Coggan, (Frederick) Donald (1909-2000)

English prelate, archbishop of Canterbury 1974-80, and archbishop of York 1961-74. In 1975 he issued a ‘call to the nation’ for moral and spiritual renewal. His theological works include On Preaching (1978), Mission to the World (1982), God of Hope (1991), Voice from the Cross (1993), and The Servant Son (1995). In 1980 he was made a life peer.

Coggan was born in London, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. After working as a lecturer in Semitic languages at Manchester 1931-34, he went to Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, to be ordained, and in 1937 was appointed professor of New Testament at Wycliffe College, Toronto 1937-44. He was principal of London College of Divinity 1944-56, and served as bishop of Bradford 1956-61.