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About Most Rev & Rt Hon Justin Welby, 105th Archbishop of Canterbury
106th Archbishop of Canterbury, March 2013 -
Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is the 105th and current Archbishop of Canterbury and senior bishop in the Church of England. Welby was formerly the vicar of Southam, Warwickshire, and most recently was the Bishop of Durham, serving for just over a year. As Archbishop of Canterbury he is Primate of All England and the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. DNA testing revealed him to be the biological son of Sir Anthony Arthur Duncan Montague Browne KCMG CBE DFC, private secretary to Winston Churchill.
Welby's early career was in the oil industry. In 1989, he studied for ordination at St John's College, Durham. After several parochial appointments he became the Dean of Liverpool in 2007 and the Bishop of Durham in 2011.
Welby's theology is reported as representing the evangelical tradition within Anglicanism.Some of his publications explore the relationship between finance and religion and, as a member of the House of Lords, he sits on the panel of the 2012 Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
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Most Rev & Rt Hon Justin Welby, 105th Archbishop of Canterbury's Timeline
| 1956 |
January 6, 1956
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London, England, United Kingdom
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| 1982 |
November 5, 1982
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Paris, France
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