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Justin Welby
Sign in to saveAlso known as Justin Portal Welby, Rt. Rev. Justin Portal Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013 to 2025
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It sits within the topics 1956 births, 20th-century Anglican deacons and 20th-century evangelicals.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Church
- Church of England
- Province
- Canterbury
- Diocese
- Canterbury
- Elected
- 4 February 2013
- Installed
- 21 March 2013
- Term ended
- 6 January 2025
- Predecessor
- Rowan Williams
- Successor
- Sarah Mullally
- Previous posts
- Bishop of Durham (2011–2013) Dean of Liverpool (2007–2011)
- Ordination
- 28 June 1992 (Deacon), 27 June 1993 (Priest), by Simon Barrington-Ward
- Consecration
- 28 October 2011, by John Sentamu
- Born
- Justin Portal Welby , ( 1956-01-06 ) 6 January 1956 (age 70) , Hammersmith, London , England
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Residence
- Lambeth Palace , London Old Palace
- Parents
- Anthony Montague Browne (biological father) Jane Portal (mother)
- Spouse
- Caroline Eaton
- Education
- Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge ( MA ) St John's College, Durham ( BA , DipMin )
- Ordained by
- Simon Barrington-Ward
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Justin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- archbishop
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- British English
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- Official portrait of The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury crop 2.jpg
- Residence
- Lambeth Palace
- Significant event
- consecration
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- date of birth
- 1956-01-06
- Commons category
- Justin Welby
- member of
- Travellers Club
- diocese
- Diocese of Canterbury
- writing language
- British English
- affiliation string
- Lambeth Palace
- P10632
- Justin Welby
- name in native language
- Justin Portal Welby
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Encyclopedic overview
On the BBC radio programme Today Recorded 26 July 2013
Justin Portal Welby GCVO (born 6 January 1956) is a retired Anglican bishop who served as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 2013 to 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Justin Welby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.