Donald Coggan

For the American engineer, see Donald A. Coggan.

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Coggan PC
Archbishop of Canterbury

Installed	1974
Term ended	1980
Predecessor	Michael Ramsey
Successor	Robert Runcie
Personal details
Born	9 October 1909 Highgate, London, England
Died	17 May 2000 (aged 90) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Buried	Canterbury Cathedral
Spouse	Jean Braithwaite (1909-2005)
Children	2

Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan PC (9 October 1909–17 May 2000) was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980, during which time he visited Rome and met the Pontiff, in company with Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, future cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. Previously he was chairman of the joint committee responsible for the translation of the New English Bible.

Background

Coggan was born in Highgate, London, England. His father Cornish Arthur Coggan served as Mayor of St Pancras and was National President of the Federation of Meat Traders. He was unwell as a child and was taught by a neighbour for four years. He was then educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood in its former location at Charterhouse Square, City of London and was awarded an open exhibition, then a full scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge. He studied oriental languages from 1928 to 1931 and took a first in both parts of the tripos, achieving a rare and distinguished double first. Whilst there he also served as treasurer and vice-president of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union. He then had positions as an assistant lecturer in Semitic languages and Literature at the University of Manchester (1931–1934), professor of New Testament at Wycliffe College in Toronto (1937–1944) and principal of the London College of Divinity (1944–1956).

Life and work

Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York and his wife calling on P.M. David Ben Gurion and his wife during a visit in Israel, August 1961

Coggan served as curate of St Mary's Church, Islington from 1934 to 1937. He was ordained a priest in 1935, appointed Bishop of Bradford in 1956 and translated to Archbishop of York in 1961. After his retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury he was granted a life peerage and made Baron Coggan, of Canterbury and Sissinghurst in the County of Kent.

Coggan's tenure as archbishop was noted for his strong support for the ordination of women (which did not happen in the Church of England until 1994), having proposed it at the Lambeth Conference of the world's Anglican bishops in 1970. His comparatively brief tenure was marked by his boldness, orderliness and punctuality.

Among his other roles was being Honorary President of the United Bible Societies from 1957 to 1976. His knowledge of the scriptures meant he made an enormous contribution to the furthering of the organisation. He also founded the Lord Coggan Memorial Fund which helped to supply Russian children with copies of the Bible.

Known for his warm welcome, he is commonly credited with remarking that "The art of hospitality is to make guests feel at home when you wish they were."^[1]

Aside from his duties of his primacy, Coggan was a prolific writer – his works including Call to the Nation (1975). He was also a speaker and preacher, often accompanied by his wife, Jean Braithwaite with whom he had two daughters.^[2] He died in Winchester, Hampshire.^[3] He was cremated and his ashes buried in the cloister garden at Canterbury Cathedral. His wife's ashes were also buried there.

References

↑ Quoted in A Gentleman Publisher's Commonplace Book, John Murray, October 1996
↑ Daily Telegraph Obituary. retrieved 16 November 2012
↑ Deaths England and Wales 1984–2006

External links

Papers of Archbishop Coggan at Lambeth Palace Library

Church of England titles
Preceded by Alfred Blunt	Bishop of Bradford 1956–1961	Succeeded by Clement Parker
Preceded by Michael Ramsey	Archbishop of York (Primate of England) 1961–1974	Succeeded by Stuart Blanch
Preceded by Michael Ramsey	Archbishop of Canterbury 1974–1980	Succeeded by Robert Runcie

Archbishops of Canterbury

Pre-Conquest	Augustine Laurence Mellitus Justus Honorius Deusdedit Wighard Theodore of Tarsus Berhtwald Tatwine Nothhelm Cuthbert Bregowine Jænberht Æthelhard Wulfred Feologild Ceolnoth Æthelred Plegmund Athelm Wulfhelm Oda Ælfsige Byrhthelm Dunstan Æthelgar Sigeric the Serious Ælfric of Abingdon Ælfheah Lyfing Æthelnoth Eadsige Robert of Jumièges Stigand

Conquest–Reformation	Lanfranc Anselm Ralph d'Escures William de Corbeil Theobald of Bec Thomas Becket Roger de Bailleul Richard of Dover Baldwin of Forde Reginald Fitz Jocelin Hubert Walter Reginald John de Gray Stephen Langton Walter d'Eynsham Richard le Grant Ralph Neville John of Sittingbourne John Blund Edmund Rich Boniface William Chillenden Robert Kilwardby Robert Burnell John Peckham Robert Winchelsey Thomas Cobham Walter Reynolds Simon Mepeham John de Stratford John de Ufford Thomas Bradwardine Simon Islip William Edington Simon Langham William Whittlesey Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Thomas Arundel Roger Walden Thomas Arundel Henry Chichele John Stafford John Kemp Thomas Bourchier John Morton Thomas Langton Henry Deane William Warham Thomas Cranmer Reginald Pole

Post-Reformation	Matthew Parker Edmund Grindal John Whitgift Richard Bancroft George Abbot William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon William Sancroft John Tillotson Thomas Tenison William Wake John Potter Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Thomas Secker Frederick Cornwallis John Moore Charles Manners-Sutton William Howley John Sumner Charles Longley Archibald Tait Edward Benson Frederick Temple Randall Davidson Cosmo Lang William Temple Geoffrey Fisher Michael Ramsey Donald Coggan Robert Runcie George Carey Rowan Williams Justin Welby

Italics indicate a person who was elected but not confirmed.

Bishops and Archbishops of York

Pre-Reformation Bishops	Paulinus Chad Wilfrid Bosa John of Beverley Wilfrid II

Pre-Reformation Archbishops	Egbert Æthelbert Eanbald I Eanbald II Wulfsige Wigmund Wulfhere Æthelbald Hrotheweard Wulfstan I Oscytel Edwald Oswald Ealdwulf Wulfstan II Ælfric Puttoc Cynesige Ealdred Thomas of Bayeux Gerard Thomas II Thurstan William FitzHerbert Henry Murdac William FitzHerbert Roger de Pont L'Évêque Geoffrey Plantagenet Simon Langton Walter de Gray Sewal de Bovil Godfrey Ludham William Langton Bonaventure Walter Giffard William de Wickwane John le Romeyn Henry of Newark Thomas of Corbridge William Greenfield William Melton William Zouche John of Thoresby Alexander Neville Thomas Arundel Robert Waldby Richard le Scrope Thomas Langley Robert Hallam Henry Bowet Philip Morgan Richard Fleming John Kemp William Booth George Neville Lawrence Booth Thomas Rotherham Thomas Savage Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Wolsey

Post-Reformation Archbishops	Edward Lee Robert Holgate Nicholas Heath Thomas Young Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Piers Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew George Montaigne Samuel Harsnett Richard Neile John Williams Accepted Frewen Richard Sterne John Dolben Thomas Lamplugh John Sharp Sir William Dawes Bt Lancelot Blackburne Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton John Gilbert Robert Hay Drummond William Markham Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Thomas Musgrave Charles Longley William Thomson William Magee William Maclagan Cosmo Lang William Temple Cyril Garbett Michael Ramsey Donald Coggan Stuart Blanch John Habgood David Hope John Sentamu

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 97739135 LCCN: n82157884 ISNI: 0000 0001 2031 2931 GND: 124451403 SUDOC: 068988524

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