Religion: 99th Archbishop

Refreshed by a couple of hours at the cinema, the barrel-chested, slightly bandylegged churchman rode home on a jam-packed London underground train. As he left the underground, he linked arms with his wife and strode rapidly toward the red-&-black Tudor buildings of Fulham Palace, his residence as Lord Bishop of London.

That night, a gilt-edged statement was issued from Buckingham Palace: "The King has been pleased to nominate the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Geoffrey Francis Fisher, D.D., Lord Bishop of London, for election by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury in place of...

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