Rowan Williams was born in South Wales and studied theology in Cambridge and Oxford, later working in both academic and pastoral settings. He was Professor of Divinity at Oxford from 1986 to 1992, Bishop of Monmouth in Wales from 1992 to 2002, Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, from 2013 to 2020. He is now back in Wales, where he is Honorary Assistant Bishop of Llandaf, and continues to write and teach. His book On Augustine was published in 2016, and his work on "solidarity" as a theme in politics, ethics, and theology is due to appear in late 2025.