Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop

Geoffrey F. Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury. b. May 5, 1887 at Higham Rectory, Numeaton, England.He was a student at Marlborough Coll. from 1901-06 and received a B.A. from Exeter Coll., Oxford, in 1910 and an M.A. in 1913.He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 1912, priested in 1913, and consecrated bishop in 1932, as bishop of Chester; bishop of London in 1939, and archbishop of Canterbury since 1945.He is known for his tolerance and unconventionality.When enthroned in 1945 as archbishop, he became one of the youngest primates of England in modern times.He has been privy councilor since 1939.Initiated in Old Reptonian Lodge No. 3725 in 1916, he later became a member of Tyrian Lodge No.