Archbishops of Canterbury

Browse the complete timeline of Archbishops of Canterbury throughout history

Matthew Parker 1559-12-17 — 1575-05-17
Edmund Grindal 1575-12-29 — 1583-07-06
John Whitgift 1583-08-14 — 1604-02-29
Richard Bancroft 1604-11-01 — 1610-11-02
George Abbot 1611-03-04 — 1633-08-05
William Laud 1633-08-06 — 1645-01-10
William Juxon 1660-09-02 — 1663-06-04
Gilbert Sheldon 1663-06-16 — 1677-11-09
William Sancroft 1678-01-27 — 1690-02-01
John Tillotson 1691-05-31 — 1694-11-22
Thomas Tenison 1694-12-06 — 1715-12-14
William Wake 1715-12-17 — 1737-01-24
John Potter 1737-02-09 — 1747-10-10
Thomas Herring 1747-10-21 — 1757-03-13
Matthew Hutton 1757-03-29 — 1758-03-18
Thomas Secker 1758-03-08 — 1768-08-03
Frederick Cornwallis 1768-08-12 — 1783-03-19
John Moore 1783-03-31 — 1805-01-18
Charles Manners-Sutton 1805-02-01 — 1828-07-21
William Howley 1828-08-06 — 1848-02-11
John Bird Sumner 1848-02-17 — 1862-09-06
Charles Longley 1862-10-20 — 1868-10-27
Archibald Tait 1868-11-28 — 1882-12-03
Edward Benson 1883-01-13 — 1896-10-11
Frederick Temple 1896-11-09 — 1902-12-23
Randall Davidson 1903-01-14 — 1928-11-12
Cosmo Gordon Lang 1928-11-13 — 1942-03-31
William Temple 1942-04-01 — 1944-10-26
Geoffrey Fisher 1945-01-12 — 1961-05-31
Michael Ramsey 1961-06-01 — 1974-11-15
Donald Coggan 1974-11-18 — 1980-01-25
Robert Runcie 1980-02-01 — 1991-01-31
George Carey 1991-04-19 — 2002-10-31
Rowan Williams 2002-12-02 — 2012-12-31
Justin Welby 2013-02-04 — 2025-01-07
Sarah Mullally 2026-01-28