Archbishop as Patron
An important part of the Archbishop's public engagement is through his relationship as patron or president to over 300 organisations.
In addition to national charities and institutions, he is involved in a wide range of interests and good causes within the Church of England, the worldwide Anglican Communion and in secular and civic life.
In this way the Archbishop is able to support public and voluntary service and to affirm the work and achievements of these organisations. A substantial proportion reflects the Archbishop's particular interest in environmental issues, in education, medical and spiritual healing, homelessness, music, poetry and the links between art and religion.
An active link is maintained between the Archbishop's office and his patronage organisations. During the course of a year, the Archbishop will undertake a number of engagements directly related to this area of his work and this includes extending hospitality at Lambeth Palace, so that he has an opportunity to meet the people directly involved.
The Armed Forces
The Archbishop of Canterbury has a special link with the Armed Forces of the Crown as a result of his role as Ordinary to the Anglican Chaplains serving in the Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.
"Ordinary" is an ecclesiastical term entitling the holder to exercise jurisdiction in his own right, but the Archbishop's role is much wider, encompassing an overall responsibility for the pastoral and spiritual welfare of the chaplains as well as the power to grant licences to officiate within the three Services.
Day to day responsibility for this is carried out by the Bishop to the Forces (currently the Rt Reverend Stephen Venner) and a regular link is maintained between the Archbishop's office and the Chaplain of the Fleet, the Chaplain-General and the Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force.
The Archbishop endeavours to undertake at least two engagements a year connected with Her Majesty's Forces and military chaplains. These have included a conference for serving chaplains which he hosted at Lambeth Palace and visits to an RAF station in Oxfordshire and to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, Surrey.
Patronages of the Archbishop of Canterbury
The current list includes Honorary Degrees and other Awards pre - 2002
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Organisation |
Archbishop's role |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Vice-President |
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President (Ex-Officio) |
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Sponsor |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Visitor (Ex-Officio) |
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Trustee (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Vice-Patron |
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Honorary Member |
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Patron |
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Anglican Centre in Rome, Friends of |
President |
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Spiritual Adviser |
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Co-Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Nominates governors |
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Member, Advisory Board |
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Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads (AASSH) |
Patron |
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President |
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Vice-Patron (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Vice-President |
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Visitor (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Board of Trade |
Member (Ex-Officio) |
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Bocking St Mary Church Restoration Appeal |
President |
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Vice Patron |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Fellow |
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Patron |
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British Trust for Tantur (Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies in Jerusalem) |
President (Ex-Officio) |
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Trustee (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Hon DD |
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Cancer Research Campaign - Kent & East Sussex local branch |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Joint President |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Honorary Member |
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Patron |
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Canterbury Umbrella (Community Support Centre) |
Patron |
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Friend |
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Vice-President |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Central Board of Finance (CofE) |
Joint President (Ex-Officio) |
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Centre for Anglican Communion Studies (CEFACS) |
Patron |
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Centre for Anglican Studies, Canterbury |
Principal Patron |
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Special interest |
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Centre for Health and Pastoral Care (Holy Rood House, Thirsk, North Yorkshire) |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations |
Patron |
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President |
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Governor (Ex-Officio) |
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Governor |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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Honorary Fellow |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Founder Patron |
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President |
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Church Action on Disability |
Patron |
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Vice President |
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Chairman (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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Church Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses Benevolent Institution |
Vice Patron |
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Patron |
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President (Ex-Officio) |
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Co-President |
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Hon. Fellow |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Community of the Presentation Trust |
Nominates Trustee (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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President |
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Council of Church Colleges and Universities |
Patron |
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Visitor (Ex-Officio) |
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Cranleigh and Bramley Schools |
Council Member (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Trustee |
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Medallist |
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Patron |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Visitor (Ex-Officio) |
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Nominates Representatives |
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Patron |
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Patron (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron (Ex-Officio) |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Special Interest |
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President |
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Patron |
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President |
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| The Feast | Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Fresh Expressions |
Special Interest |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Vice-President |
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Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum (Israeli-Palestinian Families supporting Peace, Reconciliation and Tolerance) |
Patron |
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Friends of the Clergy Corporation |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Co-President (Ex-Officio) |
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GFS Platform (Girls' Friendly Society) |
Joint President (Ex-Officio) |
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Girl Guides Association Religious Advisory Council |
Nominates Representative (Ex-Officio) |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Honorary Vice-President |
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Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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Guild of St Raphael (The) |
Joint President (Ex-Officio) |
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Joint President (Ex-Officio) |
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Visitor (Ex-Officio) |
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Visitor (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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Help the Homeless |
President |
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Appoints Trustee |
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Joint President (Ex-Officio) |
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Member, Board of Reference |
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Patron |
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Hospital of the Blessed Trinity, Guildford (Abbot's Hospital) |
Visitor (Ex-Officio) |
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Hospital of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Croydon |
Patron (Ex-Officio) |
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Housing the Homeless |
Patron |
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Howard de Walden Club Charity |
Nominates Trustee (Ex-Officio) |
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Honorary President |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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In The Choir |
Patron |
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Incorporated Church Building Society (now National Churches Trust) |
President (Ex-Officio) |
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Patron |
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President |
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Inner Temple, Honourable Society of the |
Honorary Master of the Bench |
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Patron |
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Institut d'études anglicanes francophones à Québec (IEAFQ) |
Patron |
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Inter-Church Travel Advisory Committee |
Appoints Representative (Ex-Officio) |
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Vice-Patron |
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Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge) |
Member of Honorary and Ecumenical Committee (2006) |
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Honorary Patron |
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The Order of Jacob's Well |
Patron |
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Patron (Ex-officio) |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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John Townsend Trust (formerly the Royal School for Deaf Children Margate) |
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Patron |
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Visitor |
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Patron |
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President |
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Annual Honorary Member |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Visitor |
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King's College, Halifax (Canada) |
Patron |
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Visitor and Presentation Fellow |
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Visitor (ex-officio) |
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Lambeth and Southwark Housing Society |
President |
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Chairman |
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| Langley House Trust | Patron |
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Supporter |
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Learned Society of Wales |
Founding Fellow |
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L'Eglise Protestante Francaise de Canterbury |
Trustee |
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Vice President |
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Patron |
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Elected Fellow |
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Vice-President |
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| London Pathway | Patron |
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Patron |
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Friend |
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Vice Patron |
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Magdalen Hospital Trust |
Appoints Trustee |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Visitor |
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Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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Visitor |
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Ecclesiastical Commander |
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MIND (National Association for Mental Health) |
Vice-President |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Murray Cox Foundation |
Patron |
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NAME (Network for Anglican Mission and Evangelism) |
Patron |
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Hon. DD |
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Joint President |
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Joint President |
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President |
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National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) |
Patron (Ex officio) |
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NSPCC: East Kent & Canterbury Branch |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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New Assembly of Churches |
Patron |
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Ecclesiastical President |
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President |
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Nikaean Ecumenical Trust |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Hon. DD |
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Confrere |
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Patron |
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Ouseley Trust (musical and choral education) |
Appoints Trustee |
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President |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Paul Moore Clinic, East Timor |
International Advisory Board Member |
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Pax Christi (International Catholic peace movement) |
Vice-President |
| The Peckham Settlement | Patron |
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Philip Usher Memorial Fund |
Chairman of the Trustees |
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Patron |
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Pilgrims, The |
Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Sponsor |
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Patron |
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Pro-Life Day |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Vice-Patron |
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Pusey House Appeal |
Patron |
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Appoints 2 Foundation Governors |
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Ralph Snow's Charity |
Appoints Trustees |
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Religious Drama Society (RADIUS) |
Patron |
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Richmond Fellowship (charity for disabled) |
Vice Patron |
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President |
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Visitor |
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Right Hand Trust (enabling students to spend gap year in Africa) |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Rock of Ages Campaign (Gibraltar Cathedral Appeal) |
Patron |
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Hon DD |
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Patron |
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President |
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Vice-President |
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Vice Patron |
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Vice-President |
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President |
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Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) |
Vice Patron |
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Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association (aka Independent Age) |
Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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Member |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Member of Council |
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Seafarers UK (formerly King George's Fund for Sailors) |
Vice-President |
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Visitor |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron of the Walsingham Appeal 2006 |
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President |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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President |
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Sri Lanka Link (Goudhurst Parish, Kent) |
Patron |
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St Alphege Church, Seasalter (Whitstable, Kent) - Building Project |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Nominates trustee |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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President: appoints 1 Governor |
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St Ethelburgha's Centre for the Preventing & Transforming of Conflict |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Visitor |
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St John's and St Nicholas' Hospitals, Canterbury |
Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Ecclesiastical President |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Governor |
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Joint Patron |
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President |
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Patron |
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President |
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Vice-President |
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Patron |
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Tomorrow Project (faith trends & work in 21st Century) |
Patron |
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Try Angle Awards (recognition of young people who are not high flyers) |
Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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Patron |
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President |
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Hon. Fellow |
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Hon. DD |
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Hon. DTheol |
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Hon. DD |
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Visitor, Hon. DD |
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University of Kent at Canterbury - Darwin College |
Honorary Senior Member |
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Hon. DD |
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Hon. Fellow |
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Hon. DD |
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Patron |
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Victory Outreach UK |
Patron |
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Honorary Fellow |
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Patron |
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Honorary Liveryman |
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President |
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Governor |
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Hon Liveryman |
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Vice-President |
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Visitor |
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Visitor, Appoints 6 Governors |
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President |
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Hon. Member |
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Patron/Visitor |
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Visitor |
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Patron |