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Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England is the senior cleric of the Church of England. His see is Canterbury Cathedral and his official London residence is Lambeth Palace. Since Henry VIII broke with Rome, archbishops of Canterbury have been selected by the English (latterly British) monarch; at present, the choice is made in his or her name, but by the prime minister, from a shortlist of two selected by a committee of clergy and laity.

The current Archbishop of Canterbury, the 104th, is Dr Rowan Douglas Williams, previously Archbishop of Wales. He succeeded Dr George Leonard Carey.

The first Archbishop of Canterbury was Saint Augustine of Canterbury, who arrived in Kent in 597, all Archbishops of Canterbury since have been referred to as occupying the Chair of St Augustine.

The Archbishop has a number of roles to fulfil that include:

1. Bishop of the See of Canterbury
2. Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury
3. Primate of All England
4. Lord Spiritual
5. 'Chaplain to the Nation'
6. Leader of the Anglican Communion around the World
7. The Ecumenical Role
8. The Inter-faith Role

This adds up to a large amount of responsibility, and the current archbishop recently convened an advisory group for suggestions on spreading the workload. One suggestion being considered is the appointment of an auxiliary "bishop in Canterbury" to take on most of the responsibility for the diocese.

List of Archbishops

Previous incumbents of the Chair of St Augustine:

Rank	Name	Term
1	Saint Augustine of Canterbury	597 -- 605
2	Saint Laurence of Canterbury	605 -- 619
3	Mellitus (St.)	619 -- 624
4	Justus (St.)	624 -- 627
5	Honorius (St.)	627 -- 653
6	Deusdedit (St.)	655 -- 664
7	Theodore (St.)	668 -- 690
8	Bertwald (St.)	693 -- 690
9	Tatwin (St.	731 -- 734
10	Nothelm (St.)	734 -- 740
11	Cuthbert (St.)	740 -- 758
12	Bregwin (St.)	759 -- 762
13	Jaenbert (St.)	763 -- 790
14	Aethelhard (St.)	790 -- 803
15	Wulfred	803 -- 829
16	Feologild	829 -- 830
17	Ceolnoth	830 -- 870
18	Aethelred	870 -- 889
19	Plegmund	891 -- 923
20	Athelm	923 -- 925
21	Wulfhelm	928 -- 941
22	Oda the Severe (St.)	941 -- 958
23	Aelfsige	958 -- 959
24	Saint Dunstan	960 -- 988
25	Athelgar	988 -- 989
26	Sigeric the Serious	990 -- 994
27	Aelfric	995 -- 1005
28	Aelfheah (St Alphege)	1006 -- 1012
29	Lyfing	1013 -- 1020
30	Aethelnoth	1020 -- 1038
31	Edsige	1038 -- 1050
32	Robert of Jumieges	1051 -- 1052
33	Stigand	1052 -- 1070
34	Lanfranc	1070 -- 1089
35	Anselm (St.)	1093 -- 1109
36	Ralph d'Escures	1114 -- 1122
37	William de Corbeil	1123 -- 1136
38	Theobald of Bec	1139 -- 1161
39	Thomas Becket (St.)	1162 -- 1170
40	Richard of Dover	1174 -- 1184
41	Baldwin of Exeter	1185 -- 1190
42	Reginald Fitz-Jocelin	1191
43	Hubert Walter	1193 -- 1205
44	Stephen Langton	1207 -- 1228
45	Walter d'Eynsham	1229 -- 1231
46	Edmund Rich (St.)	1233 -- 1240
47	Boniface of Savoy	1240 -- 1270
48	Robert Kilwardby	1273 -- 1278
49	John Peckham	1279 -- 1292
50	Robert Winchelsey	1293 -- 1313
51	Walter Reynolds	1313 -- 1327
52	Simon Mepeham	1327 -- 1333
53	John de Stratford	1333 -- 1348
54	John de Ufford	1348 -- 1349
55	Thomas Bradwardine	1349
56	Simon Islip	1349 -- 1366
57	Simon Langham	1366 -- 1368
58	William Whittlesey	1368 -- 1374
59	Simon Sudbury	1375 -- 1381
60	William Courtenay	1381 -- 1396
61	Thomas Arundel	1396 -- 1414
62	Henry Chicheley	1414 -- 1443
63	John Stafford	1443 -- 1452
64	John Kemp	1452 -- 1454
65	Thomas Bourchier	1454 -- 1486
66	John Morton	1486 -- 1500
67	Henry Dean	1501 -- 1503
68	William Warham	1503 -- 1532
69	Thomas Cranmer	1533 -- 1556
70	Reginald Pole the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury	1556 -- 1558
71	Matthew Parker	1559 -- 1575
72	Edmund Grindal	1575 -- 1583
73	John Whitgift	1583 -- 1604
74	Richard Bancroft	1604 -- 1610
75	George Abbot	1611 -- 1633
76	William Laud	1633 -- 1645
77	William Juxon	1660 -- 1663
78	Gilbert Sheldon	1663 -- 1667
79	William Sancroft	1678 -- 1691
80	John Tillotson	1691 -- 1694
81	Thomas Tenison	1694 -- 1715
82	William Wake	1716 -- 1737
83	John Potter	1737 -- 1747
84	Thomas Herring	1747 -- 1757
85	Matthew Hutton	1757 -- 1758
86	Thomas Secker	1758 -- 1768
87	Frederick Cornwallis	1768 -- 1783
88	John Moore	1783 -- 1805
89	Charles Manners-Sutton	1805 -- 1828
90	William Howley	1828 -- 1848
91	John Bird Sumner	1848 -- 1862
92	Charles Thomas Longley	1862 -- 1868
93	Archibald Campbell Tait	1868 -- 1882
94	Edward White Benson	1882 -- 1896
95	Frederick Temple	1896 -- 1902
96	Randall Thomas Davidson	1903 -- 1928
97	Cosmo Gordon Lang	1928 -- 1942
98	William Temple	1942 -- 1944
99	Geoffrey Francis Fisher	1945 -- 1961
100	Arthur Michael Ramsey	1961 -- 1974
101	Frederick Donald Coggan	1974 -- 1980
102	Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie	1980 -- 1991
103	George Leonard Carey	1991 -- 2002
104	Rowan Douglas Williams	2002 --

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