Rowan Williams was archbishop of Canterbury, head of the worldwide body of Anglicans known as the Anglican Communion.
 Anglican worship originates principally in the reforms of Thomas Cranmer, who aimed to create a set order of service like that of the pre-Reformation church but less complex in its seasonal variety and said in English rather than Latin
 He also hosts and chairs the Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting and is responsible for the invitations to it

