Modern Meaning
Given the worldwide nature of the modern Anglican Communion, the enthronement in St Augustine's Chair has come to represent also the Archbishop of Canterbury's position as worldwide spiritual leader of the Communion; because of this it has become traditional following the enthronement in the Chair of St Augustine by the Dean of Canterbury for the new Archbishop to be blessed by the senior Primatial Archbishop (by length of service in office) from around the world. For this reason a recent Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams) was blessed by the then (since retired) Archbishop of Armagh (Robin Eames). The first enthronement (in the choir cathedra) must, under English Law, be conducted by the Archdeacon of Canterbury.
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