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Welsh tributes as Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, resigns

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Welsh tributes as Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, resigns


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Tributes are being paid in Wales to Dr Rowan Williams for his work as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Swansea-born Dr Williams has announced he is to stand down in December after 10 years in the post.

The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, said Dr Williams had worked tirelessly over the past decade to hold the Anglican Communion together.

"Perhaps his true worth will only really be appreciated by the church once he's gone," he said.

Born in 1950 in the Swansea Valley he was educated at Dynevor Secondary School before going on to Christ's College, Cambridge.

He will take the position of Master of Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge from January 2013, his website says.

He said stepping down had not been an easy decision and said it had been "an immense privilege" to serve as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury... Continued at BBC:

BBC Welsh Tributes as Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, resigns

WelshAmericanPride
03/16/12 09:09:34PM @welshamericanpride:

Earl T. Williams Jr and Swansea Jack, I was surprised to learn that he spoke Cymraeg and that he was from Swansea, the birthplace of my Grandmother, who also had the surname Williams. I hope it won't be another 500 years before another Welshman becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.

More from BBC Welsh tributes as Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, resigns

" When he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury he was the first Welsh bishop to hold that post since the English Reformation..."

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" When he was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral Dr Williams broke with Anglican tradition by having one of his own translations of a Welsh hymn sung at the service.

It had a distinctly Celtic flavour with Welsh hymns and harp playing while Dr Williams wore vestments incorporating a dragon design, made by Welsh craftsmen. "