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The '''Archbishop of Canterbury''' is "the [[primate]] of all England" within the Church of England and the spiritual head of the [[Anglican Communion]]. His see is at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England and his residence is Lambeth Palace in London. The current Archbishop of Canterbury is the Right Honorable and Most Reverend Rowan Williams, 104th successor to the Chair of St. [[Augustine of Canterbury]].

The current Archbishop of Canterbury is the Right Honorable and Most Reverend Justin Welby, 105th holder of the Chair of St. [[Augustine of Canterbury]]. ==The previous archbishop==Rowan Douglas Williams was born in Wales on [[June 14]], 1950. He studied theology at Christ's College of Cambridge University where he doctoral work on the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] Church and particularly the thought of [[Vladimir Lossky]]. For some years he was a professor of theology at Oxford University. In 1992 he was elevated to Anglican Bishop of Monmouth, and then in 2000 he was made Anglican Archbishop of Wales. In 2002 he was elevated to the throne of St. [[Augustine Archbishop of Canterbury|Augustine]], from which he retired in 2012.

*597 1. St. [[Augustine of Canterbury]], 597-605*604 2. St. [[Laurence of Canterbury]] (aka Laurentius), 605-619*619 3. St. [[Mellitus|Mellitus]], 619-624*624 4. St. [[Justus|Justus]], 624-627*627 5. St. [[Honorius of Canterbury]], 627-653*655 6. St. [[Deusdedit of Canterbury]]*, 655-664 ''Vacant''*c7.666 [[Wighard]], died of plague before consecration*668 St. [[Theodore of Tarsus]], 668-690*693 8. St. [[Berhtwald]], 693-731*731 9. St. [[Tatwine]], 731-734*735 10. St. [[Nothelm]], 734-740*740 11. St. [[Cuthbert of Canterbury]], 740-758*761 12. St. [[Bregowine]], 759-762*765 [[13. Jaenbert]], 763-790*793 [[14. Ethelhard]], 790-803*805 [[15. Wulfred]], 803-829*832 [[16. Feologeld]], 829-830*833 [[17. Ceolnoth]], 830-870*870 [[18. Ethelred of Canterbury]], 870-889*890 19. Plegmund, 891-923*914 20. Athelm, 923-925*923 21. Wulfhelm, 928-941*942 22. St. [[Oda of Canterbury]], 941-958*23. Aelsine, 958-959 Aelfsige*24. Brithelm, 959 Brithelm*960 25. St. [[Dunstan of Canterbury|Dunstan]], 959-988*c26.Ethelgar, 988 Ethelgar-989*27. Sigeric, 990 Sigeric-994*28. Aelfric, 995 Aelfric-1005*1005 29. St. [[Alphege]], 1006-1-012*30. Lyfing, 1013 Lyfing-1020*31. Ethelnoth, 1020 Ethelnoth-1038*32. Eadsige, 1038 Eadsige-1050*1051 33. Robert of JumiegesJumièges, 1051-1052*34. Stigand, 1052 Stigand-1070

*35. Lanfranc, 1070 Lanfranc-1089*36. Anselm, 1093 Anselm-1109*1114 37. Ralph d'Escures, 1114-1122*1123 38. William de Corbeil, 1123-1136*39. Theobald, 1139 Theobald-1161*1162 40. Thomas a Becket, 1162-1170*1174 41. Richard of Dover, 1174-1184*1184 42. Baldwin, 1185-1190 *1193 43. Hubert Walter, 1193-*1207 44. Stephen Langton, 1207-1228*1229 45. Richard le Grant, 1229-1231*1234 46. Edmund of Abingdon, 1233-1240*1245 47. Boniface of Savoy, 1245-1270*1273 48. Robert Kilwardby, 1273-1278*1279 49. John Peckham, 1279-1292*1294 50. Robert Winchelsey, 1293-1313*1313 51. Walter Reynolds, 1313-1327*1328 52. Simon Meopham, 1327-1333*1333 53. John de Stratford, 1333-1348*1349 54. Simon Islip, 1349*1349 55. Thomas Bradwardine, 1349*54. Simon Islip,1349-1366 *56. Simon Langham, 1366-1368*1368 57. William Whittlesey, 1368-1374*1375 58. Simon Sudbury, 1375-1381*1381 59. William Courtenay, 1381-1396*1396 60. Thomas Arundel, 1396-1398*1398 61. Roger Walden, 1398-*1399 60. Thomas Arundel (restored), 1399-*1414 62. Henry Chichele, 1414-1443*1443 63. John Stafford, 1443-1452*1452 64. John Kempe, 1452-1454*1454 65. Thomas Bourchier, 1454-1486*1486 66. John Morton, 1486-1500*1501 67. Henry Deane, 1501-1503*1503 68. William Warham, 1503-1532

*1533 69. Thomas Cranmer, 1553-1556*1556 70. Reginald Pole, 1556-1558*1559 71. Matthew Parker, 1559-1575*1576 72. Edmund Grindal, 1575-1583*1583 73. John Whitgift, 1583-1604*1604 74. Richard Bancroft, 1604-1610*1611 75. George Abbot, 1611-1633*1633 76. William Laud, 1633-1645*1660 77. William Juxon, 1660-1663*1663 78. Gilbert Sheldon, 1663-1677*1678 79. William Sancroft, 1678-1691*1691 80. John Tillotson, 1691-1694*1695 81. Thomas Tenison, 1694-1715*1716 82. William Wake, 1716-1737*1737 83. John Potter, 1737-1747*1747 84. Thomas Herring, 1747-1757*1757 85. Matthew Hutton, 1757-1758*1758 86. Thomas Secker, 1758-1768*1768 87. Frederick Cornwallis, 1768-1783*1783 88. John Moore, 1783-1805*1805 89. Charles Manners-Sutton, 1805-1828*1828 90. William Howley, 1828-1848*1848 91. John Bird Sumner, 1848-1862*1862 92. Charles Thomas Longley, 1862-1868*1868 93. Archibald Campbell Tait, 1868-1882*1883 94. Edward White Benson, 1882-1896*1896 95. Frederick Temple, 1896-1902*1903 96. Randall Thomas Davidson, 1903-1928*1928 97. William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1928-1942*1942 98. William Temple, 1942-1944*1945 99. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, 1945-1961*1961 100. Arthur Michael Ramsey, 1961-1974*1974 101. Frederick Donald Coggan, 1974-1980*1980 102. Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, 1980-1991*1991 103. George Leonard Carey, 1991-2001*2002 104. Rowan Douglas Williams, 2002-2012*105. Justin Welby, 2013-

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