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William Temple (15 October 1881 – 26 October 1944) was an English Anglican priest, who served as Bishop of Manchester (1921–1929), Archbishop of York (1929–1942) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–1944).
William Temple (born Oct. 15, 1881, Exeter, Devonshire, Eng.—died Oct. 26, 1944, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent) was the archbishop of Canterbury who was a leader in the ecumenical movement and in educational and labour reforms.
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Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942-44, William Temple was a leader in the ecumenical movement and in educational, labour and social reform. He lectured in philosophy at Queen’s College, Oxford (1904-10) and was ordained to the priesthood in 1909.
William Temple, 98th Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in 1881, the second son of Frederick Temple (born 1821, priest 1847, headmaster of Rugby 1857, Bishop of Exeter 1869, Bishop of London 1884, Archbishop of Canterbury 1897, died 1902).
Nov 6, 2017 · The Church of England this week remembers Archbishop William Temple, who died on 26 October 1944. Here is the obituary published in the Church Times on 3 November 1944.
May 21, 2018 · William Temple (1881-1944), archbishop of Canterbury, was an outstanding church and civic leader who by the time he died had achieved world status in the ecumenical movement as one who could speak with insight to statesmen as well as to religious leaders.
Oct 12, 2020 · William Temple (1881–1944) is universally acknowledged as the leading thinker and leader of the Christian world, outside the Roman Catholic Church, in roughly the second quarter of the twentieth century.
