Religion and belief

Born 1957

OSB

Born Emsworth, Hants 15 March 1952; s of Robert Gilbert and Philippa Gilbert (née Fordyce Jones)

s of late Lt Col Emlyn Abraham-Williams, TD, DL, and of Anne Elizabeth Abraham-Williams; m 1977, Denise Frances Harding; one s one d ; died 27 Nov. 2016...

MVO 2007

Born 21 July 1936; s of Norman and Madge Alice Abram; m 1961, Joanna Rose (née Headley); four d

a Deputy Priest in Ordinary to the Queen, 1996–2007; Chaplain of the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, 1996–2007...

DTh, LittD; FRHistS

Born New York 8 May 1952; d of Boris and Berti Sapir; m 1979, David Samuel Harvard Abulafia , qv; two d

Professor of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions, University of Oxford, since 2015; Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, since 2015...

PhD

Born Kathmandu 6 Nov. 1969; s of Loknath Acharya and Durga Devi Acharya; m 1997, Shobha; one s one d

Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, University of Oxford, since 2016; Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, since 2016...

PhD, DD

Born 15 Sept. 1917; s of Jabez Robert Ackroyd and Winifred (née Brown); m 1st, 1940, Evelyn Alice Nutt (d 1990), BSc (Manch.), d of William Young Nutt; two ...

Born 19 Oct. 1936; s of late Rev. Oswald Roney Acworth and Jean Margaret Acworth; m 1966, Margaret Caroline Marie Jennings; two s one d...

CBE 1986

Born 11 Dec. 1938; s of late Rev. Oswald Roney Acworth and Jean Margaret (née Coupland); m 1967, Elizabeth Mary, e d...

PhD, DD

Born 12 Oct. 1943; d of William Clark McCord and Wilmah Brown McCord; m 1966, Prof. Robert Merrihew Adams, FBA; died 22 March 2017...

Born Philadelphia, Penn 24 Aug. 1944; s of Albert Aloysius Adams, Sr and Mary Ella Youell Adams

Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of St James’s, since 2017...

Born 27 Nov. 1937; s of John McCullough McConnell Adams and Sylvia Pansy (née Pinner); m 1970, Maria Carmen de Azpiazu-Cruz; one s one ...

Archdeacon of Hackney, since 2016; a Chaplain to the Queen, since 2017

Born 25 Dec. 1929; m 1967 (decd); one s; died 14 Dec. 2012

Metropolitan Archbishop and Primate of Nigeria, 1988–99; Bishop of Lagos, 1985–99

Melville Hall, Ibadan; King’s Coll., London (BD); Wycliffe Hall, Oxford...

CBE 1994

Born 22 Nov. 1929; s of Walter Granville Adie and Kate Emily Adie (née Parrish); m 1957, Anne Devonald Roynon; one s...

Born Tilburg, Holland, 25 Dec. 1853; died 10 Feb. 1929

RC Archbishop of Madras, 1911–28

granted title His Highness by the Queen, 1957, granted title His Royal Highness by the Shah of Iran, 1959; KBE 2004

Born Genthod, Geneva 13 Dec. 1936...

PhD; FBA 2011; FRGS

Born Mosta, Malta 21 Dec. 1945; s of Pietro Agius and Giovanna Agius (née Griscti Soler); m 1987, Anne Phillips; one ...

Born 23 Dec. 1950; d of Paul and Isobel Brych; m 1974, Michael Ronald Ainsworth; two s two d

Chief Education Officer, Church of England, 2007–14; General Secretary, National Society, 2007–14; House for Duty Team Vicar, Turton Moorland Team Ministry, Manchester, since 2014...

CON 2003

Born 27 Jan. 1944 m 1969, Susan A. Akinola; three s three d

Metropolitan, Archbishop and Primate of Nigeria, 2000–10