Word: archbishop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Historical Theology at Yale, has been appointed William Belden Noble Lecturer at Harvard for the 1942-43 academic year, the University announced yesterday. Dr. Calhoun will fill a position which such eminent men as Dr. John H. Cockburn, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, and William Temple, former Archbishop of York, now Archbishop of Canterbury, have held in past seasons...
Thus, with all the pageantry of medieval times, with the most elaborate pomp since George VI himself was crowned, back in the days of peace, England last week enthroned the 98th Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremonies, attended by some 4,000 people, including 45 bishops, many another notable, lasted nearly two hours and a half. Notable absentees: Winston Churchill and Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, the last Archbishop of Canterbury. Never-forgotten presence: the spirit of Dr. Temple's father, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1896 to 1902 and now lies buried 20 yards from the throne on which...
...Temple's pilgrimage to bomb-pocked Canterbury technically started from York, whose Archbishop he has been since 1928. But longtime Church Times Editor Sidney Dark (TIME, Oct. 27) said last week: "He goes to Canterbury not so much from York as from Malvern. He is entirely committed to the Malvern program [TIME, Jan. 20, 1941] and is too big a man to go back on it." William Temple is a determined man, with his mind made up to give the country a powerful democratic and leftist lead, in sharp contrast to the conservatism of his predecessors...
...Archbishop of Kaunas, Roman Catholic Primate of Lithuania, was severely wounded and a priest accompanying him killed by "accidental" Nazi gunfire when he went to Vilna to substitute for its Archbishop, whom the Nazis had jailed...
...fellow Americans Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York, onetime (1925-32) member of the Vatican Secretariate of State, explained the Holy See's viewpoint: acceptance of such a mission is entirely justified because 1) the Vatican remains neutral during world conflicts and hence must accept an ambassador from any country that chooses to send one, 2) diplomatic relations enable the Pope to keep in touch with Roman Catholics in every nation, 3) reception by the Vatican of a diplomat does not mean that it approves the actions of the country which sent the diplomat. Many nations have broken...