Geoffrey Fisher

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Geoffrey Fisher was the Archbishop of Canterbury who served as the senior bishop of the Church of England in the mid-20th century and played a prominent role in British religious and public life.

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instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury
human
activeIn 20th-century Anglicanism
appointedBy George VI
surface form: King George VI
burialPlace Trent, Dorset
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1887-05-05
dateOfDeath 1972-09-15
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Marlborough College
Oxford University NERFINISHED
endTime 1961 (as Archbishop of Canterbury)
familyName Fisher
fieldOfWork Christian theology
church leadership
givenName Geoffrey
honorificPrefix The Most Reverend
honorificSuffix PC
memberOf Church of England
Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
George VI
name Geoffrey Fisher self-linksurface differs
surface form: Geoffrey Francis Fisher
notableEvent crowned Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in 1953
engaged in ecumenical dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church
participated in post-war reconstruction of the Church of England
visited Pope John XXIII at the Vatican in 1960
notableFor leading the Church of England in the mid-20th century
prominent role in British public life
notableWork role in the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
occupation bishop
priest
placeOfBirth Nuneaton
Warwickshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Dorset
Trent
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Chester
Bishop of London
Archbishop of Canterbury
surface form: Primate of All England

head of the Church of England
predecessor William Temple
religion Anglicanism
religiousTitle The Most Reverend
residence Lambeth Palace
sexOrGender male
startTime 1945 (as Archbishop of Canterbury)
successor Michael Ramsey

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