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dudley" title="Bishop of Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dunwich" title="Bishop of Dunwich">Dunwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ebbsfleet" title="Bishop of Ebbsfleet">Ebbsfleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Edmonton_(London)" title="Bishop of Edmonton (London)">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffragan_Bishop_in_Europe" title="Suffragan Bishop in Europe">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Fulham" title="Bishop of Fulham">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Grantham" title="Bishop of Grantham">Grantham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Grimsby" title="Bishop of Grimsby">Grimsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hertford" title="Bishop of Hertford">Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Horsham" title="Bishop of Horsham">Horsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Huntingdon" title="Bishop of Huntingdon">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Kensington" title="Bishop of Kensington">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Kingston" title="Bishop of Kingston">Kingston-upon-Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lewes" title="Bishop of Lewes">Lewes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Loughborough" title="Bishop of Loughborough">Loughborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ludlow" title="Bishop of Ludlow">Ludlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lynn" title="Bishop of Lynn">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Maidstone" title="Bishop of Maidstone">Maidstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Plymouth_(Anglican)" title="Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican)">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ramsbury" title="Bishop of Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Reading" title="Bishop of Reading">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Repton" title="Bishop of Repton">Repton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Richborough" title="Bishop of Richborough">Richborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Sherborne" title="Bishop of Sherborne">Sherborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Shrewsbury" title="Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Southampton" title="Bishop of Southampton">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Germans" title="Bishop of St Germans">St Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Stafford" title="Bishop of Stafford">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Stepney" title="Bishop of Stepney">Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Swindon" title="Bishop of Swindon">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Taunton" title="Bishop of Taunton">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Tewkesbury" title="Bishop of Tewkesbury">Tewkesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Thetford" title="Bishop of Thetford">Thetford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Tonbridge" title="Bishop of Tonbridge">Tonbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Warwick" title="Bishop of Warwick">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Willesden" title="Bishop of Willesden">Willesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Wolverhampton" title="Bishop of Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Woolwich" title="Bishop of Woolwich">Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_York" title="Province of York">York<br />Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan<br />bishops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">Archbishop of York</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Blackburn" title="Bishop of Blackburn">Blackburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Carlisle" title="Bishop of Carlisle">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Chester" title="Bishop of Chester">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Durham" title="Bishop of Durham">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Leeds" title="Anglican Bishop of Leeds">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Liverpool" title="Bishop of Liverpool">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Manchester" title="Bishop of Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Newcastle_(England)" title="Bishop of Newcastle (England)">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Sheffield" title="Bishop of Sheffield">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Sodor_and_Man" title="Bishop of Sodor and Man">Sodor & Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Southwell_and_Nottingham" title="Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham">Southwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suffragan_bishop" title="Suffragan bishop">Suffragan<br />bishops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Berwick" title="Bishop of Berwick">Berwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Beverley" title="Bishop of Beverley">Beverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Birkenhead" title="Bishop of Birkenhead">Birkenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bolton" title="Bishop of Bolton">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bradford" title="Bishop of Bradford">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Burnley" title="Bishop of Burnley">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Doncaster" title="Bishop of Doncaster">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Huddersfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hull" title="Bishop of Hull">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Jarrow" title="Bishop of Jarrow">Jarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Lancaster" title="Anglican Bishop of Lancaster">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Middleton" title="Bishop of Middleton">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Penrith" title="Bishop of Penrith">Penrith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Richmond" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Bishop of Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ripon" title="Bishop of Ripon">Ripon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Selby" title="Bishop of Selby">Selby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Sherwood" title="Bishop of Sherwood">Sherwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Stockport" title="Bishop of Stockport">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Wakefield" title="Bishop of Wakefield">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Warrington" title="Bishop of Warrington">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Whitby" title="Bishop of Whitby">Whitby</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_to_the_Forces" title="Bishop to the Forces">Bishop to the Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_to_the_Archbishops_of_Canterbury_and_York" title="Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York">Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Bishop of the Falkland Islands">Bishop of the Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_to_HM_Prisons" title="Bishop to HM Prisons">Bishop to HM Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokesperson_bishops_in_the_Church_of_England" title="Spokesperson bishops in the Church of England">other spokesperson bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bishops_in_the_Church_of_England" title="List of bishops in the Church of England">list of current bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deans_in_the_Church_of_England" title="List of deans in the Church of England">list of current deans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archdeacons_in_the_Church_of_England" title="List of archdeacons in the Church of England">list of current archdeacons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_in_Wales_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Church_in_Wales_flag.svg/20px-Church_in_Wales_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Church_in_Wales_flag.svg/30px-Church_in_Wales_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Church_in_Wales_flag.svg/40px-Church_in_Wales_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="447" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Wales" title="Archbishop of Wales">Archbishop of Wales</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bangor" title="Bishop of Bangor">Bangor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Llandaff" title="Bishop of Llandaff">Llandaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Monmouth" title="Bishop of Monmouth">Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Asaph" title="Bishop of St Asaph">St Asaph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Davids" title="Bishop of St Davids">St Davids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Swansea_and_Brecon" title="Bishop of Swansea and Brecon">Swansea & Brecon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales#Assistant_bishops" title="Church in Wales">assistant bishops</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Episcopal_Church" title="Scottish Episcopal Church">Scottish Episcopal<br />Church</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Primus_of_the_Scottish_Episcopal_Church" title="Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church">Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Aberdeen_and_Orkney" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney">Aberdeen and Orkney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Argyll_and_The_Isles_(Episcopal)" title="Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Episcopal)">Argyll & The Isles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Brechin" title="Bishop of Brechin">Brechin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Edinburgh" title="Bishop of Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Glasgow_and_Galloway" title="Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway">Glasgow & Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Moray,_Ross_and_Caithness" title="Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness">Moray, Ross & Caithness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Andrews,_Dunkeld_and_Dunblane" title="Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane">St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/20px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/30px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/40px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Armagh_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Province of Armagh (Church of Ireland)">Armagh<br />Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Armagh_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)">Archbishop of Armagh</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Clogher" title="Bishop of Clogher">Clogher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Connor" title="Bishop of Connor">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Derry_and_Raphoe" title="Bishop of Derry and Raphoe">Derry & Raphoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Down_and_Dromore" title="Bishop of Down and Dromore">Down & Dromore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Kilmore,_Elphin_and_Ardagh" title="Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh">Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Dublin_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland)">Dublin<br />Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Dublin_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)">Archbishop of Dublin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Cashel_and_Ossory" title="Bishop of Cashel and Ossory">Cashel & Ossory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Cork,_Cloyne_and_Ross" title="Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross">Cork, Cloyne & Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Limerick_and_Killaloe" title="Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe">Limerick & Killaloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Meath_and_Kildare" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Meath and Kildare">Meath & Kildare</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Anglican_Communion348" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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href="/wiki/Anglican_Consultative_Council" title="Anglican Consultative Council">Anglican Consultative Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_and_the_Anglican_Communion" title="Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion">Homosexuality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Report" title="Windsor Report">Windsor Report</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_the_Anglican_Communion" title="Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion">Ordination of women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion_and_ecumenism" title="Anglican Communion and ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Anglican_Communion_dioceses" title="List of Anglican Communion dioceses">Dioceses</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anglican_rose.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Anglican_rose.svg/80px-Anglican_rose.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Anglican_rose.svg/120px-Anglican_rose.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Anglican_rose.svg/160px-Anglican_rose.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="701" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">African provinces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal/Anglican_Province_of_Alexandria" title="Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_the_Anglican_Church_of_Burundi" title="Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a 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