Archbishops of Canterbury

[Darkie100]

Can anyone tell me how many, if any, previous Bishops of Durham have become Archbishop of Canterbury?

[Mosaic]

They have people whose job is to help you:
http://www.archbishop...rg/pages/contact.html

[Flyhalf]

Apparently not.
http://en.wikipedia.o...bishops_of_Canterbury

[dotty.]

Michael Ramsay was the Bishop of Durham before he was the Archbishop of York who then became the Archbishop of Canterbury

[plautus]

The list posted only shows that last post before translation to Canterbury. The last one before Welby was Michael Ramsay (who as Bishop of Durham can be seen in films of the coronation together with the Bishop of Bath and Wells, it being their duty to escort the sovereign). He later became Archbishop of York before moving to Canterbury in 1961.

[dotty.]

isn't that what i siad? or am i wearing my invisibility cloak again

[plautus]

While I was typing you were waving your magic wand!

[dotty.]

lol how did you see that?

[plautus]

Your invisibility cloak slipped.

[boxtops]

Michael Ramsay (1946-1956) became Archbishop of Canterbury, after being Bishop of Durham, but he was Archbishop of York (1956-1961), as was Charles Longley (1860-1862), so IMO, the next incumbent will be the first Bishop of Durham to translate directly from Durham to Canterbury, according to historical list.

[askyourgran]

Either that or there's an echo in here.

[boxtops]

who said that?

[plautus]

Nothing can equal the meteoric rise of Cosmo Gordon Lang, who, after a few years as the suffragan bishop of Stepney was translated to York before moving to Canterbury. As such he figured largely in the Abdication crisis and was heavily criticised for his apparent hostility towards Edward VIII.

[woofgang]

plautus, I have often wondered who Cosmo Lang upset...he really got dumped in a midden there.

[dotty.]

I don't think a Bishop can do that, they have to be an Archbishop don't they?

[tearinghair]

Wasn't Thomas à Becket something to do with money and the Treasury before he became Archbishop? I hope that's not a bad omen...

[plautus]

After a radio broadcast in which he criticised the ex-King a satirist published the following verse ( there are different versions), with a very clever play on his official title:

My Lord Archbishop, what a scold you are!
And when your man is down, how bold you are!
Of charity how oddly scant you are!
How Lang O Lord, how full of Cantuar!

[plautus]

At least 4 archbishops of Canterbury have met a grisly end:

Thomas Becket (murdered in Canterbury cathedral in 1170)
Simon Sudbury (beheaded by the mob during the Peasants' Revolt 1381)
Thomas Cranmer (burned as a heretic and traitor by Mary Tudor 1556)
William Laud (beheaded by parliament during the English Civil War 1645)

[jno]

Becket wasn't the first martyred Archbishop of Canterbury by a long way

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Alphege

[Darkie100]

Thank you Mosaic, straight to the point and very helpful.