Archbishop of Canterbury

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Anglican episcopal title ecclesiastical office

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, serving as the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Justin Welby 5
Primate of All England 4
Archbishops of Canterbury 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican episcopal title ⓘ
ecclesiastical office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Anglican Communion Office ⓘ
Lambeth Palace ⓘ
surface form: Lambeth Palace Library
chairs Lambeth Conference ⓘ
Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion ⓘ
surface form: Primates’ Meeting of the Anglican Communion
communion Anglican Communion ⓘ
convenes Lambeth Conference ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentHolder Archbishop of Canterbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Justin Welby
currentHolderStartDate 2013 ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 597 ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
firstHolder Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
foundedBy Gregory the Great ⓘ
surface form: Pope Gregory I
hasCanonicalStatus metropolitan bishop ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Province of Canterbury ⓘ
hasOfficialResidenceCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
hasPrecedenceOver other bishops of the Church of England ⓘ
hasRole chief pastor of the Church of England ⓘ
focus of unity for the Anglican Communion ⓘ
principal celebrant at national religious services ⓘ
principal leader of the Church of England ⓘ
hasSeat Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
hasSecondaryCathedralCity Canterbury ⓘ
hasTitle Metropolitan Bishop of the Province of Canterbury ⓘ
Archbishop of Canterbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Primate of All England
isLeaderOf Church of England ⓘ
isPartOf English episcopate ⓘ
isSpiritualHeadOf Anglican Communion ⓘ
isSymbolicHeadOf Anglican Communion ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locatedIn Canterbury ⓘ
England ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
nominatedBy Crown Nominations Commission ⓘ
oversees See of Canterbury ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Canterbury
positionHeldIn Church of England ⓘ
positionInHouseOfLords Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: Lords Spiritual
precedes Archbishop of York ⓘ
rankInChurchOfEngland senior bishop ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Lambeth Palace ⓘ
Old Palace, Canterbury ⓘ
style The Most Reverend ⓘ
Your Grace ⓘ

Referenced by (87)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishop of Dorchester → appointedInConsultationWith → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Dean of Canterbury → appointedInConsultationWith → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation of George IV → archbishopric → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral → associatedWith → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Sancroft → associatedWith → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
See of Canterbury → associatedWithTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primate of All England
See of Canterbury → associatedWithTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primate of the Anglican Communion
Convocation of Canterbury → canBeSummonedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation of George V → ceremonialOfficiant → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Lambeth Conference → coInstrumentWith → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Bishop of Buckingham → confirmedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Bishop of Lincoln → confirmedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Bishop of Oxford → confirmedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Lambeth Conference → convenedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Primates’ Meeting → convenesUnder → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Church of England → currentArchbishopOfCanterbury → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justin Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury → currentHolder → Archbishop of Canterbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justin Welby
See of York → distinctFrom → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primate of All England
Lambeth Palace → foundedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Crown Nominations Commission → governsOffice → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation Ring → handledBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Canterbury → hasArchbishop → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Anglican Communion → hasInstrumentOfCommunion → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Anglican Communion → hasLeaderRole → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Diocese of Oxford → hasMetropolitan → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Diocese of Southwark → hasMetropolitan → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Province of Canterbury → hasMetropolitan → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Diocese of Guildford → hasMetropolitanSee → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
See of Canterbury → hasOrdinary → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation of George I → hasParticipant → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation of George V → hasParticipant → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Archbishop of Canterbury → hasTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primate of All England
Province of Canterbury → headOfProvince → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Canterbury, Kent, England → isSeatOf → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Bishop of Lincoln → isSuffraganTo → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Diocese of Exeter → isSuffraganTo → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Diocese of Hereford → isSuffraganTo → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
funeral of Queen Elizabeth II → mainOfficiantTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Primates’ Meeting → meetsWith → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Diocese of Bath and Wells → metropolitanSee → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Thomas → occupation → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Cranmer
wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle → officiant → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justin Welby
Coronation of William IV → officiantPosition → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation of Charles III → officiantTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation of George III → officiantTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → officiantTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ