(William) Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, GCVO (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945), was an Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His rapid elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, is unprecedented in modern Church of England history.

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  • (William) Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, GCVO (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945), was an Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His rapid elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, is unprecedented in modern Church of England history. As Archbishop of Canterbury during the abdication crisis of 1936 he took a strong moral stance, and comments he made in a subsequent broadcast were widely condemned as uncharitable towards the departed king. The son of a Scots Presbyterian minister, Lang abandoned the prospect of a legal and political career to train for the Anglican priesthood. Beginning in 1890, his early ministry was served in slum parishes in Leeds and Portsmouth, except for brief service as an Oxford college chaplain. In 1901 he was appointed suffragan Bishop of Stepney in London, where he continued his work among the poor. He also served as a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London. In 1908 Lang was nominated Archbishop of York, despite his relatively junior status as a suffragan rather than a diocesan bishop. His religious stance was broadly Anglo-Catholic, tempered by the liberal Catholicism advocated in the Lux Mundi essays. He entered the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual and caused consternation in traditionalist circles by speaking and voting against the Lords' proposal to reject David Lloyd George's 1909 "People's Budget". This apparent radicalism was not, however, maintained in later years. At the start of World War I, Lang was heavily criticised for a speech in which he spoke sympathetically of the Kaiser. This troubled him greatly and may have contributed to the rapid ageing which affected his appearance during the war years. After the war he began to promote church unity, and at the 1920 Lambeth Conference was responsible for the Church's Appeal to All Christian People. As Archbishop of York he supported controversial proposals for the revision of the Book of Common Prayer, but after acceding to Canterbury he took no practical steps to resolve this issue. Lang became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1928. He presided over the 1930 Lambeth Conference, which gave limited church approval to the use of contraception. After denouncing the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 and strongly condemning European antisemitism, Lang later supported the appeasement policies of the British government. On retirement in 1942 he was created Baron Lang of Lambeth and continued to attend and speak in House of Lords debates until his death in 1945. Lang himself believed that he had not lived up to his own high standards. However, others have praised his qualities of industry, his efficiency and his commitment to his calling.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang war ein anglikanischer Geistlicher und nacheinander Erzbischof von York und Erzbischof von Canterbury.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang, Lambethin 1. paroni Lang oli brittiläinen anglikaanisen kirkon pappi. Hän luki ensin lakia, mutta vaihtoi urasuunnitelmiaan ja sai vihkimyksensä vuonna 1891. Hän toimi Stepneyn piispana, Yorkin arkkipiispana ja lopulta Canterburyn arkkipiispana.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang, premier baron Lang de Lambeth, est un ecclésiastique britannique d'origine écossaise. Il a successivement occupé les postes d'archevêque d'York et d'archevêque de Cantorbéry.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1. ° Barão Lang de Lambeth foi o Arcebispo de York e o Arcebispo da Cantuária.
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  • Chapel of St Stephen Martyr, Canterbury Cathedral
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  • Cosmo Lang as Archbishop of Canterbury, c. 1932
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  • 1 May 1923
  • 11 June 1907
  • 26 April 1901
  • 3 April 1942
  • 6 June 1899
  • 7 September 1897
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  • (William) Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, GCVO (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945), was an Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His rapid elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, is unprecedented in modern Church of England history.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang war ein anglikanischer Geistlicher und nacheinander Erzbischof von York und Erzbischof von Canterbury.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang, Lambethin 1. paroni Lang oli brittiläinen anglikaanisen kirkon pappi. Hän luki ensin lakia, mutta vaihtoi urasuunnitelmiaan ja sai vihkimyksensä vuonna 1891. Hän toimi Stepneyn piispana, Yorkin arkkipiispana ja lopulta Canterburyn arkkipiispana.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang, premier baron Lang de Lambeth, est un ecclésiastique britannique d'origine écossaise. Il a successivement occupé les postes d'archevêque d'York et d'archevêque de Cantorbéry.
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1. ° Barão Lang de Lambeth foi o Arcebispo de York e o Arcebispo da Cantuária.
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