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The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop was Augustine of Canterbury, the "Apostle to the English", who was sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great and arrived in ...
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 saw a tumultuous end to 2024. ... Justin Welby’s tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury has officially come to an end as he resigns over his handling of an abuse scandal ...
As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies).Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom five had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative ...
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 ...
The last few days have renewed my long-felt and profound sense of shame at the historic safeguarding failures of the Church of England. Welby became Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013 (EPA)
The diocesan bishop is the archbishop of Canterbury.However, because of their roles as metropolitan bishop of the Province of Canterbury, Primate of All England and "first bishop" of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the archbishop (whose primary residence is at Lambeth Palace in London) is often away from the diocese.
The situation marks another damaging episode for the crisis-gripped Church of England. In November, Justin Welby resigned as the Archbishop of Canterbury after coming under sustained pressure over ...