(Alexander Kennedy) (1921-) English cleric, archbishop of Canterbury 1980–91, the first to be appointed on the suggestion of the Church Crown Appointments Commission (formed 1977) rather than by political consultation. He favored ecclesiastical remarriage for the divorced and the eventual introduction of the ordination of women.
Robert Alexander Kennedy, 2.10.1921, anglik. Theologe; 198091 Erzbischof von Canterbury.