The Rt Revd & Rt Hon The Lord Rowan Williams of Oystermouth FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 1990
- Subjects
- Religion
- Sections
- Theology and Religious Studies
Summary
Rowan Williams is the Master of Magdalen College, University of Cambridge. He served as the Archbishop of Wales from 2000 to 2002 and as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. He was made a life peer in 2013 and is now Lord Williams of Oystermouth.
Current post
Past appointments
Magdalene College University of Cambridge Master
2013 -
Archbishop of Canterbury
2002 - 2012
Archbishop of Wales
2000 - 2002
Bishop of Monmouth
1992 - 2000
University of Oxford Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity
1986 - 1992
Clare College, University of Cambridge Fellow and Dean
1984 - 1986
University of Cambridge University Lecturer in Theology
1980 - 1986
Publications
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