Category:Archbishops of Canterbury

These people held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury in OTL or in one of the works of Harry Turtledove, or both.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is senior bishop and de facto leader of the Church of England. While the reigning monarch is the legal head of the church, and is responsible for appointing the archbishop, the monarch serves primarily as a figurehead, with most of the direct leadership powers resting with the archbishop. The archbishop also acts as a symbolic leader of the global Anglican communion.

From the founding of the office by Augustine of Canterbury (not to be confused with St. Augustine of Hippo) in the 6th century through the 16th Century, the archbishops were in communion with the Holy See of Rome. After the English Reformation, England broke with Rome during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. While that connection was re-established during the reign of Mary I, the reign of Elizabeth I saw the Archbishop of Canterbury's connection to the Catholic Church permanently severed.