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