Michael Ramsey
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The Most Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Ramsey of Canterbury PC |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
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| Province | Province of Canterbury |
| Diocese | Diocese of Canterbury |
| Installed | 1961 |
| Term ended | 1974 |
| Predecessor | Geoffrey Fisher |
| Successor | Donald Coggan |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Durham (1952–1956) Archbishop of York (1956–1961) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 September 1928 (deacon) 1929 (priest) |
| Consecration | 29 September 1952 (bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Arthur Michael Ramsey, |
| Born |
14 November 1904 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Died | 23 April 1988 (aged 83) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Buried | Canterbury |
| Spouse | Joan Hamilton |
| Children | None |
Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury, PC (14 November 1904 – 23 April 1988) was an English Anglican bishop and life peer. He served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. He was appointed on 31 May 1961 and held the office until 1974, having previously been the Bishop of Durham and the Archbishop of York. He was known as a theologian, educator, and advocate of Christian unity.
This outline is taken from Glory Descending: Michael Ramsey and His Writings.
1904 born in Cambridge on 14 November
1927 First-class degree in Theology at Cambridge; ordinand at Cuddesdon, Oxford
1928 Ordained as curate of St Nicholas, Liverpool
1930 Sub-Warden at Lincoln theological college
1936 Published The Gospel and the Catholic Church
1937 Senior curate at Boston, Lincolnshire
1939 Vicar of St Benet’s, Cambridge
1940 Canon professor of theology at Durham
1942 Married to Joan Hamilton (Lady Ramsey)
1950 Regius professor of Divinity at Cambridge
1952 Bishop of Durham
1956 Archbishop of York
1961 Archbishop of Canterbury
1966 Meeting with Pope Paul VI in Rome
1974 Retired to Cuddesdon
1977 Moved to Durham
1986 Moved to Bishopthorpe, York
1987 Moved to St Johns Home, Oxford
1988 Died on 23 April: buried at Canterbury Cathedral on 3 May
Ramsey was born in Cambridge, England in 1904. His parents were Arthur Stanley Ramsey (1867–1954) and Mary Agnes Ramsey née Wilson (1875–1927); his father was a Congregationalist and mathematician and his mother was a socialist and suffragette. He was educated at Sandroyd School, Repton School whose headmaster was the future Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Francis Fisher, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where his father was President of the college. At university he was President of the Cambridge Union Society and his support for the Liberal Party won him praise from H. H. Asquith.
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