CAREY, GEORGE (LEONARD)

born Nov. 13, 1935, London, Eng. archbishop of Canterbury from 1991, theologian noted for his evangelical beliefs. Carey left school at the age of 15 and served as a radio operator in the Royal Air Force from 1954 to 1956. He then succeeded in gaining admission to King's College, London University, from which he received a bachelor of divinity degree in 1962. Beginning his clerical career as a curate in Islington (196266), Carey was also a lecturer at Oakhill College in Southgate (196670) and at St. John's College in Nottingham (197075). He was vicar of St. Nicholas' Church in Durham from 1975 to 1982 and principal of Trinity College, Bristol (198287). In 1987 Carey was made bishop of Bath and Wells, and in 1990 he was named to succeed as archbishop of Canterbury. He wrote a number of books, including I Believe in Man (1975), God Incarnate (1976), The Gate of Glory (1986), and The Message of the Bible (1988).