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Rowan Williams
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rowan Douglas Williams, Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, Lord Williams of Oystermouth
Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012)
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Rowan Williams is a male American composer born on June 14, 1950. His musical work is associated with genres including cinematic classical and American composer. He has been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
As an author, Williams has produced 136 works. Notable titles include *Theology and philosophy*, *Troubled people, troubled world*, *The Book of Taliesin*, *Science and Religion*, and *Body's Grace*. His bibliography also includes five works indexed by Crossref.
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Key facts
- Church
- Church of England
- Province
- Canterbury
- Diocese
- Canterbury
- Elected
- 2 December 2002
- Installed
- 27 February 2003
- Term ended
- 31 December 2012 (retired)
- Predecessor
- George Carey
- Successor
- Justin Welby
- Other posts
- Archbishop of Wales (2000–2002) , Bishop of Monmouth (1992–2002)
- Ordination
- 2 October 1977 (deacon) , by Eric Wall , 2 July 1978 (priest) , by Peter Walker
- Consecration
- 1 May 1992, by Alwyn Rice Jones
- Born
- Rowan Douglas Williams , ( 1950-06-14 ) 14 June 1950 (age 75) , Swansea , Glamorgan , Wales
- Denomination
- Anglicanism
- Parents
- Aneurin Williams Delphine née Morris
- Spouse
- Jane Paul ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 4 July 1981</span>"}]]}'>1981 )
- Profession
- Bishop, theologian
- Alma mater
- Christ's College, Cambridge Wadham College, Oxford
- Motto
- Cultus Dei Sapientia Hominis "(The worship of God is the wisdom of man")
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Swansea
- Occupation
- archbishop
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Noble title
- baron
- Image
- Rowan Williams -001b.jpg
- Motto
- Cultus Dei Sapientia Hominis
- Significant event
- consecration
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- Commons category
- Rowan Williams
- date of birth
- 1950-06-14
- member of
- Learned Society of Wales
- P10632
- Rowan Williams
- birth name
- Rowan Douglas Williams
- diocese
- Diocese of Canterbury
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Mollau
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Encyclopedic overview
Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950), is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. Previously the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales, Williams was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in modern times not to be appointed from within the Church of England.
Williams's primacy was marked by speculation that the Anglican Communion (in which the Archbishop of Canterbury is the leading figure) was fragmenting over disagreements on contemporary issues such as homosexuality and the ordination of women. Williams worked to keep all sides in dialogue. Notable events during his time as Archbishop of Canterbury include the rejection by a majority of dioceses of his proposed Anglican Covenant and, in the final general synod of his tenure, his unsuccessful attempt to secure a sufficient majority for a measure to allow the appointment of women as bishops in the Church of England.
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