Archbishops of Canterbury
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1 |
597 |
Augustine |
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2 |
604 |
Laurentius |
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3 |
619 |
Mellitus |
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4 |
624 |
Justus |
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5 |
627 |
Honorius |
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6 |
655 |
Deusdedit |
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7 |
668 |
Theodore |
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8 |
693 |
Berhtwald |
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9 |
731 |
Tatwine |
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10 |
735 |
Nothelm |
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11 |
740 |
Cuthbert |
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12 |
761 |
Bregowine |
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13 |
765 |
Jaenbert |
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14 |
793 |
Ethelhard |
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15 |
805 |
Wulfred |
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16 |
832 |
Feologeld |
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17 |
833 |
Ceolnoth |
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18 |
870 |
Ethelred |
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19 |
890 |
Plegmund |
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20 |
914 |
Athelm |
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21 |
923 |
Wulfhelm |
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22 |
942 |
Oda |
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23 |
959 |
Aelfsige |
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24 |
959 |
Brithelm |
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25 |
960 |
Dunstan |
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26 |
c.988 |
Ethelgar |
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27 |
990 |
Sigeric |
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28 |
995 |
Aelfric |
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29 |
1005 |
Alphege |
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30 |
1013 |
Lyfing |
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31 |
1020 |
Ethelnoth |
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32 |
1038 |
Eadsige |
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33 |
1051 |
Robert of Jumieges |
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34 |
1052 |
Stigand |
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35 |
1070 |
Lanfranc |
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36 |
1093 |
Anselm |
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37 |
1114 |
Ralph d'Escures |
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38 |
1123 |
William de Corbeil |
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39 |
1139 |
Theobald |
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40 |
1162 |
Thomas a Becket |
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41 |
1174 |
Richard (of Dover) |
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42 |
1184 |
Baldwin |
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43 |
1193 |
Hubert Walter |
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44 |
1207 |
Stephen Langton |
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45 |
1229 |
Richard le Grant |
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46 |
1234 |
Edmund of Abingdon |
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47 |
1245 |
Boniface of Savoy |
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48 |
1273 |
Robert Kilwardby |
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49 |
1279 |
John Peckham |
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50 |
1294 |
Robert Winchelsey |
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51 |
1313 |
Walter Reynolds |
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52 |
1328 |
Simon Meopham |
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53 |
1333 |
John de Stratford |
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54 |
1349 |
Simon Islip |
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55 |
1349 |
Thomas Bradwardine |
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56 |
1366 |
Simon Langham |
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57 |
1368 |
William Whittlesey |
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58 |
1375 |
Simon Sudbury |
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59 |
1381 |
William Courtenay |
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60 |
1396 |
Thomas Arundel |
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61 |
1398 |
Roger Walden |
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1399 |
Thomas Arundel (restored) |
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62 |
1414 |
Henry Chichele |
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63 |
1443 |
John Stafford |
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64 |
1452 |
John Kempe |
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65 |
1454 |
Thomas Bourchier |
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66 |
1486 |
John Morton |
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67 |
1501 |
Henry Deane |
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68 |
1503 |
William Warham |
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69 |
1533 |
Thomas Cranmer |
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70 |
1556 |
Reginald Pole |
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71 |
1559 |
Matthew Parker |
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72 |
1576 |
Edmund Grindal |
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73 |
1583 |
John Whitgift |
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74 |
1604 |
Richard Bancroft |
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75 |
1611 |
George Abbot |
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76 |
1633 |
William Laud |
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77 |
1660 |
William Juxon |
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78 |
1663 |
Gilbert Sheldon |
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79 |
1678 |
William Sancroft |
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80 |
1691 |
John Tillotson |
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81 |
1695 |
Thomas Tenison |
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82 |
1716 |
William Wake |
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83 |
1737 |
John Potter |
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84 |
1747 |
Thomas Herring |
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85 |
1757 |
Matthew Hutton |
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86 |
1758 |
Thomas Secker |
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87 |
1768 |
Frederick Cornwallis |
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88 |
1783 |
John Moore |
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89 |
1805 |
Charles Manners-Sutton |
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90 |
1828 |
William Howley |
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91 |
1848 |
John Bird Sumner |
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92 |
1862 |
Charles Thomas Longley |
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93 |
1868 |
Archibald Campbell Tait |
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94 |
1883 |
Edward White Benson |
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95 |
1896 |
Frederick Temple |
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96 |
1903 |
Randall Thomas Davidson |
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97 |
1928 |
William Cosmo Gordon Lang |
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98 |
1942 |
William Temple |
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99 |
1945 |
Geoffrey Francis Fisher |
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100 |
1961 |
Arthur Michael Ramsey |
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101 |
1974 |
Frederick Donald Coggan |
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102 |
1980 |
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie |
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103 |
1991 |
George Leonard Carey |
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104 |
2002 |
Rowan Douglas Williams |
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Source: Archbishop of Canterbury's Web site
There is a somewhat more detailed list of archbishops
from 1066 to the present day on the Lambeth Palace
Library web site here.
this page last revised 6 June 2003
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