List of Archbishops of Canterbury

List of Archbishops of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral

Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Canterbury

The following persons were Archbishops of Canterbury and sat on the "See of St. Augustine of Canterbury ":

Pre-Reformation Archbishops

See also : Roman Catholic Church

• Augustine (St.), 601-605
• Laurentius (St.), 605-619
• Mellitus (St.), 619-624
• Justus (St.), 624-627
• Honorius (St.), 627–653
• Deusdedit (St.), 655-664
• Theodore (St.), 668-690
• Bertwald (St.), 693-731
• Tatwin (St.), 731-734
• Nothhelm (St.), 735–739
• Cuthbert (St.), 740-758
• Bregwin (St.), 759-762
• Jaenbert (St.), 763-790
• Aethelhard (St.), 790-803
• Wulfred , 803-829
• Feologild , 829-830
• Ceolnoth , 830-870
• Aethelred , 870-889
• Plegmund , 891-923
• Athelm , 923-925
• Wulfhelm , 928-941
• Odo the Good (St.), 941–958
• Aelfsige , 958-959
• Brihthelm , 959 (elected but removed before consecration)
• Dunstan (St.), 960-988
• Athelgar , 988-989
• Sigerich the Serious , 990–994
• Aelfrich , 995-1005
• Aelfheah (Alphege) (St.), 1006-1012
• Lyfing , 1013-1020
• Aethelnoth , 1020-1038
• Edsige , 1038-1050
• Philip von Kahle , 1050-1051
• Robert von Jumièges , 1051-1052
• Stigand , 1052-1070
• Lanfranc , 1070-1089
• Anselm (St.), 1093-1109
• Ralph d'Escures , 1114-1122
• Wilhelm von Corbeil , 1123–1136
• Theobald von Bec , 1139-1161
• Thomas Becket (St.), 1162-1170
• Richard of Dover , 1174-1184
• Baldwin of Exeter , 1185-1190
• Reginald fitz Jocelin , 1191
• Hubert Walter , 1193-1205
• Reginald (Bishop Select), 1205–1206
• John de Gray (Bishops Select), 1205–1206
• Stephen Langton , 1207-1228
• Richard Grant , 1229-1231
• John Blund (Bishop Select), 1232-1233
• Edmund Rich (St.), 1233-1240
• Boniface of Savoy , 1240–1270
• Robert Kilwardby , 1273-1278
• Johannes Peckham , 1279-1292
• Robert Winchelsey , 1293-1313
• Walter Reynolds , 1313-1327
• Simon Mepeham , 1327-1333
• John Stratford , 1333-1348
• John de Ufford , 1348-1349
• Thomas Bradwardine , 1349
• Simon Islip , 1349-1366
• Simon Langham , 1366-1368
• William Whittlesey , 1368-1374
• Simon Sudbury , 1375-1381
• William Courtenay , 1381-1396
• Thomas Arundel , 1396–1414 ( House FitzAlan )
• Henry Chicheley , 1414-1443
• John Stafford , 1443-1452
• John Kemp , 1452-1454
• Thomas Bourchier , 1454–1486
• John Morton , 1486-1500
• Henry Deane , 1501-1503
• William Warham , 1503-1532

Post-Reformation Archbishops

See also : Church of England

No.	Name (life data)	Term of office	Remarks	origin	presentation
71.	Thomas Cranmer * July 2, 1489 in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire † March 21, 1556 in Oxford	01533-1556	from 1534 during his tenure, the church fellowship between the Church of England and the Church of Rome breaks up .
72.	Reginald Pole	01556-1558	Church fellowship between Canterbury and Rome will be restored in the short term (unofficially).
73.	Matthew Parker	01559-1575
74.	Edmund Grindal	01575-1583		1559–1570 Bishop of London 1570–1576 Archbishop of York
75.	John Whitgift	01583-1604		1577–1583 Bishop of Worcester
76.	Richard Bancroft	01604-1610		1597–1604 Bishop of London
77.	George Abbot	01611-1633		1609–1610 Bishop of Lichfield 1610–1611 Bishop of London
78.	William Laud	01633-1645		1621–1627 Bishop of St. Davids 1626–1628 Bishop of Bath and Wells 1628–1633 Bishop of London
79.	William Juxon	01660-1663		1633–1649 Bishop of London
80.	Gilbert Sheldon	01663-1667		1660–1663 Bishop of London
81.	William Sancroft	01678-1691
82.	John Tillotson	01691-1694		1672–1698 Dean of Canterbury Cathedral
83.	Thomas Tenison	01695-1715		1691–1695 Bishop of Lincoln
84.	William Wake	01716-1737		1705–1716 Bishop of Lincoln
85.	John Potter	01737-1747		1715–1737 Bishop of Oxford
86.	Thomas Herring	01747-1757		1737–1743 Bishop of Bangor 1743–1747 Archbishop of York
87.	Matthew Hutton	01757-1758		1743–1747 Bishop of Bangor 1747–1757 Archbishop of York
88	Thomas Secker	01758-1768		1735–1737 Bishop of Bristol 1737–1758 Bishop of Oxford 1750–1758 Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral
89.	Frederick Cornwallis	01768-1783		1750–1768 Bishop of Lichfield
90.	John Moore	01783-1805		1771–1775 Dean of Canterbury Cathedral 1774–1783 Bishop of Bangor
91.	Charles Manners-Sutton	01805-1828		1792–1805 Bishop of Norwich
92.	William Howley	01828-1848		1813–1828 Bishop of London
93.	John Bird Sumner	01848-1862		1828–1848 Bishop of Chester
94.	Charles Thomas Longley	01862-1868		1836–1856 Bishop of Ripon 1856–1860 Bishop of Durham 1860–1862 Archbishop of York
95.	Archibald Campbell Tait	01868-1882		1849–1856 Dean of Carlisle Cathedral 1856–1868 Bishop of London
96.	Edward White Benson	01882-1896		1877–1883 ​​Bishop of Truro
97.	Frederick Temple	01896-1902		1869–1885 Bishop of Exeter 1885–1896 Bishop of London
98	Randall Thomas Davidson	01903-1928		1883–1891 Dean of Windsor Cathedral 1891–1895 Bishop of Rochester 1895–1903 Bishop of Winchester
99	Cosmo Gordon Lang	01928-1942		1901–1909 Bishop of Stepney 1909–1928 Archbishop of York
100.	William Temple	01942-1944		1921–1929 Bishop of Manchester 1929–1942 Archbishop of York
101.	Geoffrey Francis Fisher	01945–1961		1932–1939 Bishop of Chester 1939–1945 Bishop of London
102.	Arthur Michael Ramsey	01961-1974		1952–1956 Bishop of Durham 1956–1961 Archbishop of York
103.	Frederick Donald Coggan	01974-1980		1956–1961 Bishop of Bradford 1961–1974 Archbishop of York
104.	Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie	01980-1991		1970–1980 Bishop of St. Albans
105.	George Leonard Carey	01991-2002		1987–1991 Bishop of Bath and Wells
106.	Rowan Douglas Williams	02002–2012		1992–2002 Bishop of Monmouth 1999–2002 Archbishop of Wales
107.	Justin Welby	0from 2013		2007–2011 Dean of Liverpool Cathedral 2011–2013 Bishop of Durham

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1. ↑ Ann Williams: Edgar  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved February 15, 2012