Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justin Welby, who was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on 21 March 2013. Welby is the 105th in a line which goes back more than 1400 years to Augustine of Canterbury, the "Apostle to the English", sent from Rome in the year 597. Welby succeeded Rowan Williams. From the time of Augustine until the 16th century, the Archbishops of Canterbury were
Canterbury College (Windsor, Ontario) opened by Geoffrey Francis Fisher, 99th Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lady Fisher. Assumption University conferred an honorary degree on Archbishop Fisher, the first such honour awarded to an Archbishop of Canterbury by a Roman Catholic institution in four hundred years. In November 1982, Canterbury College celebrated its 20th anniversary by unveiling the Armorial Bearings of Canterbury College. Theodore David Butler Ragg, Bishop of Huron, petitioned the Earl Marshall, the Duke of Norfolk, for a grant of armorial bearings; they were granted by the College of Heralds in the spring of 1977. The motto for Canterbury College is: "Let Reasonableness Flourish".