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Dr John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, born in Kampala, Uganda, is the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of the province of York, and Primate of England. He is the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was imprisoned for ninety days in 1973 by the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. In 1974 he fled to the United Kingdom. After studying Theology at Cambridge and training for the priesthood he was ordained as a priest in 1979. He served as advisor to the Stephen Lawrence Judicial Enquiry. In 2002 he chaired the Damilola Taylor review. That same year he was appointed Bishop of Birmingham. On 17 June 2005 the Prime Minister's office announced his translation to York as the 97th Archbishop.  |
