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Thomas Cranmer, detail of an oil painting by Gerlach Flicke, 1545; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Cranmer became the archbishop of Canterbury in March 1533, when he was consecrated and instituted at Canterbury. He served in this role until 1556.12