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Nomination as Archbishop of Canterbury

When
1848
Where
Official residence and office
Part of
John Bird Sumner nominated Archbishop of Canterbury

In 1848 John Bird Sumner was nominated Archbishop of Canterbury, a role whose documents were signed as 'J B Cantuar' with an annual income of £15,000.

The nomination occurred in 1848, marking Sumner's transition toward the see of Canterbury. The archbishop's office signs documents under the title 'J B Cantuar' and carried an annual income of £15,000, equivalent to £1.54 million in 2025. The supplied passages state only the year; they give no day and no site for the nomination act. Lambeth Palace is the archbishop's official London residence and office, not a stated nomination venue. The role encompasses the metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury.

Sources

  1. John Bird Sumner Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
  2. Archbishop of Canterbury Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-30

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.