Justin Welby
Justin Portal Welby GCVO (born 6 January 1956) is a British Anglican bishop who, since 2013, has been the 105th archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. Welby was previously the vicar of Southam in Warwickshire, and later served as Dean of Liverpool and Bishop of Durham. As Archbishop of Canterbury he is the Primate of All England and the symbolic head primus inter pares of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby GCVO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Church | Church of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Province | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diocese | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elected | 4 February 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | 21 March 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Rowan Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Durham (2011–2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Justin Portal Welby 6 January 1956 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Church of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parents | Anthony Montague Browne Jane Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Caroline Eaton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Eton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Assumed office 26 February 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Welby was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read history and law. Later in life, he studied for ordination at St John's College, Durham. After several parochial appointments, he became Dean of Liverpool in 2007 and Bishop of Durham in 2011, serving in the latter role for just over a year.
Welby's theology is seen as representing the "open evangelical" tradition within Anglicanism. He worked in business before his ordination, and some of his publications explore the relationship between finance and religion; as a member of the House of Lords, he sat on the panel of the 2012 Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards.