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Until 2015, the 21 longest-serving among the remaining diocesan bishops were eligible to sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. Since women became eligible as bishops in 2015, female diocesan bishops take precedence over male ones whenever a new vacancy in the Lords arises, in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (originally in force until 17 May 2025, [11] [12] extended ...
List of the archbishops of Canterbury up to Rowan Williams (2002–2012), in Canterbury Cathedral. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the "Primate of All England", [1] effectively serving as the head of the established Church of England and, symbolically, of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The Church of England has some 16,000 church buildings, in 13,000 parishes covering the whole of England, as well as 43 cathedrals. Together they form a unique collection of buildings; between 12,000 and 13,000 churches are listed, i.e. are recognised by the government as being of exceptional historic or architectural importance.
A Church of England sex abuse victim has urged the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to resign. Pressure is growing on the Archbishop over his failure to act more rigorously over the serial ...
James Gairdner, The English Church in the 16th Century (1902) W. F. Hook, Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury (1860?1876) A. F. Pollard, Henry VIII (1905) This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Warham, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.).
Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), English hymnwriter, priest and theologian (he converted to Catholicism in 1845); Nigel Farage (b. 1964), British broadcaster and Politician (MP for Clacton 2024–present, Leader of Reform UK January 2021–March 2021 and since 2024, former leader of the Brexit Party 2019–January 2021, former MEP for South East England 1999–2020, former Leader of UKIP ...
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop was Augustine of Canterbury, the "Apostle to the English", who was sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great and arrived in ...
A Church of England bishop on Monday urged its incoming interim leader to quit over his handling of a sexual abuse case, only weeks after his predecessor was forced to resign as archbishop of ...