page_title: Archbishop of Canterbury
section_title: Residences
hierarchical_section_title: Archbishop of Canterbury / Residences
context_page_description: The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justin Welby, who was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on 21 March 2013. Welby is the 105th in a line which goes back more than 1400 years to Augustine of Canterbury, the "Apostle to the English", sent from Rome in the year 597. Welby succeeded Rowan Williams.
  From the time of Augustine until the 16th century, the archbishops of Canterbury were in full communion with the See of Rome and usually received the pallium from the pope. During the English Reformation, the Church of England broke away from the authority of the pope. Thomas Cranmer became the first holder of the office following the English Reformation in 1533, while Reginald Pole was the last Roman Catholic in the position, serving from 1556 to 1558 during the Counter-Reformation. In the Middle Ages there was considerable variation in the methods of nomination of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops.
context_section_description: The Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence in London is Lambeth Palace.
  He also has a residence, named The Old Palace, next to Canterbury Cathedral on the site of the medieval Archbishop's Palace.
  The archbishops had palaces on the periphery of London and on the route between London and Canterbury.
  Former palaces of the archbishops include
  Croydon Palace: the summer residence of the Archbishops from the 15th to the 18th centuries.
  Addington Palace: purchased as a replacement for Croydon Palace in 1807; sold in 1897.
  Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone: constructed in the 1390s, the palace was seized by the Crown at the time of the Reformation.
  Otford Palace: a medieval palace, rebuilt by Archbishop Warham c. 1515 and forfeited to the Crown by Thomas Cranmer in 1537.
  Archbishop's Palace, Charing: a palace existed from at least the 13th century; seized by the Crown after the Dissolution.
  Knole House: built by Archbishop Bourchier in the second half of the 15th century, it was forfeited to the Crown by Archbishop Cranmer in 1538.
caption: The Archbishop of Canterbury's official London residence is Lambeth Palace, photographed looking east across the River Thames
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