enthroned ended predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place buried birth_date image article_title name archbishop_of
19 december 1559 17 may 1575 reginald pole edmund grindal 17 may 1575 -lrb- aged 70 -rrb- norwich lambeth lambeth chapel 6 august 1504 archbishop matthew parker.jpg matthew parker
 matthew parker archbishop of canterbury
matthew parker

matthew parker -lrb- 6 august 1504 -- 17 may 1575 -rrb- was archbishop of canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575 .
he was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder -lrb- with thomas cranmer and richard hooker -rrb- of a distinctive tradition of anglican theological thought .
parker was one of the primary architects of the `` thirty-nine articles , '' the defining statements of anglican doctrine .
the parker collection of early english manuscripts , including the book of `` st. augustine gospels '' and version a of the `` anglo-saxon chronicle '' , was created as part of his efforts to demonstrate that the english church was historically independent from rome , creating one of the world 's most important collections of ancient manuscripts .
