The Lord Sentamu | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of York and Primate of England | |
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | York |
| In office | 2005–2020 |
| Predecessor | David Hope |
| Successor | Stephen Cottrell |
| Other post(s) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1979 |
| Consecration | 25 September 1996 by George Carey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu 10 June 1949 Kampala, Uganda |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Parents | John and Ruth Walakira[1] |
| Spouse |
Margaret Wanambwa (m. 1973) |
| Children | 2[2] |
| Occupation | Life peer |
| Profession | Cleric, lawyer |
| Alma mater | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Assumed life peerage 25 May 2021 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| In office 25 January 2006 – 7 June 2020 | |
John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, Baron Sentamu, PC (/ˈsɛntəmuː/;[3] Luganda pronunciation: [sːéːntámû]; born 10 June 1949) is a retired Anglican bishop and life peer. He was Archbishop of York and Primate of England from 2005 to 2020.
Born near Kampala in Uganda, Sentamu studied law at Makerere University before gaining employment as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Uganda. Speaking out against the regime of President Idi Amin, he was briefly imprisoned before fleeing in 1974 to the United Kingdom, where he devoted himself to Anglicanism, beginning his study of theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1976 and eventually gaining a doctorate in 1984. He studied for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1979. In 1996 he was consecrated as the area bishop of Stepney and in 2002 became Bishop of Birmingham. In 2005 he was appointed to the office of Archbishop of York.
He has also received attention for his vocal criticism of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.
Sentamu was omitted from the first list of new peerages following his resignation as archbishop,[4] but it was announced in December 2020 that Sentamu would be created a crossbench life peer in the second list of 2020 Political Honours.[5]
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- ^ Holmes, Tara (4 July 2011). "Breaking the mould". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "an archiepiscopal mnemonic". 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ Sherwood, Harriet (18 October 2020). "John Sentamu peerage snub criticised as 'institutional prejudice'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Political Peerages 2020". GOV.UK. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.