Donald Coggan
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Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan PC (born December 23, 1909 in Highgate , London , † May 17, 2000 in Winchester ) was a British Anglican theologian . He was Archbishop of Canterbury and previously Archbishop of York .
Live and act
Coggan studied at the Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood and at St. John's College in Cambridge. From 1928 to 1931 he studied oriental languages.
Ordained in 1935, he became Bishop of Bradford in 1956 , Archbishop of York in 1961, and of Canterbury in 1974. He advocated the ordination of women as early as the 1970s ; Ecumenical dialogue was also important to him. In Rome in 1977, during an ecumenical meeting, he asked his hosts at the Vatican for unrestricted admission of Anglicans to communion in Catholic masses, without any preliminary discussion of the protocol.
His uncomplicated and open manner gave him access to a broad population; In his academic work, too, he strived for simple, easily understandable Bible translations; he was involved in the publication of the New English Bible (1961) and Revised English Bible (1989). He himself wrote more than 20 books: They were evangelically colored, missionary-pastoral explanations of the message of Jesus Christ to the people of today.
In 1980, Coggan retired as Archbishop of Canterbury and was promoted to life peer as Baron Coggan . He died at the age of 90. His ashes were in the garden of the cloister of the Cathedral of Canterbury buried.
literature
- Donald Coggan , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 47/1979 of November 12, 1979, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
Web links
- Literature by and about Donald Coggan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Donald Coggan on the diocese page
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Blunt |
Bishop of Bradford 1956–1961 |
Michael Parker |
| Arthur Michael Ramsey |
Archbishop of York 1961–1974 |
Stuart Yarworth Blanch |
| Arthur Michael Ramsey |
Archbishop of Canterbury 1974–1980 |
Robert Runcie |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coggan, Donald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coggan, Frederick Donald, Baron Coggan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury and York |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Highgate , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 2000 |
| Place of death | City of Winchester |