Donald, Baron Coggan

archbishop of Canterbury
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Also known as: Donald Frederick, Baron Coggan
Quick Facts
In full:
Baron Donald Frederick Coggan
Born:
October 9, 1909, London, England
Died:
May 17, 2000, near Winchester, Hampshire (aged 90)

Donald, Baron Coggan (born October 9, 1909, London, England—died May 17, 2000, near Winchester, Hampshire) was an Anglican archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980, theologian, educator, and the first Evangelical Anglican to become spiritual leader of the church in more than a century. Educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, London, and St. John’s College, Cambridge (B.A. 1931), and ordained priest in 1935, Coggan taught Semitic languages at the University of Manchester (1931–34) and at Wycliffe College, Toronto, Ontario (1937–44), and was principal of the London College of Divinity (1944–56). He was consecrated bishop of Bradford in 1956, elevated to archbishop ...(100 of 234 words)