Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Michael Ramsey was a prominent 20th-century Anglican bishop who served as Archbishop of Canterbury and was known for his theological scholarship and efforts toward Christian unity.

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instanceOf Anglican bishop
Archbishop of Canterbury
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
appointedBy Elizabeth II
birthDate 1904-11-14
birthPlace Cambridge, England
burialPlace Canterbury Cathedral
consecrationDate 1952
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1988-04-23
educatedAt Magdalene College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Repton School
endTime (Archbishop of Canterbury) 1974
endTime (Archbishop of York) 1961
endTime (Bishop of Durham) 1956
familyName Ramsey
fieldOfWork church history
ecclesiology
systematic theology
fullName Arthur Michael Ramsey
givenName Arthur
honorificPrefix The Most Reverend
honorificSuffix Baron Ramsey of Canterbury
knownFor ecumenism
promoting Christian unity
theological scholarship
memberOf Church of England
House of Lords
notableWork Fellowship of the Spirit
God, Christ and the World
The Christian Priest Today
The Glory of God and the Transfiguration of Christ
The Gospel and the Catholic Church
occupation theologian
university teacher
ordination 1928
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of York
Bishop of Durham
Canon of Durham Cathedral
Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge
predecessor Geoffrey Fisher
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
spouse Joan Hamilton
startTime (Archbishop of Canterbury) 1961
startTime (Archbishop of York) 1956
startTime (Bishop of Durham) 1952
successor Donald Coggan
theologicalTradition Anglo-Catholicism
title Life peer

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F. P. Ramsey relative Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury