Thomas Cranmer

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 to 1555

Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was an English theologian who was a leader of the English Reformation and served as Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He is honoured as a martyr in the Church of England. Cranmer was ordained a Catholic priest and served on the theology faculty at Cambridge University. At the behest of Cardinal Wolsey, he later served Henry VIII as a diplomat in Europe.

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