William Temple was an English Anglican priest who served as Bishop of Manchester, Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury.
W Temple
Portrait by Philip de László, 1942
Temple conducts a service at Scapa Flow, September 1942
William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, was a Scottish Anglican clergyman who served as Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury. His elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 ye
William Temple (bishop)
…Church Church of England Appointed 1 April 1942 (nominated) Installed 17 April 1942 (confirmed) Term ended 26 October 1944 (his death) Predecessor Cosmo Lang Successor Geoffrey Fisher Previous posts Archbishop of York (1929–1942) Bishop of Manchester (1921–1929) Orders Ordination 1909 (deacon), 1910 (priest…
The Barony Church, Glasgow, to which Lang's father was appointed minister in 1873
Balliol College, Oxford, where Lang was an undergraduate between 1882 and 1886
The Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon, scene of Lang's call to ordination in 1889