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November 9, 2012

Biography: Justin Welby

For 20 years, Archbishop-designate Justin Welby has blended deep devotion to his parish communities with Church work around the world, especially in areas of conflict.

Born in 1956 in London, the Right Reverend Justin Welby was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied history and law. For 11 years - five in Paris and six in London – he worked in the oil industry, becoming group treasurer of a large British exploration and production company. He focused mainly on West African and North Sea projects. During this period he became a lay leader at Holy Trinity, Brompton in London, having been a council member at St Michael’s Church in Paris.

Biography: Justin Welby

Friday 9th November 2012

For 20 years, Archbishop-designate Justin Welby has blended deep devotion to his parish communities with Church work around the world, especially in areas of conflict.

November 9, 2012

PM's Office: Appointment of an Archbishop of Canterbury

Justin Welby appointed 105th Archbishop of Canterbury

The Queen has nominated the Right Reverend Justin Welby, MA, Hon FCT, the Lord Bishop of Durham, for election by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury in the place of the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Douglas Williams, MA DPhil DD FBA, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan.

Justin Welby appointed 105th Archbishop of Canterbury

The Queen has nominated the Right Reverend Justin Welby, MA, Hon FCT, the Lord Bishop of Durham, for election by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury in the place of the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Douglas Williams, MA DPhil DD FBA, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan.

Notes for Editors

April 28, 2012

Lost in the wilderness

An appraisal of the archepiscopate of Dr. Rowan Williams by Tom Sutcliffe, a lay member of the Church of England's General Synod from the Diocese of Southwark for the past 22 years. Written from an "Affirming Catholicism" perspective, a shorter version of this article appeared in the Spectator.

At the end of 2012 when he retires to Magdalene College, Cambridge Rowan Williams will have been Primate of All England for a decade. He did not need to retire until June 14, 2020. Various commentators after the announcement of his return to academe in a prestigious but largely honorary role described the post of Archbishop of Canterbury, primus inter pares of the Anglican Communion, as an “impossible job”. But, sadly, it is Rowan whose tenure of the job has made it seem so.

March 22, 2012

Statement by the AAC on the resignation of Dr. Rowan Williams

On March 16th, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, announced that he would be resigning at the end of the year. He has accepted a position at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Having visited there I can tell you that it’s a beautiful and ancient place and Rowan Williams’ brilliant academic gifts will serve that institution well.

March 17, 2012

Statement by the Archbishop of Cape Town on the resignation of Dr. Rowan Williams

Statement by The Most Rev Dr Thabo C Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town, on the news that Archbishop Rowan Williams will step down at the end of 2012 as the Archbishop of Canterbury and take up the position of Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

My heart is very full at the news that Dr Rowan Williams will stand down at the end of this year. We in the Anglican Communion, and indeed the wider world, have been inordinately privileged to have such an able theologian and deeply spiritual thinker, as Archbishop of Canterbury over the last decade.

Statement by The Most Rev Dr Thabo C Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town, on the news that Archbishop Rowan Williams will step down at the end of 2012 as the Archbishop of Canterbury and take up the position of Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

March 16, 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks about stepping down

The Archbishop spoke to the Press Association following the annoucement of his stepping down from the office of Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of December 2012 to take up the position of Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

A transcript of the interview follows.

The Archbishop spoke to the Press Association following the annoucement of his stepping down from the office of Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of December 2012 to take up the position of Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

A transcript of the interview follows.

PA

March 16, 2012

Primate of All Ireland's Statement on the Resignation of Rowan Williams

Statement by The Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland:

Archbishop Rowan Williams is held in high affection across the Anglican Communion and, on behalf of the Church of Ireland, I offer him prayerful good wishes as he decides to step down from the hugely demanding role as Archbishop of Canterbury to take up his new responsibilities – and enter a new phase of his life – as Master of Magdelene College, Cambridge at the end of this year.

Statement by The Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland: