John Bird Sumner

John Bird Sumner
Author: Nigel Scotland
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780852442463

Archbishop Sumner was a gifted academic as well as an outstanding pastor and administrator. During his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, his mild and statesmanlike policies guided the Church of England through a turbulent period, including the restoration of the Roman Catholic episcopal hierarchy in England, as well as the rapid expansion of the Anglican Communion throughout the world.