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.

Coronation of Charles III → officiatedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justin Welby
Coronation of George I → officiatedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Coronation of William III and Mary II → officiatedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
coronation of George VI → officiatedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
funeral of Queen Elizabeth II → officiatedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justin Welby
Coronation of Edward VII → officiatingClericTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Lambeth Conference → organisedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Lambeth Palace → ownedBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Augustine of Canterbury → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Archbishop Charles Longley → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Longley
Geoffrey Fisher → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Geoffrey Fisher → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primate of All England
Gilbert Sheldon → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
John Tillotson → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
John Whitgift → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Archbishop Matthew Parker → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: Matthew Parker
Stephen Langton → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Saint Thomas Becket → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Becket
Thomas Cranmer → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Margarete (second wife) → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Cranmer
William Laud → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Archbishop William Sancroft → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: William Sancroft
Sancroft → positionHeld → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: William Sancroft
General Synod → president → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Convocation of Canterbury → presidingOfficer → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Archbishop of York → rankAfter → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Dean of Canterbury → reportsTo → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Canterbury Cathedral → seatOf → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
See of Canterbury → seatOf → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Lambeth Palace → servesAsHeadquartersOf → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Lambeth Palace → servesAsResidenceOf → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Church of England → spiritualLeaderTitle → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Joan (first wife) → spouseOccupation → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Old Palace, Canterbury → usedAsResidenceBy → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archbishops of Canterbury
ACC → worksWith → Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
subject surface form: Anglican Consultative Council