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The Most Reverend Justin Welby has been Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Anglican Communion since 2013. Born in London in 1956, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied history and law. For 11 years—five in Paris and six in London—he worked in the oil industry; his booklet, Can Companies Sin?, drew on this corporate experience and evolved from his dissertation at theological college. He has been Bishop of Durham, Dean of Liverpool Cathedral, and Canon of Coventry Cathedral, whose international reconciliation work he led for five years. He has long blended deep devotion to his parish communities with Church work around the world, especially in areas of conflict. Archbishop Justin has set three priorities for his ministry: a renewal of prayer and religious communities across the Church; supporting churches and Christians to be agents of reconciliation and peace-making in places of conflict; and encouraging and inspiring Christians to share their faith. (Photo Credit: Lambeth Palace-Picture Partnership)