Arthur Michael Ramsey

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Archbishop Michael Ramsey (1961)

Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury (born November 14, 1904 in Cambridge , † April 23, 1988 in Oxford ) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974 .

Life

Ramsey studied at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge . In 1950 he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity , but in 1952 he became Bishop of Durham and later Archbishop of York . At the coronation of the young Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 in Westminster Abbey , he was one of the prelates accompanying her . He was a recognized theologian and was involved in the ecumenical movement. With the election to the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, he replaced Geoffrey Fisher , who had already been his teacher in Cambridge, in this office . Fisher wanted to prevent Ramsey's election by pointing out to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan that he was Ramsey's teacher. The Prime Minister replied that while Fisher was Ramsey's teacher, it was not his. Ramsey was considered an extremely liberal archbishop who not only campaigned against strong resistance for the social integration of immigrants from the Commonwealth, but also for the liberalization of, among other things, the sexual criminal law and for the rights of homosexuals.

Membership in the House of Lords as a spiritual lord is associated with the office of Archbishop of York or Canterbury . After Ramsey's retreat into private life, he was appointed as Baron Ramsey of Canterbury , of Canterbury in Kent, to be the Life Peer of the Peerage of the United Kingdom on November 18, 1974 , thus keeping his House of Lords seat. In 1974 he was also awarded the Royal Victorian Chain . In 1983 he became an honorary member of the British Academy .

Lord Ramsey died in 1988. His ashes were in the garden of Canterbury - cloister buried.

literature

  • Owen Chadwick : Michael Ramsey. A life. Oxford 1990.
  • Peter Itzen: Disputable Church. The Church of England before the challenges of change 1945-1990. Baden-Baden 2012.
  • Arthur M. Ramsey , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 23/1988 of May 30, 1988, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

Commons : Arthur Michael Ramsey  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage (1980) ( Memento from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed July 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ www.canterbury-cathedral.org
predecessor Office successor
Charles E. Raven Regius Professor of Divinity
1950–1952 		John Burnaby
Alwyn Williams Bishop of Durham
1952–1956 		Maurice Harland
Cyril Garbett Archbishop of York
1956–1961 		Donald Coggan
Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury
1961–1974 		Donald Coggan
personal data
SURNAME Ramsey, Arthur Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramsey, Arthur Michael, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1988
Place of death Oxford