Matthew Parker


Matthew Parker
Archbishop of Canterbury
portrait of Matthew Parker
ChurchChurch of England
Installed19 December 1559
Term ended17 May 1575
PredecessorReginald Pole
SuccessorEdmund Grindal
Orders
Ordination15 June 1527
Consecration17 December 1559
by William Barlow
Personal details
Born6 August 1504
Died17 May 1575 (aged 70)
Lambeth
BuriedLambeth Chapel
SignatureMatthew Parker's signature
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Date15 June 1527
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorWilliam Barlow
Co-consecratorsJohn Hodgkins
John Scory
Myles Coverdale
Date17 December 1559
PlaceLambeth Palace Chapel
Source(s):[1]

Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 to his death. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder (with a previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer and the theologian Richard Hooker) of a distinctive tradition of Anglican theological thought.

Parker was one of the primary architects of the Thirty-nine Articles, the defining statements of Anglican doctrine. The Parker collection of early English manuscripts, including the book of St Augustine Gospels and "Version A" of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, was created as part of his efforts to demonstrate that the English Church was historically independent of Rome and was one of the world's most important collections of ancient manuscripts. Along with the pioneering scholar Lawrence Nowell, Parker's work concerning Old English literature laid the foundation for Anglo-Saxon studies.

  1. ^ Hart 1862, p. 22.

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